Dr. Leon Prieto

Leon Prieto, PhD, SPHR, SHRM-SCP is an Associate Professor of Management at Clayton State University. His research areas are in Management History, Social Issues in Management, International HR Development, and Critical Management Studies, and it is focused on the contributions of minorities (gender as well as racial & ethnic) to the development of Management as a discipline, and the interrelationship between organizational management and society. He has published peer-reviewed articles in academic journals such as the Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Management History, Society and Business Review, and others. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Management History and is on the editorial board of the Journal for the Advancement of Developing Economies. The Academy of Management recognized his (and his coauthor’s) African-American Management History research as being groundbreaking, and some of this research has been included in prominent management textbooks. He holds a Ph.D in Human Resource and Leadership Development from Louisiana State University, an MBA from Georgia Southern University, and a B.S in Business Administration from Claflin University.