Professor, Middle Georgia State University

Simone is a Professor of Management in the School of Business at Middle Georgia State University (US), and an Associate Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School’s Centre for Social Innovation (UK). She is also a member of the Thinkers50 (aka the Oscars of Management Thinking) Radar Class of 2021 and a winner of the Thinkers50 Breakthrough Idea Award. Her research interests include Management History, Entrepreneurship, HR Practices, Leadership, Social Issues and Innovation, Social Sustainability, and relationships between the organization and society. She has published articles in a number of scholarly, peer-reviewed journals, general management magazines, and research-based magazines, including the Journal of Business Ethics, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Journal of Management History, Harvard Business Review, and MIT Sloan Management Review. She and her co-author have been recognized by the Academy of Management for publishing “ground-breaking African-American Management History research,” some of which has been included in a number of prominent management textbooks. She and her co-author have also written a book entitled "African American Management History: Insights on Gaining a Cooperative Advantage."

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