Elissa Flanagan Magnant, Esq. is a Visiting Instructor in the Management Department in the Manning School of Business at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½. BIOGRAPHY Practicing attorney, collaborator and mediator. Visiting Instructor Manning School of Business  AWARDS AND HONORS Invited Speaker at Agape Latte (2016), Teaching - Catholic Student Union Professor of the Game (2016), Teaching - UML Field Hockey PRESENTATIONS Moderator Career Change Panel - ÐÓ°É´«Ã½'s 2017 Women's Leadership Conference, June 2017 - Lowell, MA A Night of Coffee, Fun, & Friends with Professor Elissa Magnant - Agape Latte, November 2016 - USuites Lounge, UML

Elissa Flanagan Magnant, Esq.

Associate Teaching Professor, Faculty Director of the Donahue Center for Business Ethics & Social Responsibility

College
Manning School of Business
Department
Management
Phone
(978) 934-5387
Office
Pulichino Tong Business Center - 461
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Education

  • JD: Law, (1995), Western New England College School of Law - Springfield, Massachusetts
  • BA: History and Political Science , (1992), University of Connecticut - Storrs, Connecticut

Biography

Associate Teaching Professor Management Manning School of Business, Faculty Director Donahue Center for Business Ethics & Social Responsibility

Selected Awards and Honors

  • Career Integrated Curriculum Mini Grant (2025), Teaching - ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Office of the Provost
  • Open Educational Resources Mini Grant (2024), Teaching - ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Office of the Provost
  • Artificial Intelligence Mini Grant (2024), Teaching - ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Office of the Provost
  • OERscar Honor (2023), Teaching - Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
  • Student Organization Faculty Advisor of the Year (2022), Leadership - ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Student Government Association
  • OERscar Honor (2022), Teaching - MASSPIRG & UMASS Lowell SGA
  • OERscar Honor (2021), Teaching - MASSPIRG & UMASS Lowell SGA
  • Beta Gamma Sigma (2018), Leadership - Beta Gamma Sigma
  • Exceeding Excellence in Teaching (2018), Teaching - ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Student Government Association
  • Invited Speaker at Agape Latte (2016), Teaching - Catholic Student Union
  • Professor of the Game (2016), Teaching - UML Field Hockey

Selected Publications

  • Magnant, E.F. (ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Manning School of Business), Magnant, E. (ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Manning School of Business) (2019). Viewpoint: Our business schools must teach better ethics (pp. 1). Boston Business Journal

Selected Presentations

  • Panelist Own the Table: The Art of Bold Negotiation - ÐÓ°É´«Ã½'s 2025 Women's Leadership Conference, June 2025 - Lowell, MA
  • Harnessing Emotional Intelligence to Improve Business Relationships - Women Accelerators, February 2025 - Zoom
  • Incorporating In-Class Activities to Increase Knowledge Retention and Engagement - Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching seminar, January 2025 - online
  • Moderator Career Change Panel - ÐÓ°É´«Ã½'s 2017 Women's Leadership Conference, June 2017 - Lowell, MA
  • A Night of Coffee, Fun, & Friends with Professor Elissa Magnant - Agape Latte, November 2016 - USuites Lounge, UML

Research Currently in Progress

  • Conference: Fostering Ethical STEM Research Design to Promote Responsible Practices for Integration in Business Applications

    Application for NSF grant to support a proposed conference called "Fostering Ethical STEM Research Design to Promote Responsible Practices for Integration in Business Applications" to be held at the UMass Club in ​October 2026.
    Magnant, E. (Co-Principal) (ÐÓ°É´«Ã½), Godinez Gonzalez, J. (Co-Principal) (ÐÓ°É´«Ã½)