Professor of Practice; Executive Director of RBS Honors Program
Professor of Professional Practice at Rutgers Business School (RBS). Specializes in disability employment and how Fortune 500 companies recruit, retain, and advance people with disabilities. Research, supported by $16.2M in external grant funding, has been published in leading outlets, including Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review, and featured in The New York Times, including selection for the “Best Live Conversations on Times Journalism.” Partnered with organizations on disability access reform, such as Deutsche Bank, Accenture, Salesforce, NFL, HSBC, EY, Hershey, World Bank Group, TEDx, U.S. House of Representatives, Department of Energy, Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, and Election Assistance Commission. Teaches Management Skills and Negotiations using simulations, case work, and applied exercises to connect theory with practice. Co-leads curriculum development across RBS and the Rutgers Honors College, including redesign of the Rutgers–New Brunswick Honors curriculum, launch of the Disability Studies minor, and contributions to Management Skills, Organizational Behavior, and Negotiations curricula. Recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Innovations, and recognition as one of Poets&Quants’s Best 40 Under 40 MBA Professors.
PhD, Rutgers University, Industrial Relations and Human Resources
Fear of the Unknown: The Risky Side of First Impressions | Dr. Mason Ameri | TEDxRutgers
Ameri, M., Kurtzberg, T. R., Schur, L., Colella, A., Adya, M., & Kruse, D. L. (2025). Intersecting biases: Does veteran status overcome disability and gender disadvantages in the employment landscape? ILR Review, 78: 614–644.
Ameri, M., Kurtzberg, T.R., & Su, H. (2025). Shortcut or sellout? Perceptions of AI use and disability in the workplace. Rutgers Business Review, 10: 52–56.
Schur, L., Ameri, M., Dietrich, J., Herron, M., Kruse, D., Quesenbery, W., Rogers, M., Schroedel, J., Smith, D. A., & Wimpy, C. (2025). Ensuring voting access across the electorate. Journal of Election Administration, Research & Practice, 3: 3–10.
Ameri, M. & Kurtzberg, T. R. (2025). The language of inclusion: A randomized trial of how DEI statements influence hiring practices for people with visible and invisible disabilities. Disability and Health Journal, 18: 101717.
Kurtzberg, T. R. & Ameri, M. (2024). Balancing acts in hybrid work: Insights from managers and employees with disabilities on flexibility and fairness. Rutgers Business Review, 9: 234-239.
Kurtzberg, T. R. & Ameri, M. (2024). Research: The stigma disabled people face during negotiations. Harvard Business Review.
Ameri, M. & Kurtzberg, T. R. Improving disability hiring. (2024). How to improve the hiring process for disabled candidates. Harvard Business Review.
Ameri, M. & Kurtzberg, T. R. (2024). Neat gizmo! / That looks scary: Employer reactions to assistive technology. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 34: 316-326.
Ameri, M. (2024). From classroom to boardroom: Self-advocacy and navigating the transition for students with disabilities. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 34: 327-334.
Ameri, M. & Kurtzberg, T. R. (2024). Small empires: How equipped are small business owners in hiring people with disabilities? Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 34: 350-358.
Kurtzberg, T. R. & Ameri, M. 2024. Beyond compliance: A randomized trial of DEI statements and subsequent signals for job seekers with disabilities. Disability and Health Journal, 17, 101513.
Ameri, M., Kruse, D. L., Park, S. R., van der Meulen Rodgers, Y., & Schur, L. 2023. Telework during the pandemic: Patterns, challenges, and opportunities for people with disabilities. Disability and Health Journal, 16, 101406.
Ameri, M. & Kurtzberg, T. R. 2022. Leveling the playing field through remote work. MIT Sloan Management Review.
Ameri, M. & Kurtzberg, T. R. 2022. The disclosure dilemma: Requesting accommodations for chronic pain in job interviews. Journal of Cancer Survivorship: Research and Practice.
Ameri, M., Amoroso, L., & Kurtzberg, T. R. 2021. Advancing diversity training. Rutgers Business Review, 6: 154-160.
Ameri, M. Kurtzberg, T. R., Schur, L., & Kruse, D. 2021. Disability and influence in job negotiations. International Journal of Conflict Management, 32: 266-291.
Schur, L., Ameri, M., & Kruse, D. 2020. Telework after COVID: A “silver lining” for workers with disabilities? Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 30: 521-536.
Ameri, M., Rogers, S., Schur, L., & Kruse, D. 2020. No room at the inn? Disability access in the new sharing economy. Academy of Management Discoveries, 6: 176-205.
Ameri, M., Schur, L., Adya, M., Bentley, S., McKay, P., & Kruse, D. 2018. The disability Employment puzzle: A field experiment on employer hiring behavior. ILR Review, 71: 329-364.
| Sponsor | Amount | Funding Period |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $4,600,000 | 2025–2030 |
| Rutgers Democracy Lab | $5,000 | 2026 |
| Pew Charitable Trusts | $49,991 | 2025–2026 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $4,300,000 | 2021–2026 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $4,300,000 | 2020-2025 |
| National Science Foundation | $1,884,010 | 2020–2024 |
| United States Election Assistance Commission | $430,000 | 2023–2024 |
| United States Election Assistance Commission | $306,500 | 2022–2023 |
| United States Election Assistance Commission | $267,000 | 2021–2022 |
| Pew Charitable Trusts | $121,000 | 2023 |
| United States Election Assistance Commission | $88,000 | 2022–2023 |
| Negotiation and Team Resources—Peterson Research Grant | $8,472 | 2020–2021 |
| Rutgers Business School Center for Women in Business | $8,000 | 2021–2023 |
| Rutgers Research Council Grants and Subventions | $2,000 | 2020–2022 |
| Rutgers Business School Center for Women in Business | $1,400 | 2024 |
| Recognition | Year |
| Dean’s Meritorious Teaching Award | 2025 |
| Poets&Quants Best 40 Under 40 MBA Professors | 2023 |
| Dean’s Meritorious Scholarly Contribution Award | 2023 |
| Academy of Management Discoveries Best Article Award | 2021 |
| Dean’s Meritorious Education Innovation Award | 2021 |
| The Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Innovations | 2021 |
| RBS Innovation Challenge | 2020 |
| The Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching | 2019 |
| Dean’s Meritorious Scholarly Contribution Award | 2019 |
| Dean’s Meritorious Teaching Award | 2019 |
