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Education<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong>PhD<\/strong>, 2016, International Management & Organization, University of Victoria \u2013 Victoria, BC<\/p>\n\n- \n
\n- Dissertation: \u201cHomelessness Through Different Lenses: Negotiating Multiple Meaning Systems in a Canadian Tri-Sector Social Partnership\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Master\u2019s in Business Administration<\/strong>, 2008, Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business, <\/span>High Honors<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Bachelor\u2019s in Business Administration<\/strong>, 2006, Management and Marketing, Abilene Christian University, Summa Cum Laude<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Teaching Experience<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nAssistant Professor, <\/strong>Management, August 2016 – present, Abilene Christian University<\/p>\nCourses Taught:<\/em><\/p>\n\n- \n
\n- Social Enterprise Consulting with spring break consulting trip to Costa Rica (Spring 2019, Spring 2020)<\/li>\n
- Business & Sustainability (Summer 2017 – present)<\/li>\n
- International Business (Fall 2017, 2018 Summer in Oxford, Summer 2020 )<\/li>\n
- Strategic Management (Fall 2016 \u2013 to present)<\/li>\n
- Principles of Management (Fall 2018, Fall 2019)<\/li>\n
- Honors Colloquium: Let’s Eat! (Spring 2018, Fall 2020)<\/li>\n
- International Business – MBA online program (Summer 2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Sessional<\/strong> Instructor, Undergraduate Business Program, University of Victoria<\/p>\nCourses Taught<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n- \n
\n- Leading People and Organizations 1 (Fall 2014, Fall 2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Practitioner Training<\/strong>, 2010, Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF)<\/p>\n\n- \n
\n- Created and taught customized business development course to administration team at training & employment center for people with disabilities in Vietnam aimed at increasing understanding of strategic business planning and marketing-oriented business approach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Teaching Cases<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nEaster, S.<\/strong> & Conway Dato-on, M. 2012. 9B12M089: Case – Vietnam Handicraft Initiative: Moving toward sustainable operations. Ivey Publishing.<\/p>\nEaster, S.<\/strong> & Conway Dato-on, M. 2012. 8B12M089: Teaching Note – Vietnam Handicraft Initiative: Moving toward sustainable operations. Ivey Publishing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Refereed Publications<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nEaster, S.<\/strong>, Ceulemans, K. & Lynn, M. 2021. Moving beyond Sisyphus: Pursuing sustainable development in a business-as-usual world.<\/span> Business & Society <\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/00076503211015914<\/p>\nEaster, S.<\/strong>, Ceulemans, K., & Kelly, D. 2020. Bridging research-practice tensions: Exploring day-to-day engaged scholarship investigating sustainable development challenges. European Management Review<\/em>. DOI: 10.1111\/emre.12443<\/span><\/p>\nEaster, S.<\/strong> & Schultz, M. 2017. Processes of negotiating identity in a cross sector partnership: Homelessness through different lenses. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, <\/em>no. 1, p. 12572.<\/p>\nEaster, S.<\/strong> & Brannen, M.Y. 2016. Merging institutional logics and negotiated culture perspectives to help cross-sector partnerships solve the world\u2019s most wicked problems. 2016 Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference Proceedings<\/em>: 36-56.<\/p>\nEaster, S<\/strong>. & Conway Dato-on, M. 2015. Bridging ties across contexts to scale social value: The case of a Vietnamese social enterprise. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship<\/em>, 6(3): 320-351.<\/p>\nConway Dato-on, M. & Easter, S.<\/strong> 2013. Balancing cultural differences and organizational priorities in social enterprises: Lessons from Asia. In C. Wankel and L. Pate (Eds.), Social Entrepreneurship as a Catalyst for Social Change<\/em>. Information Age Publishing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Manuscripts Under Review<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nEaster,<\/strong> S.<\/strong>, Murphy, M., & Brannen, M.Y. Negotiating meaning systems in cross-sector partnerships to tackle grand challenges: The case of homelessness. Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Business Ethics<\/em><\/p>\nEaster, S<\/strong>., Murphy, M. & Brannen, M.Y. Homelessness through different lenses: The role of bridging agents in cross-sector partnerships. Revise and Resubmit at Business & Society\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Manuscripts in Development<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nLynn, M., Easter, S<\/strong>., Jessup, R., & Straughn, G. Harmonizing work: Meaning and meaning making through hymnody. Preparing to submit to Human Relations<\/em><\/p>\nEaster, S<\/strong>., & Phillips, L. Conducting service-learning projects for undergraduate students in a global context. Target journal: Journal of Management Education<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Refereed Conference Presentations<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nEaster, S<\/strong>., & Murphy, M. 2021. M.Y. Negotiating meaning systems in cross-sector partnerships to tackle grand challenges: The case of homelessness. European Group for Organization Studies Consortium (Virtual presentation)<\/p>\nEaster, S<\/strong>., Murphy, M. & Brannen, M.Y. 2021. Negotiating meaning systems in cross sector partnerships to tackle grand challenges: The case of homelessness. Christian Scholars Conference. Nashville, TN<\/p>\nEaster, S<\/strong>., Ceulemans, K. & Lynn, M. 2021. Moving beyond Sisyphus: Pursuing sustainable development in a business-as-usual world.\u00a0 Sustainability as a Solution to Global Business Conference at UTD. (Virtual presentation)<\/p>\nEaster, S<\/strong>., Ceulemans, K. & Lynn, M. 2020. Contending with Sisyphus: Pursuing sustainable development in a business-as-usual world. Annual Academy of Management Meeting. (Virtual presentation)<\/p>\nEaster, S<\/strong>., Ceulemans, K. & Lynn, M. 2020. Contending with Sisyphus: Pursuing sustainable development in a business-as-usual world. 2020 26th<\/sup> International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference. (Virtual presentation)<\/p>\nLynn, M., Easter, S<\/strong>., Jessup, R., & Straughn, G. 2020. Harmonizing work: Meaning and meaning making in Christian hymnody. Annual Academy of Management Meeting. (Virtual presentation)<\/p>\nEaster, S<\/strong>. & Phillips, L. Creating globally and socially engaged business students: The case of a social enterprise consulting course in a global context. Accepted to LEAP Conference (cancelled due to COVID-19)<\/p>\nLynn, M., Easter, S<\/strong>., Jessup, R., & Straughn, G. 2019. Work and faith harmonized: Views of labor in Christian hymns from 1500-2000. 2019 Christian Business Faculty Association.<\/p>\nEaster, S.<\/strong>, Ceulemans, K., & Kelly, D. 2018. Bridging the research-practice divide to tackle grand challenges: Unraveling the day-to-day tensions and activities of engaged scholarship. 2018 Annual Academy of Management Meeting. Chicago, IL<\/p>\nEaster, S.<\/strong> & Lynn, M. 2018. Contending with Sisyphus: Institutional work in resistant places. 2018 European Group for Organization Studies Consortium. Tallin, Estonia<\/p>\nEaster, S. <\/strong>& Murphy, M. 2017. Traversing divergent meaning systems: Boundary work in a Canadian cross sector partnership. Annual Academy of Management Meeting. Atlanta, GA<\/p>\nEaster, S. <\/strong>& Schultz, M. 2017. Processes of negotiating identity in a cross sector partnership: Homelessness through different lenses. Annual Academy of Management Meeting. Atlanta, GA<\/p>\nEaster, S<\/strong> & Brannen, M.Y. 2016. Merging institutional logics and negotiated culture lenses to help cross sector partnerships solve the world\u2019s wicked problems. Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference (EPIC). Minneapolis, MN<\/p>\nBrannen, M.Y., Mughan, T., & Easter, S<\/strong>. 2016. Strategic ethnography: Harnessing subsidiary resources for organizational renewal. Annual Academy of Management Meeting. Anaheim, CA<\/p>\nEaster, S. <\/strong>2016. Bridging across multiple meaning systems: Boundary spanning in a Canadian tri-sector social partnership. 5th<\/sup> International Symposium of Cross Sector Social Interactions. Toronto, ON<\/p>\nEaster, S. <\/strong>& Conway Dato-on, M. 2014. External social ties as binding and blinding: Case of a Vietnamese social enterprise. Annual Academy of International Business Meeting. Vancouver, BC<\/p>\nEaster, S.<\/strong> & Peredo, A.M. 2014. An exploratory study to understand the capacity needs of social economy practitioners: A case study of British Columbia. Annual Western Academy of Management Meeting. Napa, CA<\/p>\nEaster, S. <\/strong>2013. Understanding competing logics at the organizational level through a bicultural lens. Annual Academy of Management Meeting. Orlando, FL<\/p>\nEaster, S.<\/strong> & Conway Dato-on, M. 2011. Developing sustainable business solutions for nascent social entrepreneurs. NYU-Stern Social Entrepreneurship Conference. NYC, NY<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Symposia Presentations<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nEaster, S<\/strong>. & Ceulemans, K. (Organizers). 2021. Panel symposium – Sustainability in management education: Exploring the role of cultural context. Accepted to 2021 Annual Academy of Management Meeting. (Virtual presentation)<\/p>\nEaster, S.<\/strong> & Murphy, M. (Organizers). 2016. Beyond a top down mentality: Community based cross sector collaborations for systemic change. 5th<\/sup> International Symposium of Cross Sector Social Interactions. Toronto, ON<\/p>\nEaster, S. <\/strong>& Brannen, M.Y.\u00a0 (Organizers). 2015. Symposium panel: Merging cultural and institutional logics perspectives to better understand today\u2019s complex global organizational realities. Annual Academy of Management Meeting. Vancouver, BC<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Honors & Awards<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nJunior Faculty Consortium Fellow, OMT Division, Academy of Management, 2018<\/p>\n
Weathers Fellowship for Outstanding Junior Faculty, ACU College of Business, 2018<\/p>\n
Junior Faculty Consortium Fellow, SIM Division, Academy of Management, 2017<\/p>\n
Best Paper Based on a Dissertation, MOC Division, Academy of Management, 2017<\/p>\n
Best Reviewer Award, Journal of International Business Studies, <\/em>2016<\/p>\nDoctoral Consortium Fellow, International Symposium of Cross Sector Social Interactions, 2016<\/p>\n
University of Victoria Fellowship, 2012 \u2013 2016<\/p>\n
Celebration of Joy Award, University of Victoria, 2015<\/p>\n
Jarmila Vlasta Von Drak Thouvenelle Graduate Scholarship, 2015<\/p>\n
Doctoral Consortium Fellow, SIM Division, Academy of Management, 2015<\/p>\n
Doctoral Consortium Fellow, Western Academy of Management, 2014<\/p>\n
Abilene Christian University Graduate Scholarship, 2012 \u2013 2014<\/p>\n
Doctoral Consortium Fellow, Academy of Management (CMS, RM, New PhD Student), 2013<\/p>\n
Dr. Ian McPherson Scholarship, 2013<\/p>\n
Crummer Early Advantage MBA Scholarship, 2006 \u2013 2008<\/p>\n
Beta Gamma Sigma member, 2005 \u2013 present<\/p>\n
Abilene Christian University Scholar, 2004 \u2013 2005<\/p>\n
Pauline & Ed Snelson Scholarship, 2002 \u2013 2006<\/p>\n
Abilene Christian University Trustee Scholarship, 2002 \u2013 2006<\/p>\n
Abilene Christian University Entrance Grant, 2002 \u2013 2003<\/p>\n
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Professional Service<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nEditorial Board Member<\/strong>, Journal of International Business Studies, <\/em>February 2015 – present<\/p>\nAd Hoc Reviewer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \n
\n- Journal of Management Studies<\/em><\/li>\n
- Organization Studies<\/em><\/li>\n
- Human Relations<\/em><\/li>\n
- Journal of Management Inquiry<\/em><\/li>\n
- Journal of Business Ethics<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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University & Community Service<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nCo-Facilitator<\/strong>, Research Seminar as a part of First Year Research Experience Program, Spring 2021<\/p>\nFaculty Senate Member<\/strong>, Summer 2020 – present<\/p>\nNew Faculty Mentor<\/strong> for Ramonica Scott, Fall 2019 \u2013 Spring 2020<\/p>\nCo-Chair<\/strong>, Highland Preacher Minister Search, Fall 2018 \u2013 Spring 2019<\/p>\nCo-Chair<\/strong>, BBA Redesign Task Force, Fall 2018 \u2013 Fall 2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nMember<\/strong>, University Athletic Committee, Fall 2018 – present<\/p>\nMember<\/strong>, Faculty & Staff Development Committee, College of Business, Fall 2018 – present<\/p>\nFaculty Mentor<\/strong>, Halbert Global Service Trip to Honduras, Spring 2018<\/p>\nGED Mentor<\/strong>, Highland Educational Initiative, Fall 2018 \u2013 Spring 2019<\/p>\nFacilitator<\/strong>, Highland women\u2019s bible class (rotational basis), Fall 2017 \u2013 Fall 2019<\/p>\nCo-Leader<\/strong>, Women\u2019s bible study for business majors, Spring 2017 \u2013 Spring 2019<\/p>\nTask Force Member<\/strong>, Business as Mission Planning Team, Spring 2017 \u2013 Fall 2018<\/p>\nFaculty Advisor<\/strong>, Enactus Student Organization, Spring 2017 – present<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Professional Experience (Prior to Entering Academia)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nSenior Strategy Analyst<\/strong>, 2011-2012, Correct Craft, Inc. Orlando, FL<\/p>\nMarketing & Business Development<\/strong> Advisor, 2010, Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF) Hue, Vietnam – In partnership with Volunteer Service Overseas (VSO)<\/em><\/p>\nMarketing Specialist<\/strong>, 2007-2009, Correct Craft, Inc. Orlando, FL<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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