Dr. Sharon A. Simmons, Ph.D.
Leadership & Service
Leadership & Service
Dr. Simmons serves in leadership roles across academic associations, editorial boards, grant review, community organizations, and entrepreneurship-support organizations. Her service reflects sustained engagement in scholarship, pedagogy, mentoring, and public-facing leadership.
Academy and Editorial Leadership
- Treasurer, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management
- Parliamentarian, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management
- Co-Editor, Annals of Entrepreneurship Education & Pedagogy (Volume 6, 2025)
- Co-Editor, Journal of Small Business Management Special Issue (2018)
- Member, Academy of Management Board of Governors Teaching & Learning Committee
- Editorial Review Board, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice
- Editorial Review Board, Small Business Economics
- Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of Business Research, Global Business and Economic Perspectives, and Journal of Social Entrepreneurship.
Academy of Management Leadership
- Treasurer, Entrepreneurship Division
- Teaching and Learning Conference at AOM (TLC@AOM) Conference Chair
- Teaching and Learning Conference at AOM Program Co-Chair
- Teaching and Learning Conference at AOM Co-Chair of Communications
- Entrepreneurship Division Parliamentarian
- Vice Chair of Member Experience & Journalist, Entrepreneurship Division
- Board of Governors Teaching & Learning Special Committee Member
- Social Chair, USASBE Minority & Women Entrepreneurs Special Interest Group.
Community and Board Service
- Board Member, Hinds County Human Resource Agency (HCHRA)
- Board Member, Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization (CEO)
- Faculty Expert, Amazon Small Business Academy
- Economic Development Committee Member, Beloved Community Initiative / International Museum of Muslim Cultures
- Secretary, Beta Delta Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
- Member, North Jackson Rotary; Rotary reader at Walton Elementary School
- Secretary, U.S. Virgin Islands Society of Certified Public Accountants (USVI CPA Society)
- Class Captain, Fourth Grade, Jefferson Elementary School
- Girl Scout Troop Leader
- Jack and Jill of America, Treasurer
- Volunteer, Women’s Build Project – Habitat for Humanity