Dr. Valerie Mock is an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Port and Maritime History at LJMU and a Research Professor at Sawyer Business School, Suffolk University in Boston.  Her PhD is in Management with an emphasis on Corporate Social Responsibility and Strategic Management. In the past 10 years she has been a cruise lecturer presenting talks on trade that helped shape our global history. As a visiting professor, she has taught business courses in China, Moldova, and Lithuania and conducted leadership workshops in Armenia and Georgia.  Her current research focuses on business history.

Research Interests in Liverpool/UK

• The George Holt family, cotton brokers and ship owners, in the 19th century and their contributions to the growth of Liverpool
• The impact of religious values held by Liverpool merchants, such as the Unitarians and Quakers, on society
• Philanthropy and public service of Liverpool merchants during the 19th century
• The relationship between Liverpool and North America’s Eastern Seaboard commercially and in public service and social affairs during the 19th century
• The dichotomy between merchants who supported abolition while profiting from businesses based on slave products like cotton, sugar, and tobacco
• Various other interests: Whaling, Women as entrepreneurs and social reformers, black history, HIV/AIDS