Leigh Named Schmitt Endowed Chair
Nazareth College has named Jennifer S.A. Leigh, professor in the School of Management, the Kilian J. and Caroline F. Schmitt Endowed Chair. This college-wide chair, not restricted to a single department, rewards outstanding faculty members by providing them with a two-year appointment to carry out research, develop new courses, and prepare scholarly work for publication.
As part of this opportunity, Leigh will use the chair to further pursue her research and teaching by co-hosting the 2nd Nazareth College Social Innovation Hackathon this October, present at global conferences on the topics of business and management education and cross-sector social partnerships, mentor educators and PhD students through institutes with theManagement and Organizational Behavior Teaching Society and theInternational Humanistic Management Association, and edit a special issue inBusiness Ethics: A European Review on Grand Challenges in Developing Countries. Read her full bio here.
The chair was established at Nazareth College in 1996 through the generosity of those benefactors.The past appointees to the Schmitt Endowed Chair are professors: Marion Hoctor, Christine Bochen, Candide Carrasco, John Edelman, Matthew Temple and Laura Jones-Soehner.
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Jennifer S.A. Leigh is the new Kilian J. and Caroline F. Schmitt Endowed Chair