Assistant Dean of Strategic Initiatives & Community Engagement and Professor of Management
Office: College of Business T-250
Management, Marketing & Supply Chain Management
College of Business
LeonPrieto@clayton.edu
Dr. Leon Prieto is the Assistant Dean of Strategic Initiatives & Community Engagement, and Professor of Management in the College of Business at Clayton State. He also serves as a Research Fellow at Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation - University of Cambridge. He has published articles in respected journals such as Academy of Management Learning & Education, Journal of Business Ethics, 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 & Leadership Development (Focus: Social Entrepreneurship) from Louisiana State University, an ALM in Extension Studies, History with Graduate Certificates in 1) Social Justice & 2) Corporate Sustainability & Innovation from Harvard University, an Executive Certificate in Leading Sustainable Corporations from Oxford University, an MBA from Georgia Southern University, and a BSc. in Management from Claflin University.
BS, Business Administration , Claflin University, 2004
MBA, Business, Georgia Southern University, 2006
Ph D, Human Resource and Leadership Development, Louisiana State University, 2010
MLA, Extension Studies, field: History, Harvard University, 2021
Breakthrough Idea Award, Thinkers50, Award, 2021
Leon Prieto, Teaching (Cooperative) Business: The 'Bluefield Experiment' and the Future of Black Business Schools, Academy of Management Learning & Education – October 2021
College, Smith Award Nomination Committee , Committee Member – April 2021 to Present
Officer, Academy of Management, Management History Division, International – August 2020 to August 2025