Master's in Human Resources Management
Ifedapo Adeleye

Ifedapo Adeleye is Professor of the Practice, Faculty Director of the Master’s in Human Resources Management Program, and Vice Dean of Faculty at Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies in Washington, DC.

A passionate management educator, he has over fifteen years of experience teaching management and human resources on bachelors, masters, doctoral and executive programs. Prior to joining Georgetown SCS, he held academic positions at University of Tennessee Knoxville, where he won the Outstanding Faculty Award, and Lagos Business School, where he led corporate education to a three-year ascension in the global FT ranking.

Dapo maintains close links with industry through research, consulting and executive education, and has worked with leading organizations across several sectors, including: Coca-Cola, Chevron, Lafarge, GE, Ericsson, Etisalat, Airtel, MTN, GTBank, Heineken, Novartis, CTIA and the MD|DC Credit Union Association. He is a respected management scholar and has published over 50 journal articles, books, chapters, and guest-edited special issues of Journal of Business Ethics, Academy of International Business Insights, Thunderbird International Business Review, and Africa Journal of Management. His research and consulting expertise areas are Inclusive HR and Global Management; Compensation and Total Rewards; Workplace Ethics and Negotiations.

Prof. Adeleye received his PhD in Management from University of Manchester, UK, and holds Master’s degrees in Economics and HR from Cardiff University, UK, and a BSc in Economics from University of Lagos, Nigeria. He is an IFEBP certified Compensation Management Specialist (CMS), an HRCI certified Global Professional in HR (GPHR), a SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP), and holds the SHRM Inclusive Workplace Culture Specialty Credential and the SHRM Total Rewards Specialty Credential. An avid world traveler, he has lived on three continents, and visited over 50 countries.