Joseph Sobieralski

Title
Associate Professor, College of Business
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Department
Department of Management
College
College of Business
Joseph Sobieralski

Dr. Joseph Sobieralski is an Associate Professor of Human Resource Management in the College of Business at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.  He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Southern Illinois University, a Master’s in Human Resources and Industrial Relations from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and a B.A. in Mathematics from Southern Illinois University.  He holds a SHRM-CP certification and People Analytics Specialty Credential from the Society for Human Resource Management.  He possesses an FAA Commercial Pilot Certificate with airplane single and multi-engine and instrument ratings.  He also holds a type rating in the Boeing 737.  

Dr. Sobieralski’s research interests focus on labor, personnel, and sustainability issues in the aviation and transportation industries.  He serves on the Editorial Board of the journal Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives as an Advisory Board Member.  His work has been published in Transport Policy, Journal of Cleaner Production, Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Research in Transportation Business and Management, Journal of Air Transport Management, Research in Transportation Economics, Sustainability, The Collegiate Aviation Review International, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, and Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy. 

Prior to joining Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Dr. Sobieralski was an Assistant Professor of Aviation Management in the School of Aviation and Transportation at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.  He has also served as an executive board member for an AFT Local Union and as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. 

  • Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
  • M.S. - Master of Science in Economics, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
  • M.H.R.I.R - Master of Human Resources and Industrial Relations, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • B.A. - Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
  • B.A. - Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
  • SHRM People Analytics Specialty - Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
  • SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) - Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
  • HRMD 679: Comprehensive Reward Systems
  • HRMD 607: Human Resource Development
  • HRMD 608: Human Resources Management
  • HROM 520: Organizational Resilience

Sobieralski, J. B., & Hubbard, S. M. (2023). Turbulent skies ahead? Pandemic related workforce issues in air transportation. Transport Policy, 130, 84-88. ​https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2022.11.005

Sobieralski, J. B. (2023). Sustainable air transportation through the operational use of a social cost index. Journal of Cleaner Production, 385, 135663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.135663