Dr. Mitra teaches Leadership & Innovation at Shanghai Polytechnic University

Dr. Rahul Mitra (Reseach Translation Lead) taught a 2-week course on "Leadership and Innovation" to undergraduate students at Shanghai Polytechnic University this summer. The class was comprised of around 35 students, from the university's School of Foreign Languages and Cultural Communication. Dr. Mitra was one of a small group of Wayne State faculty selected for the university's inaugural Teach-In-China Initiative. 

He also delivered a talk, titled "Transformation and Resilience through Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: A Communication-as-Design Approach" to faculty and graduate students at the Engineering Training and Innovation Education Center at Shanghai Polytechnic.

Earlier in the summer, Dr. Mitra was an invited panelist at the 2023 Institute of Social Change, University of Michigan, where he discused public scholarship challenges, opportunities and strategies with an interdisciplinary audience.