Stephanie Elizabeth Raible
Biography
Stephanie Raible is an assistant professor of social innovation and entrepreneurship at the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics’ Department of Business Administration and Horn Entrepreneurship at the University of Delaware. She also serves as UD’s faculty director of the Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, which provides students with curricular and co-curricular opportunities to explore the area of social entrepreneurship.
She has been an entrepreneurship educator since 2012 and has taught and developed curricula across nine academic institutions and non-profits in the United States and Europe. For her high impact contributions to the field and at UD, she has received local, national, and international recognitions, and her work has reached thousands of learners through her recent textbook and her curriculum development and teaching efforts. Her research interests are in the areas of entrepreneurial identity, women’s entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurship education.
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
- Raible, S. E. (2024). 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
- Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award-Austria, Fulbright Commission, 2025
- 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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