Anna Helm, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Anna Helm is Associate Teaching Professor of International Business at the George Washington University (GW) as well as the Faculty Director of GW’s Center for International Business Education & Research (GW-CIBER), one of 15 CIBERs in the United States funded by the U.S. Department of Education. She teaches courses on international marketing management, green business, the cultural environment of international business, and foreign market analysis. She has developed and taught several online courses and regularly offers courses with real client projects. Since 2010, she has taught international consulting courses in Sweden and other countries with projects in both the cleantech and healthcare industries, and with a particular focus on high-tech startups. Dr. Helm’s devotion to teaching and student-centered learning has resulted in numerous teaching awards, including the 2019 inaugural GW School of Business Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence.Originally from Sweden, Dr. Helm holds a MSc in International Business and Economics with German from Lund University, Sweden, as well as an MA in Germanic Studies from the University of Maryland. She received her PhD from Georgetown University in 2002. Prior to joining GW’s School of Business she was the Director of the Business, Culture and Languages Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. Professor Helm is pursuing research on cross-cultural differences in consumer perceptions of green products, sustainability innovation, and curricular best practices in International Business. She is the Principal Investigator of a Teagle Foundation Grant titled “An Internationalized Liberal Arts Curriculum for Undergraduate Students,” with the objective of deeply integrating liberal arts into the undergraduate business curriculum at the GW School of Business. Prior to taking on the role as Faculty Director of the GW-CIBER, Dr. Helm was Co-coordinator of GW-CIBER’s Business Languages Program.

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