Faculty Fellowship Program

The Faculty Fellowship Program provides HBCU faculty members the opportunity to contribute to the Center’s mission of empowering ntrepreneurship, specifically through research and scholarship. This fellowship supports faculty to conduct  innovative and impactful research, produce peer-reviewed articles, books, monographs, e-books, digital materials, and other content that addresses critical challenges, explores new frontiers, and advances knowledge and scholarship related to entrepreneurship. Fellows are selected by each of our four (4) regional centers, and each fellow is given a $10,000 award for their program participation.

2024-25 Faculty Fellows

Dr. Kellye Jones
Dr. Kellye JonesAssociate Professor of Management, Clark Atlanta University
Project Title: “African American Female Technology Founder Funding: Insights From Traditional and Female Focused Venture Capitalists”
Dr. Pam Richardson-Greenfield
Dr. Pam Richardson-GreenfieldAssistant Professor Marketing Department, Clark Atlanta University
Project Title: “Franchising While Black”
Dr. Natalie Baucum
Dr. Natalie BaucumMarketing Professor, Hampton University
Project Title: “Franchising While Black”
Dr. Christopher Chauncey Watson
Dr. Christopher Chauncey WatsonResearch Scientist/Visiting Professor Center for Urban Health Equity, Morgan State University
Exploration of the Systemic Forces Shaping Black LGBTQ+ Entrepreneurial Experiences in the United States
Dr. Babu George
Dr. Babu GeorgeFull Professor of Management, Alcorn State University
Project Title: “AI and the Black Entrepreneur: Case Studies in Technological Empowerment”
Dr. Constant D. Beugre
Dr. Constant D. BeugreProfessor of Management, Delaware State University
Project Title: “Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in HBCUs: An Institutional Entrepreneurship Analysis”
Dr. Kimberly K Powell
Dr. Kimberly K PowellAssociate Professor of Marketing/Interim Department Chair for Management and Marketing
Project Title: “Optimizing the Retail Experience: A Qualitative Exploration of In-Store Shopping Preferences of Black Consumers at Black-Owned Businesses”
Dr. Sharon Simmons
Dr. Sharon SimmonsAssociate Professor of Entrepreneurship, Jackson State University
Project Title: “How an HBCU Entrepreneurship Lab Empowers Students and Transforms Communities”
Dr. Angelita Howard
Dr. Angelita HowardMeharry Medical College
Project Title: “Increasing Blacks in Biotechnology Entrepreneurship”

2023-24 Faculty Fellows

Dr. Vaneesha Dutra
Dr. Vaneesha DutraAssociate Professor Finance and International Business, Howard University
Project Title: “The Impact of Trauma & Risk Perceptions on Black Entrepreneur Outcomes”
Dr. Mercedes Ebanks
Dr. Mercedes EbanksAssociate Professor School of Education, Howard University
Project Title: “The Impact of Trauma & Risk Perceptions on Black Entrepreneur Outcomes”
Dr. Wendy M. Edmonds
Dr. Wendy M. EdmondsInterim Chair, Management, Marketing, and Public Administration Bowie State University
Project Title: “Developing a Human Resource Development Intervention to Support Black Entrepreneurs in Scaling Their Business”
Dr. Tracy Harrell Dunn
Dr. Tracy Harrell DunnDean Benedict College School of Business
Project Title: “An Examination of Entrepreneurship Education at SC HBCUs”
Charlisa Holloway Edelin, JD
Charlisa Holloway Edelin, JDChair, Mass Communications, Visual and Performing Arts Delaware State University
Project Title: “Eradicating hurdles facing Black-Women Entrepreneurs by Analyzing The Success of The BOW Collective, Black Women Entrepreneurs with Million Dollar Businesses”
Dr. Golshan Javadian
Dr. Golshan JavadianAssociate Professor of Management, Morgan State University
Project Title: “Standing Still: Examining the Impact of Relative Deprivation on Growth Intentions of Black Entrepreneurs”
Dr. Michael N. Ogbolu
Dr. Michael N. OgboluAssociate Professor of Management Howard University
Project Title: “Consumer Perceptions of Ethnic Entrepreneurs and Neighborhood Type: Impact on Black-owned Businesses”
Dr. Dayo Oyeleye
Dr. Dayo OyeleyeAssistant Professor of Management, Bowie State University
Project Title:“Exploring the Utilization of An Enhanced Instructional System Design Method to Develop an Entrepreneurship Education Pedagogy at Historical Black College Universities”
Dr. Ikenna Uzuegbunam
Dr. Ikenna UzuegbunamAssociate Professor of Management, Howard University
Project Title: “Effects of Racial Differences in Policing on Entrepreneurship”