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Theological Seminary
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Education
- D.B.A., Management, Anderson University (2018)
- M.M., Organizational Communication, Aquinas College (2002)
- B.A., Communication Arts, Cornerstone University (1999)
Research Interests
- Gender diversity and nonprofit financial performance
- SoTL Topics: Relational learning, worldview integration, student engagement
Rachel Hammond, D.B.A.
- Associate Professor of Business
- Business Division Chair
- Director of the Ron Blue Center
- Traditional Undergraduate Business Division
Education
- D.B.A., Management, Anderson University (2018)
- M.M., Organizational Communication, Aquinas College (2002)
- B.A., Communication Arts, Cornerstone University (1999)
Research Interests
- Gender diversity and nonprofit financial performance
- SoTL Topics: Relational learning, worldview integration, student engagement
Dr. Rachel Hammond serves as an associate professor of business and Business Division chair at Cornerstone University. She also serves as the director of the Ron Blue Center, working to bring biblical financial wisdom to every Cornerstone student. With career experience ranging from banking to human resource management, Dr. Hammond brings her expertise into the classroom to teach future generations of business leaders.
Dr. Hammond received her Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts from Cornerstone, followed by her Master of Management from Aquinas College. In 2018, Dr. Hammond received her Doctorate of Business Administration in Management from Anderson University. She is a member of the Christian Business Faculty Association.
In her spare time, Dr. Hammond enjoys spending time with her husband, Benjamin, and their three children, whether watching their kids compete in sports, tubing on Lincoln Lake, visiting Yellowstone National Park in an RV or talking around the dinner table.
“It matters that our students not only learn what it means to be competent business professionals but that they approach their vocation with the understanding that their work matters to God.”
Contact Info
- Phone:616.949.5300
- Email:rachel.hammond@cornerstone.edu
Hobbies
- Time with family
- Spending time outside
- Running
- Reading
Campus Involvement
- CELT Committee
- Undergraduate Academic Council
- Professional & Graduate Studies Academic Council
- Women’s Leadership Development
- SOS Team
Publications
- Impact of Student-Led Instruction vs. Professor-Led Instruction on Course Performance and Student Perceptions of Learning (Christian Business Academy Review, 12(1), 2017)
Presentations
- ACBSP: 10 Years Later: Long Term Student Engagement (October 2020)
- FLANC: Developing Social Presence: Teaching Relationally and Creating Community in the (BiModal) Classroom (October 2020)
- CELT Training: Developing Social Presence: Teaching Relationally and Creating Community in the (BiModal) Classroom (Summer 2020)
- Acton Institute: Professionalism in the Virtual Workplace (June 2020)
- CCCU Diversity Conference: Closing the Gap: Board Gender Diversity in the CCCU (October 2019)
- EBHS: 15 Years Later: Lessons Learned from Norway’s Board Gender Quotas (June 2019)
- CCCU Diversity Conference: Closing the Gap: Board Gender Diversity in the CCCU (October 2019)
- CU Scholarship Lunch: Dissertation Overview (November 2018)
- Terra Firma: Vocation & Worldview (October 2018)
- Homecoming Weekend: Reflections on the CEO Next Door (September 2018)
- Acton Institute: Professionalism in the Workplace (June 2018)
- Faculty Work Day: A Study on Mini-Van Debris (May 2018)
- CU Chapel: Running Towards Integrity & Humility (April 2018)
- Lilly Conference: TED & Pecha Kucha in the Classroom (October 2017)
- Faculty Work Day: Living with the Boulder of Doctorate Work (August 2017)
- Acton Institute: Professionalism in the Workplace (June 2017)
- Faculty Work Day: Using Rubrics to Give Student Feedback (May 2017)
- CU Chapel: What about Work? (October 2016)
- Lilly Conference: Impact of Student-Led Instruction on Learning (October 2016)
- CU Chapel: Practice of Gratitude Part 2 (November 2015)
- Faculty Work Day: Creating & Sustaining an Inclusive Classroom (August 2015)
- Lilly Conference: Creating & Sustaining an Inclusive Classroom (October 2015)
- Women In Leadership Conference: Encouraging Gender Diversity from the Boardroom to the Trenches (April 2015)
- Take our Place at the Table: HR Roadmap for Women (April 2015)
- CU Chapel: Hope in the Face of Failure (February 2015)
- Women Speak: Identity (February 2015)
- CU Chapel: Practice of Gratitude Part 1 (November 2014)
Awards and Recognitions
- Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (2017)
- Enactus Faculty Hall of Fame (2018)
