Dr. SherRhonda “Sher” Gibbs became dean of the Division of Business and Economics at Morehouse College on July 1, 2022. Previously, she served as dean of the Monfort College of Business at the University of Northern Colorado (UNCO). Prior to joining UNCO, Dr. Gibbs was associate dean of accreditation and analytics and interim director of the University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) School of Management, the largest school in the College of Business. During her 12-year tenure at USM, she held the Alvin Williams Endowed Chair of Minority Entrepreneurship and was promoted and tenured.

In addition to administrative leadership positions, Gibbs is a serial entrepreneur who started multiple businesses and has twenty years of academic experience, which includes serving on the faculty at Jackson State University and spearheading entrepreneurial initiatives. Prior to entering academia, Dr. Gibbs was a software engineer and held professional positions with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and at IBM.

Her research focuses on entrepreneurship related to recognizing opportunities, social-psychological perspectives, and experiences among Black and women entrepreneurs. She is a faculty fellow for the Direct Selling Education Foundation and served as director-at-large, minority and women social interest group chair, and senior vice president of membership for the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE). From 2018 to 2020, Dr. Gibbs served as associate editor of Management Decision. In 2019, she received the Changemaker Award in Entrepreneurship Education from Diana International (based at Babson College). In 2022, she was also recognized for her work and advocacy in advancing women and minority entrepreneurship and was inducted into the prestigious Longenecker Fellows by the USASBE organization (see https://www.usasbe.org/page/fellows).

Gibbs earned a Ph.D. in Business Administration with a concentration in Management from Jackson State University, while also completing a master’s certification in Technology Transfer and Commercialization from California State University, San Bernardino. She holds an MBA from Winona State University and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Grambling State University.