Department of Business and Economics

Email: abela@cua.edu

Dr. Abela is the Chairman of the Department of Business & Economics, and Associate Professor of Marketing.
 

His research is on the integrity of the marketing process, including marketing ethics, Catholic Social Teaching, and internal communication, and has been published in several academic journals, including the Journal of Marketing, the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, and the Journal of Business Ethics. He is a regular contributor to the Legatus Magazine “Ethics Matters” column, and is currently working on a Catechism for Business. Dr. Abela is also the Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the American Marketing Association, and was the recipient of the 2009 Novak Award, a $10,000 prize given by the Acton Institute for “significant contributions to the study of the relationship between religion and economic liberty.”
 

Dr. Abela consults to several major corporations on marketing and internal communications issues. Recent clients include ExxonMobil, Microsoft, Burger King, HJ Heinz, eBay, and Kimberly-Clark. Prior to his academic career, he spent several years in industry, as the Managing Director of the Marketing Leadership Council, a management consultant with McKinsey & Co., and a brand manager at Procter & Gamble.
 

Dr. Abela has an MBA from the Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland, and a Ph.D. in Marketing and Ethics from the Darden Business School at the University of Virginia. He and his wife Kathleen have been married for thirteen years. They have six children and live Great Falls, Virginia. Dr. Abela was born and raised on the island of Malta and is a citizen of the United States.