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 Faculty Scholars
An interdisciplinary group of faculty, Miller Center Faculty Scholars are actively engaged in teaching, research, and service in social entrepreneurship.
Andrew Ishak Communication
Ariel Schindewolf Modern Languages and Literatures
Bonita Banducci Engineering
Cara Chiaraluce Sociology
Chan Thai Communication
Charles Byers Marketing
Christopher Kitts Mechanical Engineering
Chris Bacon Environmental Studies and Sciences
Darlene Damm Social Innovation for Social Impact Leaders
Dennis Gordon Political Science
Di Di Sociology
Ed Maurer Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering
Emily Ray Reese Communication
Hamed Akbari Bioengineering
Haoning Richter Marketing
Hoje Jo Finance
Hussein El Hajj Information Systems and Analytics
Iris Stewart-Frey Environmental Studies and Sciences, Environmental Justice and the Common Good Initiative
Jennifer Merritt Faria Management, Miller Center Academic Strategy Consultant, Miller Center Lewis Family Fellowship Chair Emerita
Jesica Fernandez Ethnic Studies
Jessica Kuczenski Engineering
Juan Montermoso Marketing
Katia Moles Engineering Ethics, Sociology, and Religious Studies
Keyvan Kashkooli Management and Entrepreneurship
Laura Robinson Sociology, Miller Center Lewis Family Fellowship Chair
La’Tonya Rease Miles Education
Leocadie Lushombo Jesuit School of Theology
Long Le Management and Entrepreneurship
Laura Jacobus Management and Entrepreneurship
Leslie Gray Environmental Studies and Sciences
Laura Callahan Modern Languages and Literatures
Laura Ellingson Communication
Maya Ackerman Computer Science and Engineering
Marco Bravo Education
Madeline Cronin Philosophy
Michael Kevane Economics
Molly M. King Sociology
Michele Parker Public Health
Maricela Portillo Modern Languages and Literature
Natasha Glendening Public Health
Patrick Williams Marketing
Phyllis Brock Management and Entrepreneurship
Pedro Nava Education
Qiuwen Li Art and Art History
Rachel He Engineering
Reginald Duhe Marketing
Reinhold Steinbeck Global Education & Innovation
Roberto Gil LEAD Scholars
Shireen AlAzzawi Economics
Shoba Krishnan Engineering
Sujata Ramnarayan Marketing
Thunyarat Amornpetchkul Information Systems and Analytics
Vito Francioso Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering
Wilson Lin MSIS
“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.”
