Stephanie Elizabeth Raible
Biography
Dr. Stephanie Raible is an associate professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, with an affiliated faculty appointment in the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration. She also serves as faculty director of UD’s Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, where she has expanded nationally recognized curricular and co-curricular programming and developed global study abroad opportunities in Thailand and Germany.
At UD, she has contributed to institutional leadership as a faculty senator and on the Women’s Caucus Executive Board, where she served as its co-chair in 2025/26. Her work has been recognized through multiple university, national and international awards, including selection as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar with the Management Center Innsbruck (Austria, 2025).
Since 2012, she has taught and developed entrepreneurship and leadership programs across nine universities and nonprofit initiatives in the United States and Europe, reaching thousands of learners through her teaching, curriculum design and her co-authored book Social Entrepreneurship: A Practice-Based Approach to Social Innovation. Her research explores entrepreneurial identity and stereotypes, women’s entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial transitions and social entrepreneurship.
Dr. Raible has served on several nonprofit and association boards, including the Board of Directors of the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, where she currently serves as secretary. Earlier in her career, she co-founded the International Network for Innovators in Education, led two European Commission–funded incubators and worked in adult and international education for more than a decade.
Education
- Ed.D. in organizational leadership, Northeastern University
- Graduate certificate in socially responsible and sustainable apparel business, University of Delaware
- M.A. in lifelong learning policy and management, UCL Institute of Education and University of Deusto
- M.S.Ed. in higher education management, University of Pennsylvania
- B.A. in Italian studies, University of Delaware
Select Publications
- Miedtank, T., Raible, S. E., & Wierenga, M. (2025). Unleashing the impact potential of early-career researchers: Recognizing the value of micro-level impact. Journal of Management Studies. doi: 10.1111/joms.13261
- Raible, S. E. (2025). Blooming social impact: Growing Appalachian Botanical Company’s resource partnerships in a rural ecosystem. The CASE Journal. doi: 10.1108/TCJ-08-2023-0180
- Ballesteros-Sola, M., & Raible, S. E. (2024). Scaling social impact. In B. Boots, B. Williams, & Perry, L. (Eds.), The De Gruyter Handbook of Social Entrepreneurship. Germany: De Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783110795479-025
- Ballesteros-Sola, M., Myrah, K., Rempel, K., & Raible, S. E. (2024). Aisle: A Canadian B Corp pivots to scale its impact. SAGE Business Cases. doi: 10.4135/9781071937402
- Raible, S. E., & Perry, A. K. (2023). Universal ethics. In R. M. McManus, S. J. Ward, & A. Perry (Eds.), Ethical Leadership: A Primer (Second edition, pp. 102-123). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Kucher, J., & Raible, S. E. (2022). Social entrepreneurship: A practice-based approach to social innovation. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1st edition.
- Raible, S. E. (2022). Saskia Bruysten: Advocacy, perseverance, and vision for social business during challenging times. In P. Goodman Hayward, S. Rehman, & Z. Yan (Eds.), Women Community Leaders and their Impact as Global Changemakers (pp. 86-93). IGI Global.
- Raible, S. E. (2022). Critical Concrete: Pivot possibilities for a sustainable architecture social enterprise. Case Research Journal, 42(3).
- Raible, S. E., Adeyinka, O., Holtzen, S., & Douglas, M. (2022). Stakeholder power play: Delta Airlines, voter rights, and Georgia Senate Bill 202. The CASE Journal, 18(3), 463-483. doi: 10.1108/TCJ-07-2021-0110
- Raible, S. E., & Williams Middleton, K. (2021). The relatable entrepreneur: Combating stereotypes in entrepreneurship education. Industry and Higher Education, 35(4), 293-305. doi: 10.1177/095042222110174
- Raible, S. E., & Ballesteros-Sola, M. (2021). Go Baby Go: Scaling a social movement around mobility. Case Research Journal, 41(3), 15-28.
Awards & Honors
- U.S. Fulbright Scholar Award-Austria, Fulbright Commission, 2025
- Excellence in Teaching Award, U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship SIG, 2025
- 50 Best Undergraduate Business Professors, Poets & Quants, 2024
- Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Delaware, 2023
- Curriculum Innovation in Entrepreneurship Award, Deshpande Symposium on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education, 2023
- Excellence in Social Entrepreneurship Award, International Council for Small Business, 2023
- DBT40 Under 40 Award, Delaware Business Times, 2022
- Paul R. Lawrence Fellow, Case Research Foundation, 2021
- Model Emerging Program Finalist-UD Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 2021
- Best Ethics Paper Award, North American Case Research Association, 2020
Curriculum Vitae
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