Tamilla Curtis

Title
Professor
Email
Department
Management, Marketing and Operations Department
College
College of Business

Office Hours

By appointment

Areas of Expertise

Aviation Sustainabiltiy, Corporate Social Responsiblity, Airline Markeing, Aviation Strategy
Tamilla Curtis


Dr. Tamilla Curtis is a Professor of Management at the David B. O'Maley College of Business. Dr. Curtis holds a DBA in Marketing from Nova Southeastern University, an MBA in Aviation from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Moscow Institute of Oil and Gas. Dr. Curtis's international work experience in transportation companies, including Balkan Bulgarian Airlines, Moscow Airways and Det Norske Veritas, provided her with a solid foundation to conduct research involving aviation strategy, international business and marketing. Her articles have been published in academic journals such as the International Journal of Aviation Management, Transport Policy, Journal of Product Brand Management, Review of Business, World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research and others.

Dr. Curtis was awarded the "Fulbright Scholar Award" for the Bahamas from the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs from 2022 to 2023. Her other awards include the David B. O’Maley College of Business Faculty Fellowship from 2023 to 2024, the Joseph R. Martin Distinguished Term Professorship in Aviation Business Administration from 2020 to 2021 and an outstanding College of Business Faculty award from 2013 to 2014. Dr. Curtis obtained an IATA Aviation Sustainability Champion Diploma in 2025 and has five IATA certifications, including Design a Sustainable Strategy Fundamentals, Sustainable Aviation Fuels, Aviation and Environment, Sustainability Communication Strategies and CORSIA.

In 2024, Dr. Curtis developed the graduate course Sustainability, Environment, Society and Governance in Aviation and Aerospace. She was also a course developer for the doctoral course Advanced Marketing Management in Aviation. Dr. Curtis is a Chair of Doctoral Dissertation Committees.


  • D.B.A. - Doctor of Business Administration in Marketing, Nova Southeastern University
  • M.B.A. - Master of Business Administration in Aviation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • B.S. - Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Moscow Institute of Oil and Gas

  • BA 901: Dissertation
  • MK 220: Marketing
  • BA 201: Principles of Management
  • BA 325: Social Rspnsblty & Ethics Mgmt
  • BA 399: Special Topics in Management
  • BA 490: Strategic Management

Advanced Marketing Management in Aviation (doctoral)

Sustainability, Environment, Society and Governance in Aviation and Aerospace (graduate)

International Management and Aviation Policy (graduate)

Strategic Marketing Management in Aviation (graduate)

Social Responsibility and Ethics in Management (undergraduate)

International Business (undergraduate)

Marketing (undergraduate)

Principles of Management (undergraduate)



Professor of Management, David B. O’Maley College of Business, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (2023- present)

Associate Professor of Management, David B. O’Maley College of Business, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (2016 – 2023)

Assistant Professor of Management, David B. O’Maley College of Business, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (2010 – 2016)

Adjunct Professor of Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (2009-2010)

Senior Strategic Planning Analyst (2001-2010) Strategic Planning Department, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Technical Analyst (1996-2000) Greek-Russian Department, Det Norske Veritas, London, U.K.

Business Analyst (1994-1995) Balkan Bulgarian Airlines, Johannesburg, South-Africa

Business Consultant (1991-1994) Moscow Airways, Johannesburg, South Africa


IATA Aviation Sustainability Champion Diploma, January 2025

Design a Sustainable Strategy Fundamentals, IATA Certification, December 2-4, 2024

Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF): Building a long-term sustainable aviation industry, IATA Certificate, IATA Training Center, Miami, FL, April 25-26, 2024.

Sustainability Communication Strategies, IATA Certification, January 26, 2024

Aviation and Environment, IATA Certification, IATA Training Center, Miami, FL, October 17-20, 2023

Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) Fundamentals Certification, August 2023


Fulbright Scholar Award for the Bahamas (2022-2023), The Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, the United States Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Project: Caribbean inter-island connectivity and sustainable development: The case of The Bahamas.

David B. O’Maley College of Business Faculty Fellowship (2023-2024, 2024-2025)

David B. O’Maley AI Curriculum Enhancement Grant, 2024-2025

CTLE Getting Started with AI, Short Course, 2024-2025

ERAU Center for Teaching and Learning (CTLE) Course Design Grant for the development of graduate course “Sustainability, Environment, Society and Governance in Aviation and Aerospace”, 2023-2024.

The Joseph R. Martin Distinguished Term Professorship in Aviation Business Administration (2020-2021), David B. O’Maley College of Business, ERAU. Project: Corporate Social Responsibility in Aviation.

Curtis, T. and Rhoades, D. (2015) The Model of Network Carriers Strategic Decision Making with Low-Cost Carrier Entry, ERAU Office of Sponsored Research Administration Internal Award.

College of Business Outstanding Faculty Award (research, teaching and service), 2012-2013