Michael Jay Polonsky is an Alfred Deakin Professor and Chair in Marketing at Deakin University, as well as the co-director of the Center for Sustainable and Responsible Organisations (CSaRO), within the faculty.
He has taught at a number of Australian Universities, as well as into their international programs in China, Malaysia and Singapore. Before moving to Australia in 1989 he taught in New Zealand, South Africa and the US. He has taught a range of marketing topics at both the graduate and undergraduate areas.
He received his PhD from the Australian Catholic University in 1999, as well as has Master degrees from Temple University and Rutgers University-Newark. His Undergraduate degree is from Towson State University (now known as Towson University).