Susan Aaronson is Associate Research Professor at the George Washington University's Graduate School of Business and the Elliott School of International Affairs. She is also a 2009-2010 Policy Research Scholar at GWU. She is affiliated with the Institute for International Economic Policy and the Institute for Corporate Responsibility.

Dr. Aaronson is a frequent speaker on public understanding of globalization issues. She was a regular commentator on "All Things Considered" in 1994-1995, "Marketplace" from 1995-1998, and "Morning Edition" from 1998-2001. She has also appeared on CNN, the BBC, and PBS to discuss trade and globalization issues. She is the author of 6 books and numerous articles on trade, investment, global corporate social responsibility, accountability, business and human rights, and other globalization issues. Her books include Trade Imbalance: The Struggle to Weigh Human Rights in Trade Policymaking (Cambridge University Press, 2007), Trade and the American Dream, and Taking Trade to the Streets: The Lost History of Public Efforts to Shape Globalization. Dr. Aaronson has also written two primers on trade -- "Trade is Everybody's Business" for high school students and "Are there Trade Offs When Americans Trade?" for adults. These books relate trade to citizens' daily lives and their many roles as citizens, producers, consumers, and friends of the earth.

In 2009-2010, Aaronson received research support from Ford Motor; Royal Dutch Shell NA; the World Bank; and the Swiss National Science Agency.