Dr. Stacey Reynolds

Associate Professor and Director of Center for Social Innovation & Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Office: College of Business T259
Management, Marketing & Supply Chain Management
College of Business
StaceyReynolds@clayton.edu
Phone: (404) 466-4509

Biography

Stacey Reynolds, PhD is an Associate Professor of Management at Clayton State University. Reynolds teaches, researches and practices management and entrepreneurship. Her dual undergraduate degrees in mathematics from Jackson State University and mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech serve as her process and innovation oriented professional foundation. She has years of client-focused production, sales, marketing, and operational experience with Fortune 100 companies including BP Amoco, IBM and AT&T Bell Laboratories. In large corporate, Reynolds served as a facilities engineer, designer, and engineering sales representative with clients such as Boeing and Baxter Healthcare. As a transformational leader, she builds and/or re-engineers the operational systems of departments and firms to ensure productivity, efficiency, and growth.

Education

Ph D, Management, Jackson State University, 2017

MBA, Marketing, Georgia State University, 1998

BS, Mathematics, Jackson State University, 1992

BS, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992

Awards and Honors

Education Innovator Award, USASBE MWE SIG, Award, 2025

Intellectual Contributions

Leon Prieto, Simone Phipps, Stacey Reynolds, Anthony Hannah, Facilitating a Culture of Sustainable Innovation: A Cooperative Advantage Perspective, Strategic HR Review – January 2023

Leon Prieto, Simone T.A. Phillips, Melva Robertson, Stacey Reynolds, Strategic communication & corporate sustainability within global supply chains, Strategy & Leadership – April 26 2024

Christopher G. Torrance, Shetia C. Butler, Stacey Reynolds, Nicole Cannonier, Automation-related Job Insecurity and Turnover Intentions in the Hospitality Industry: Examining the Mediating Effect of Occupational , The Consortium Journal of Hospitality and Tourism – July 27 2024

Dewaynna Horn, Natasha Randle, Stacey R McNeil, A Cross-Disciplinary Framework to Measure Workplace Wellness Program Success, S.A.M. Advanced Management Journal – Spring 2020

James R Smith, Stacey Reynolds, Alisa Mosley, Women in Corporate Top Management Positions: A Renewed Revisit, Journal of Administrative Services & Policy Studies –

Contracts, Grants, and Sponsored Research

Stacey Reynolds, Leon Prieto, Mario Norman, Melva Robertson, STEM Based Social Innovation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Challenge: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Across Campus and Beyond, Venturewell, Clayton State University, 29190, Funded – February 1 2024 to August 31 2027

Presentations

Stacey Reynolds, Arianne Adams, Everod Davis, Adapting to the Disruptive Innovation of AI by Understanding Educator Challenges, Enhancing Core Competencies, and Reframing Strategies and Approaches, Southeast Decision Sciences Institute (SEDSI) February 22 2024

Arianne Adams, Stacey Reynolds, Everod Davis, Long Term Strategies for Short Term Orientations- Managing the Millennial and Gen Z Workforce , Society for the Advancement of Management March 23 2024

Stacey Reynolds, Arianne Adams, Jack Crumbly, Utilizing Design Thinking Tools in Wicked Problem Scenarios to Optimize the Implementation of Social Innovation, Morehouse College 19th Research Colloquium, Morehouse College Division of Business and Economics – November 10 2023

Service to the Profession

Board of Directors of a Company, USASBE, National – July 2025 to 2028

Program Organizer, Innov8ga Fall Conference, State – Fall 2024 to Fall 2024

Session Chair, SESDI February 21 2024 to February 23 2024

Session Chair, Social Justice & Social Entrepreneurship Symposium USASBE/Morehouse, International – April 26 2023 to April 28 2023

Service to the Community

Board Member, Georgia Tech Black Alumni Organization, International – May 2022 to May 2026

Teaching Interest

Entrepreneurship
Strategy
Leadership Skills
Change

Research Interest

Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy
Entrepreneurial Leadership
Social Entrepreneurship
Vision and Mission Development
Healthy Workplaces