Engaged Research Achievement Awardees
2025 Engaged Research Achievement Award Winner
Area of Scholarship
The intersection of strategy, entrepreneurship and innovation, including new sector formation, market entry and early-stage operational behavior.
Highlights
- 41 peer reviewed publications, 22 of which have involved identifiable stakeholder collaborations
- 6 book chapters
- 69 presentations on studies involving engaged stakeholders at our field's top conferences
- Has worked with a wide variety of stakeholders on topics such as: neuro-diversity, mental illness, entrepreneurship, and empowerment, women entrepreneurs in multiple countries, historically under-represented entrepreneurs and rural entrepreneurship, and complex problems and U.N. Sustainability Goals
Richard A. Hunt
Associate Professor and director of Doctoral Studies in Management
In the Nominator’s Words
“Overall, I underscore that Dr. Hunt is truly an eminent scholar, who has devoted much of his research career to pursuing intriguing research projects by engaging a wide variety of non-traditional, often marginalized or neglected communities in the research process. Given his novel, very applied and engaged research that has shaped the scholarly as well as many marginalized communities around the world, I truly believe that Dr. Hunt is the most deserving candidate for the Engaged Research Award.” -- Devi Gnyawali, R.B. Pamplin Professor and head of the Department of Management
About the Award
The Engaged Research Award recognizes faculty who apply their research or creative activity to address a significant community need or larger social issue, trying to find solutions that may improve the quality of life for individuals, families, and communities. They actively collaborate with members of the community (locally, statewide, nationally, or globally), regarding them as equal partners in the process, sharing knowledge and expertise, and working together to generate new knowledge for the mutual benefit of both the community and the university.