women in business
Dr. Christina Lacerenza has received a 2017 Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship. Christina will be joining the Management and Entrepreneurship program at Leeds, exploring effective leadership methods as it relates to speech and gender. Visit the postdoctoral affairs program to learn more about Christina and the other postdoctoral fellows.
Sarah Kauss (Acct ‘97) is the face of the June 2017 issue of Inc. Magazine. With $100 million in sales last year, S’well, the water bottle company she founded in 2010, is the fastest growing woman-owned company in the nation. Learn more about Sarah’s journey from accountant to successful entrepreneur in Inc.
Dr. Sharon F. Matusik has been appointed the permanent dean of Leeds by the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s Provost, Russell L. Moore. Dr. Matusik has been serving as the interim dean since January 2017, and she assumes the permanent role Thursday.
Leeds’ own Dr. Stefanie Johnson contributes insights on harnessing personal strengths for professional success, overcoming challenges in entrepreneurial endeavors, and changing the gender disparity in leadership roles.
Blind recruiting is the practice of removing personally identifiable information from applicants, and it’s gaining popularity in HR departments. Dr. Stephanie Johnson talks with The Economist to examine discrimination in the workplace and software technologies that promise to remove gender and ethnic bias from the hiring process.