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Leon C. Prieto

Leon C. Prieto

GA

Professor of Management

Professor of Management at Clayton State University

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    Background

    Dr. Leon Prieto is a Professor of Management and the Director of the Center for Social Innovation & Sustainable Entrepreneurship in the College of Business at Clayton State University. He also serves as a Research Fellow at Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation - University of Cambridge, Judge Business School. He has published articles in respected academic and practitioner journals such as Academy of Management Learning & Education, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Management History, Harvard Business Review, and MIT Sloan Review. His first book (coauthored with Dr. Simone Phipps) is entitled African American Management History: Insights on Gaining a Cooperative Advantage. His scholarship has received recognition from Thinkers50, the Academy of Management, and the United States Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship. He holds a Ph.D. in Human Resource and Leadership Development from Louisiana State University, an ALM in Extension Studies, History from Harvard University, an MBA from Georgia Southern University, and a BSc. in Management from Claflin University.


    Status
    Faculty
    Discipline
    Management

    Job experience

    • August 2022 - present
      Professor of Management
      Clayton State University
    • August 2017 - July 2022
      Associate Professor of Management
      Clayton State University
      Atlanta, GA, United States
    • August 2012 - July 2017
      Assistant Professor of Management
      Clayton State University
      Morrow, GA
    • August 2010 - July 2012
      Assistant Professor of Management/Founding Co-Director of the Center for the Advancement of Creativity and Entrepreneurship
      Savannah State University
      Savannah, GA

    Education

    • Harvard University
      ALM
      - 2021
    • Louisiana State University
      PhD
      - 2010
    • Georgia Southern Unversity
      MBA
      - 2006
    • Claflin University
      BSc.
      - 2004

    Certifications

    • SHRM-SCP
      - present