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Sharron Hunter-Rainey

Sharron Hunter-Rainey

North Carolina, United States

Award-Winning Professor with Corporate R&D Experience

Director, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies & Research at Langston University

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    Faculty Management


    Status
    Faculty
    Discipline
    Management

    Job experience

    • August 2014 - present
      Director, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies & Research
      Langston University
      Tulsa, OK

      I manage daily operations of the center including recruiting students for the entrepreneurial studies master's degree program and delivering instructional content using Adobe Connect to reach students at the main campus plus two urban campuses.

    • October 2004 - June 2014
      Assistant Professor
      North Carolina Central University
      Durham, NC

      I developed courses design and delivered instructional content in introductory management, organizational behavior, and strategic management. I administered and analyzed results of an in-house assessment instrument designed to develop students' retained knowledge.

    • February 1999 - August 1999
      Associate Director
      Southern Methodist University
      Dallas, TX

      I recruited students to study engineering and applied sciences. I identified and secured funding to implement an online database allowing candidates to receive seamless customer service independent of the staff member who received incoming calls from students and their families (before FERPA).

    • October 1992 - October 1998
      Section Manager
      Frito-Lay
      Plano, TX

      I led teams developing new products and processes, including the team that developed the product design and manufacturing process for producing Tostitos Scoops.

    • June 1983 - July 1992
      Group Leader
      Procter & Gamble
      Cincinnati, OH

      I developed new products and processes, including a moisturizing lipstick formulation that earned three domestic patents plus corresponding international patents.


    Education

    • Duke University
      PhD
      1999 - 2004
      My dissertation used social capital and social networks to explain differential labor market outcomes.
    • University of Cincinnati
      MBA
      1986 - 1989
      I used marketing training to enhance my understanding of the total delivery process while working at Procter & Gamble.
    • Purdue University
      BS
      1979 - 1983
      I studied chemical engineering to develop my technical problem solving skills, which I used in the consumer packaged goods industry.