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Biography
Jaleesa Renee Wells Ph.D. is an artist, entrepreneur, and scholar investigating the intersections between culture, society, and enterprise. Her current research projects focus on the development of creative and cultural social enterprise ecologies; anthropologies of Black women’s cultural entrepreneuring; and phenomenologies of work, art, and gender in the academy. In practice, Dr. Wells is the founder and CEO of the creative social enterprise studio: BossiRainbow LLC.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Women's Entrepreneurship, Certificate, Cornell University
2022
Entrepreneurship, Doctor of Philosophy, Strathclyde Business School
2020
Doctor of Philosophy, Univ Of Strathclyde
2020
Research Methodology in Business and Management, Postgraduate Certificate, Strathclyde Business School
2016
Arts Administration and Policy, Master of Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2015
Theatre, Business Administration, Bachelor of Science
2011
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Arts Research with Communities of Color (ARCC)
Social Science Research Council
6/1/23 → 5/31/24
Project: Research project
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Arts Research with Communities of Color (ARCC): Supplement
Social Science Research Council
6/1/23 → 5/31/24
Project: Research project
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Black Representation in British Cultural Policy
Wells, J. R., 2022, Arts Management, Cultural Policy, & the African Diaspora.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Entrepreneurial hybridity: concept and context in creative and cultural organizations
Wells, J. R., 2022, Research Handbook on the Sociology of Organizations.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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UnBecoming of Academia: Reflexively Resisting Imposterism Through Poetic Praxis as Black Women in UK Higher Education Institutions
Wells, J. R. & Sobande, F., 2022, The Palgrave Handbook of Imposter Syndrome in Higher Education.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The poetic identity work and sisterhood of Black women becoming academics
Sobande, F. & Wells, J. R., 2021, In: Gender, Work and Organization. 30, 2, p. 469-484 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Entrepreneurship in Culture and Creative Industries
Wells, J. R., 2020Research output: Other contribution
Open Access
Prizes
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Fellow, Arts Research with Communities of Color (ARCC)
Wells, Jaleesa (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Honorary award
Activities
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Women’s Perspectives in Arts Administration
Jaleesa Wells (Organizer), Rachel Shane (Organizer), Destyni Green (Organizer) & Makenzie Shimko (Organizer)
Sep 20 2023Activity: Participating in or organizing an event › Organizing a conference, workshop, ...