Faculty Opportunities
Engaging and supporting Santa Clara University faculty is central to our strategy of deepening students’ understanding of social entrepreneurship.
Faculty Fellows
The Miller Center Faculty Fellows Research Program is a cohort-based initiative designed to advance interdisciplinary research, teaching, and community engagement in social entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University. The program brings together faculty committed to addressing complex social challenges through entrepreneurial innovation, cross-sector collaboration, and evidence-based practice.
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Chan Thai
Communication
Empowering Women through Intentional Community Development
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Iris Stewart-Frey
Environmental Studies & Sciences
Evaluating the Impact of Accelerator Programs for Water and Climate Solutions on Climate Resilience and Social Enterprise Effectiveness
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Laura Ellingson
Communication
Aesthetic-Reflexive Service Learning in Entrepreneurship Education: Students as Creative Actors of Global Responsibilities
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Oana Ignat
Computer Science & Engineering
AI for Equitable Social Entrepreneurship: Multimodal, Multilingual, and Human-Centered AI to Bridge the Digital Divide
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Stacey Ritter
Accounting
Accounting for Impact: Performance, Measurement, and Capital in Social Enterprises
Planning Grant Recipients
Miller Center is pleased to support the following faculty members with Faculty Research Planning Grants, which fund the early-stage development of research projects aligned with our strategic focus areas in social entrepreneurship.
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Amber Xiaoyan Liu
Information Systems & Analytics
The Role of Gender Targeting in Social Enterprises: From Pitch Deck to Performance
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Jasmin Llamas
Counseling Psychology
Building the Baseline: Assessing Data Feasibility and Developing Universal Impact Measurement Metrics for Miller Center’s Social Enterprise Portfolio
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Thunyarat (Bam) Amornpetchkul
Information Systems & Analytics
Understanding Key Drivers of High-Impact and Investment-Ready Social Enterprises
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Qiuwen Li
Art and Art History
Social Entrepreneurship as a Bridge Between Classroom and Professional Practice: A Situated-Learning Study of Design Students Working With Social Enterprises
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Vyas Sreenivas
Management
Mentoring Across Logics: How mentoring relationships shape mission and viability in Social Ventures
Miller Center Scholars
An interdisciplinary group of faculty, Miller Center Scholars are actively engaged in teaching, research, and service in social entrepreneurship.
Maya Ackerman Computer Science and Engineering
Bonita Banducci Engineering
Marco Bravo Education
Phyllis Brock Management and Entrepreneurship
Charles Byers Marketing
Laura Callahan Modern Languages and Literatures
Cara Chiaraluce Sociology
Madeline Cronin Philosophy
Di Di Sociology
Reginald Duhe Marketing
Laura Ellingson Communication
Jesica Fernandez Ethnic Studies
Roberto Gil LEAD Scholars
Dennis Gordon Political Science
Leslie Gray Environmental Studies and Sciences
Andrew Ishak Communication
Jennifer Merritt Faria Management, Miller Center Academic Strategy Consultant, Miller Center Lewis Family Fellowship Chair Emerita
Laura Jacobus Management and Entrepreneurship
Hoje Jo Finance
Keyvan Kashkooli Management and Entrepreneurship
Michael Kevane Economics
Molly M. King Sociology
Christopher Kitts Mechanical Engineering
Shoba Krishnan Engineering
Long Le Management and Entrepreneurship
Qiuwen Li Art and Art History
Wilson Lin MSIS
Leocadie Lushombo Jesuit School of Theology
Ed Maurer Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering
Katia Moles Engineering Ethics, Sociology, and Religious Studies
Juan Montermoso Marketing
Pedro Nava Education
Michele Parker Public Health
Maricela Portillo Modern Languages and Literature
Sujata Ramnarayan Marketing
La’Tonya Rease Miles Education
Emily Ray Reese Communication
Haoning Richter Marketing
Laura Robinson Sociology, Miller Center Lewis Family Fellowship Chair
Ariel Schindewolf Modern Languages and Literatures
Iris Stewart-Frey Environmental Studies and Sciences, Environmental Justice and the Common Good Initiative
Chan Thai Communication
“My experience working closely with social entrepreneurs and watching them change the lives of the communities they work in has been both incredibly humbling and motivating.”
