Ranjit Souri
Director of Student Professional Development Program - iLEAD and Lecturer
iLEAD Professional Development Program
Pronouns: He, Him, His
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UH 2526
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601 S. Morgan St., Chicago, IL 60607
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About
Ranjit “R.J.” Souri is a Senior Lecturer and the Director of the Student Professional Development Program at UIC Business. He leads a team of 13 faculty and staff members who teach 2,000+ UIC Business students per year professional skills including collaboration, job interviewing, leadership skills, presentation skills, and public speaking.
R.J. is in his 10th year at UIC. He is a two-time UIC Teaching Scholar and a two-time recipient of the Dean's Letter of Recognition for Outstanding Teaching, as well as a winner of the HOPE (Honoring Our Professors' Excellence) Award.
He incorporates improvisational techniques into his teaching. He draws upon an extensive comedy background, having spent 20 years performing improv, sketch, and stand-up comedy all over the U.S. He taught comedy performance and writing for 17 years at The Second City Training Center.
He also brings extensive experience as a free-lance magazine-writer and as a test-prep instructor, having taught all sections of all of these tests: ACT, GMAT, GRE, LSAT, and SAT.
R.J. has a B.S. in Accounting from Case Western Reserve University and an MBA from Columbia University, where he served as a Teaching Assistant in Accounting and for the MBA Math Camp.
Notable Honors
2017, 2019, Dean's Letter of Recognition for Outstanding Teaching, UIC Business
Education
MBA, Columbia University, Concentrations in Accounting and Nonprofit Management
B.S. in Accounting, Case Western Reserve University