Fadia Nordtveit

Contact Info

fnordtveit@springfield.edu

Office

Room 203
Weiser Hall
Campus Map

Department of Literature, Writing, and Journalism

Department of Business Management

School of Arts and Sciences

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass., 2016
Master of Arts, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass., 2010
Bachelor of Arts, Hampshire College, Amherst, Mass., 2007

Fadia Nordtveit is an assistant professor of Communications and Business at Springfield College. Her work has been featured in the Financial Times, Boston Globe, SXSW, NBC, and Medium. Her research centers on inclusion, sustainability, and organizational management. She is the creator of the Inclusive Business Model Canvas (IBMC), a framework designed to help organizations build inclusive structures. Nordtveit holds a PhD, MA, and BA in Communications. She founded The BGreen Project and is the author of Participatory Networks and the Environment (Routledge, 2019), with a forthcoming book on Millennials, Gen Z, and the Fair Trade movement (Routledge, 2026).

Certifications and Memberships

Intercultural Development Inquiry Qualified Administrator
International Environmental Communication Association
Association for Business Communication

Research Interests

Inclusive Organizations
Inclusive AI
Media and Representation
Cultural Competency
Research Methodologies
Sustainability

Courses Taught

Business Communications
Inclusive Leadership
Principles of Marketing
Introduction to Communications
Introduction to Social Media
Introduction to Public Relations

Selected Works

Publications

Co-Editor

Nordtveit, F. and Catenaccio, P. (Nov 2024). Discourses, Methods and Practices of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging: Towards a Global Shared Framework. Language Cultures Mediation, LED Edizioni Universitarie, Italy.

Books

Nordtveit, F. (Dec 2026). Millennials, Generation Z and the Fair-Trade Revolution in the United States. Routledge, Oxford, UK.
Hasan, F. (Jan 2019). Participatory Networks and the Environment: The BGreen Project in the US and Bangladesh. Routledge, Oxford, UK.
Hasan, F. & K.H. Mahmud (2002). Dubla Dulabhanga: Forced Labour in Fishing Industry. Action Aid, Bangladesh.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Nordtveit, F. (Dec 2025). Organizational Intersections with Meaning and Impact: Sustainability and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging (DEIB), Routledge & CRC Press, Oxford, UK.
Nordtveit, F. and Catenaccio, P. (Nov 2024). Meaning-making and the Global DEIB Discourse: An Invitation and a Call to Action, Language Cultures Mediation, University of Milan, Italy.
Nordtveit, F. and Fraser, G. (Nov 2024). Inclusive AI Technologies and Discourses for Better DEIB and Organizational Outcomes, Language Cultures Mediation, University of Milan, Italy.
Nordtveit, B. H. & Nordtveit, F. (2020) Digital Frontierism and Big Data in Comparative and International Education Research. Emerald Publishing, UK.
Hasan, F. (2018). Autoethnography and the Other: Unsettling Power through Utopian Performatives by Tami Spry. Comparative Education Review, Vol. 62(1), pp. 147 – 149.
Hasan, F. (2013). Fair Trade Practices in Contemporary Bangladeshi Society: Community Development, Cultural Revival and Sustainability Through a Participatory Approach, in Jan Servaes, ed., Sustainability, Participation and Culture in Communication, Intellect Books, UK.

Multimedia Production (TV Series)

Nordtveit, F. (Season 2, 2023-2026). Talking Out of Line, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging (DEIB)- Video Podcast.
Nordtveit, F. (Season 1, 2020-2023). Talking Out of Line, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging (DEIB)- Video Podcast.
Nordtveit, F. (2015-2018). BGreen Media Literacy Project, Climate Justice Public Access TV Show (15 episodes), Amherst Media Production House. https://amherstmedia.org/content/bgreen-fadia-hasan

Presentations

Spring 2026: DEIB: Friend or Foe of AI? SXSW, USA
Fall 2025: AI, Ethics, and Organizational Responsibility, Zufe University, China
Fall 2025: Participatory Action Research and the Environment, Tufts University, USA
Summer 2025: Inclusive Business Model Canvas, Center for Innovation Research, University of Stavanger, Norway
Summer 2025: Inclusive Storytelling and Community Impact, New England Public Media
Summer 2025: Building Bridges through Organizational Inclusion, Amherst Innovative Living, Amherst, MA
Spring 2025: Keynote Speaker- Sustainable Development and the Inclusive Business Model Canvas: Intersections and Applications, Parthenope University, Naples, Italy.
Spring 2025: Keynote Speaker- AI, Inclusion and the Gig Economy, University of Tuscia, Rome, Italy
Spring 2025: Organizational Inclusion in the Time of Political Backlash, Fair Housing Conference, Springfield, MA
Spring 2025: Inclusive Business Model Canvas for Real Estate Management, Amherst Innovative Living, Amherst, MA