Jaleesa Renee Wells Ph.D. is a creative social entrepreneur, art and social scientist, and transdisciplinary scholar investigating the intersections between culture, society, and enterprise. She is co-founder and inaugural Director of Certificates in Creative Social Entrepreneurship and an Assistant Professor of Arts Administration at the University of Kentucky, where she designs and delivers courses on creative social entrepreneurship, innovation, leadership, and equality in the creative economy. Dr. Wells’ current research projects, presentations, and publications focus on creative and cultural social entrepreneurship and innovation; Black women’s creative economic consciousness; and work, art, and gender in the academy. Learn more about Dr. Wells: drjaleesawells.com.