- Ph.D. in Management, Georgia
State University, Atlanta, GA, 1988
- M.B.A., Georgia State
University, Atlanta, GA, 1984
- B.S. in Chemistry, Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1976
Caron St. John joined
the faculty of Clemson University in 1988. She is a full professor
in the department of management and serves as the Director of the
Arthur M. Spiro Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership. Dr. St.
John has participated in grants receiving over $1.5 million in
funding from U.S. SBA, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the
National Science Foundation. She has published over 30 articles in
leading scholarly journals including Academy of Management
Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of
Operations Management, Production and Operations Management,
and Organizational Research Methods, as well as two
textbooks in strategic management. She teaches undergraduate and
graduate courses that address the business, operations, and
technology strategies of firms. During her tenure as director of the
Spiro Institute, she has developed several new curriculum
initiatives in entrepreneurship, planned and implemented several
outreach programs that link graduate business students and
experienced business executives with inventors and entrepreneurs for
assistance and mentoring, created a competitive research grants
program for faculty and graduate students, and raised the profile of
entrepreneurship activities on campus. She has also involved the
Spiro Institute in several collaborations on campus and in the state
that are intended to spur economic development through
technology-based entrepreneurial initiatives. She is a founding
board member of the Upstate Coalition for Entrepreneurial
Development, serves on the Clemson University Research Foundation
board, and serves on the advisory boards of various start-up firms
and seed capital funds. Before pursuing an academic career, she was
a chemist with Celanese Corporation in Charlotte, NC where she was
involved with new product development and new business development.
Dr. St. John is the recipient of the 1994
Management Department Scholarly Achievement Award and the 1994 MBA
Outstanding Faculty Award. |
