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Lee Grumbles

Clinical Assistant Professor - Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation

Contact Information

Email:  Lee_Grumbles@baylor.edu
Mailing Address:  One Bear Place #98011
Waco, TX  76706
Office Location:  Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation 210.41

Educational Background

  • PHD - Business Administration, Oklahoma State University Stillwater
  • MBA - Banking, Sam Houston State University
  • BA - Journalism, Texas A&M University College Station

Work Experience

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation, Baylor University (August 2020 - Present)
  • Vice President - Commercial Lending, Independent Financial (October 2018 - July 2020)
  • Vice President - Commercial Lending, Trustmark National Bank (March 2012 - October 2018)
  • Assistant Vice President - Business Banking, Bank of America (February 2011 - March 2012)
  • Financial Specialist, Wachovia Bank / Wells Fargo Bank (July 2008 - February 2011)
  • Senior Mortgage Banker, Fieldstone Investment Corporation (October 2002 - July 2008)

Awards and Honors

  • Nominee - HSB Early Career Teaching Excellence Award (2023)
  • Nominee - HSB Early Career Teaching Excellence Award, Baylor University (April 2022)
  • Active Learning Lab Fellowship, Academy for Teaching and Learning (April 29, 2021)
  • 2020 Best Conceptual Paper - Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management (July 29, 2020)
  • Member - Beta Gamma Sigma, Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society (2012)

Professional Memberships

  • Academy of Management (January 28, 2019 - Present)
  • USASBE (January 2019 - Present)

Presentations and Proceedings

Basic or Discovery Scholarship

Grumbles, L. H., Phillips, D., & Rutherford, M. W. (2020). Opaque Costly Signals and Debt Contracts in Entrepreneurial Ventures. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2020, No. 1, p. 19720). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
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