Dr. Renee Chu-Jacoby is a lecturer in the Department of Management and serves as the
Associate Director of Graduate Business Programs at California State University, Fresno.
Her professional journey includes experience as a small business owner, social entrepreneur
and consultant for both nonprofit organizations and alternative education initiatives,
bringing a deeply integrative and applied lens to her academic work.
Dr. Chu-Jacoby is committed to fostering human potential through education, entrepreneurship
and organizational development. She is especially passionate about empowering purpose-driven
groups, community-focused initiatives and individuals navigating pathways of professional
and personal growth.
Her research focuses on organizational behavior with particular attention to the intersectionality
of gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation in workplace contexts. She also engages
in strategic analyses for social impact and explores innovation within the field of
social entrepreneurship.
She earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, summa cum laude, with
an emphasis in Organizational Development and Leadership, from Fresno Pacific University
and her Master of Business Administration with Honors Distinction from the Craig School
of Business at California State University, Fresno. Dr. Chu-Jacoby holds a Doctorate
in Business Administration from the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul
University and is a proud recipient of the California State University Chancellor's
Doctoral Incentive Program Fellowship.
- Strategic planning for economic development
- Entrepreneurship for social impact
- Organizational behavior in the workplace, studying the intersectional areas of gender,
ethnicity and sexual orientation
- Reproductive justice in the workplace
- Implications of centrality in social networks
Dissertation: The Influence of Race and Gender on the Experience of Weight-Based Mistreatment
at Work
Lemmon, G., Jensen, J. M., Kuljanin, G., & Chu‐Jacoby, R. (2025). A mixed‐method exploratory study of weight‐based mistreatment at work. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 98(1), e12550.
