Stephen Park

Associate Professor, Business Law


Stephen Park is an Associate Professor of Business Law at the University of Connecticut School of Business. His research is in the areas of international economic law, corporate social responsibility and accountability, and corporate compliance. His current scholarship primarily focuses on sustainability, ESG, and human rights issues in financial regulation, corporate law, and international law.

Professor Park’s research has been published in the American Business Law Journal, American Journal of International Law, Boston College Law ReviewHarvard International Law Journal, Journal of International Economic Law, Stanford Journal of Law, Business, & Finance, University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law, Virginia Journal of International Law, and Yale Journal of International Law, among other scholarly outlets. Among the awards and honors that he has received for his research are the Holmes-Cardozo Award for Best Conference Paper, the Ralph J. Bunche Award for Outstanding Paper in International Law, and the Kubasek Award for Outstanding Environmental Sustainability Paper from the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB), the Distinguished Paper Award from the Canadian Academy of Legal Studies in Business, and the Hoeber Memorial Award for Excellence in Research from the American Business Law Journal. He is a recipient of the ALSB’s Distinguished Early Career Achievement Award, given in recognition of demonstrated excellence and exceptional promise in research, teaching, and service.

At UConn, Professor Park has taught in the School of Business’s MBA, Executive MBA, MS in Financial and Enterprise Risk Management, MS in Accounting, MS in Social Responsibility and Impact in Business, and undergraduate programs. He has been twice awarded the MSFERM Program’s Outstanding Faculty Member for his teaching. He is co-academic director of the Corporate and Regulatory Compliance Graduate Certificate Program (co-administered by the School of Business and the School of Law).

Professor Park holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, a M.A.L.D. in International Affairs from The Fletcher School at Tufts University, and a B.A. in Ethics, Politics, & Economics from Yale University.