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Professor Godwyn teaches introductory and advanced courses in Sociology, Women's Studies, Gender Studies, and the Nature and Environment Foundation course. She has lectured at Harvard University and taught at Brandeis University and Lasell College, where she was also the Director of the Donahue Institute for Public Values. Professor Godwyn focuses on social theory as it applies to issues of inequality. Within the field of sociology, her areas of expertise include Critical and Classical theory, Feminist Theory, Ethics and Business Ethics, Diversity and Inclusion, and the Sociology of Entrepreneurship. She has published in journals such as Symbolic Interaction, Current Perspectives in Social Theory, Gender and Management, and the Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. In 2008, her business ethics case, Hugh Connerty and Hooters: What is Successful Entrepreneurship? won the Dark Side Case Competition sponsored by the Critical Management Studies Interest Group and the Management Education Division of the Academy of Management. In 2012, Professor Godwyn was given the Nan Langowitz Women Who Make a Difference Award at Babson College, and in 2013, she was the recipient of the Women's Leadership Award, World Corporate Social Responsibility Congress in Mumbai, India. She has also published three books: Minority Women Entrepreneurs: How Outsider Status can Lead to Better Business Practices, coauthored with Donna Stoddard, DBA (Stanford University Press and Greenleaf Publishing, 2011), Sociology of Organizations: Structures and Relationships co-edited with Jody Hoffer Gittel, PhD (Sage Publications, Inc., 2012) and Ethics and Diversity in Business Management Education: A Sociological Study with International Scope (Springer-Verlag, 2015).

Ph D, Brandeis University
MA, Brandeis University
BA, Wellesley College

Critical and Classical Social Theory; Gender; Sociology of Entrepreneurship

2017 — Babson Faculty Research Fund Award ($10,000), Babson College
2017 — Outstanding Author Contribution, Emerald Publishing
2016 — Outstanding Reference Book Award of the Year in 2016, American Library Association (ALA) in Boston, Mass, USA
2015 — Babson Research Scholar Award, Babson College
2015 — Babson Faculty Research Fund Award, Babson College
2015 — 2015-18 Babson Research Scholar Award, Babson College
2014 — Best Presentation Award, Global Corporate Governance Institute, First Annual Conference, 14-15 August 2014, University of Surrey, Guildford, U.K., Global Corporate Governance
2013 — Babson Faculty Research Fund Award, Babson College
2013 — Women's Leadership Award, World CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Congress, Mumbai, India.
2012 — Nan Langowitz Women Who Make a Difference Award, Babson College
2011 — Babson Faculty Research Fund Award, Babson College
2009 — Outstanding Reviewer, Critical Management Division, Academy of Management
2008 — Minority Voices in Entrepreneurship: Democratization of Influence and Resources, Committee for a Diverse Community at Babson College
2008 — Winner of the “Dark Side Case Competition, Critical Management Studies Interest Group and the Management Education Division of the Academy of Management
2007 — Babson Faculty Research Fund Award,
2006 — sub-award funding to integrate ethics , Harold Geneen Foundation
2005 — Babson College Board of Research Summer Stipend,
2005 — sub-award funding , Coleman Foundation for research
2004 — sub-award funding , Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
2003 — Babson College Board of Research Summer Stipend,
2001 — Babson College Board of Research Summer Stipend,
1999 — Brandeis Outstanding Teaching Award,
1995 — Brandeis Teaching Fellowships,

Journal Articles

Godwyn, M. (2016). “Surviving and Thriving in Constructive Conflict: The Emotional Lives of Business Ethics Faculty and Non-Profit Human Service Workers” . Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations. Vol: 16, Issue: Special Issue, Page: 59-93. Emerald Group Publishing. link
Langowitz, N.S., Allen, I., Godwyn, M.E. (2013). Early-Career Outcomes and Gender: Can Educational Interventions Make a Difference?. Gender in Management: An International Journal. Vol: 28, Issue: 2, Page: 111-134. Emerald. link
Godwyn, M.E. (2009). This Place Makes Me Proud to be a Woman: Theoretical Explanations for Success in Entrepreneurship Education for Low-Income Women. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. Vol: 27, Issue: 1, Page: 50-64.
Godwyn, M.E. (2006). Using Emotional Labor to Create and Maintain Relationships in Service and Sales Interactions. Symbolic Interaction. Vol: 29, Issue: 4.
Godwyn, M.E., Langowitz , N., Sharpe, N. (2006). Women’s Business Centers in the United States: Effective Entrepreneurship Training and Policy Implementation. Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Vol: 19, Issue: 2.
Godwyn, M.E. (2003). Rationalism and Traditionalism in Classical Sociological and Contemporary Feminist Theory.. Current Perspectives in Social Theory: Critical Theory: Diverse Objects, Diverse Subjects. Vol: 22.

Books

Godwyn, M.E. (2022). Research Handbook on the Sociology of Organizations.: Research Handbook on the Sociology of Organizations. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Godwyn, M.E. (2015). Ethics and Diversity in Business Management Education: A Sociological Study with International Scope. Page: 91. Springer-Verlag.
Godwyn, M.E., Gittell, J.H. (2012). Sociology of Organizations: Structures and Relationships. Page: 768. Pine Forge Press/Sage Publications, Inc .
Godwyn, M.E., Stoddard, D.B. (2011). Minority Women Entrepreneurs. Page: 224. Stanford University Press.

Book Chapters

Godwyn, M.E. (2023). “The Non-conformist Academic: professor, parent, provider,”: Doing Academic Careers Differently: Portraits of Academic Life. Vol: 1. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
Godwyn, M. (2018). Management Education as the Crucible for Ethical Social Change. Springer International Publishing. link
Godwyn, M. (2017). “The Banality of Good and Evil: Ethics Courses in Business Management Education,” : Dimensional Corporate Governance: An Inclusive Approach, Capaldi, Nicholas, Idowu, Samuel O., and Schmidpeter, Rene (Eds.) Springer International, Switzerland. . Springer International.
Langowitz, N.S., Godwyn, M.E. (2015). It Can be Done! Organizational Interventions that Can Reduce the Influence of Gender Prejudice on Perceptions, Performance, and Aspirations: Integrating Gender Equality into Business and Management Education: Lessons Learned and Challenges Remaining. Page: 184-202. Greenleaf Publishing.
Godwyn, M.E. (2009). “Hugh Connerty and Hooters: What is Successful Entrepreneurship?” : The Dark Side: Critical Cases on the Downside of Business.. Greenleaf Publishing, Ltd. .

Book Reviews

Godwyn, M.E. (2021). Book Review: Regulating Human Research: IRBs from Peer Review to Compliancy Bureaucracy by Sarah Babb: American Journal of Sociology, Review of Regulating Human Research: IRBs from Peer Review to Compliancy Bureaucracy. By Sarah Babb. Vol: 126, Issue: 4. University of Chicago. link

Reports

Godwyn, M.E., Langowitz , N., Sharpe, N. (2005). The Impact and Influence of Women’s Business Centers in the United States: The Center for Women’s Leadership at Babson College.

Other

Godwyn, M. (2015). Clinton Global Initiative: Dictionary of Corporate Social Responsibility: CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance. . Issue: 1, Page: 603. Springer International. link
Godwyn, M. (2015). Greenleaf Publishing: Dictionary of Corporate Social Responsibility: CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance. . Issue: 1, Page: 603. Springer International. link
Godwyn, M. (2015). UN Principles for Responsible Investment: Dictionary of Corporate Social Responsibility: CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance. . Issue: 1, Page: 603. Springer International. link
Godwyn, M.E. (2013). Critiques of Corporate Social Responsibility: Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Vol: 639-642. Springer Berlin.
Godwyn, M.E. (2013). Gender-Specific Contributions to Social Responsibility: Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Page: 1205-1211. Springer-Verlag.
Godwyn, M.E. (2009). Can Liberal Arts and Entrepreneurship Live Together?: Academe: The Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors. Vol: 95, Issue: 1. link

"The Role of Origin Stories in the Development and Maintenance of Emotional Energy in Alternative Communities” Godwyn, M. “Emancipatory Sociology: Rising to the Du Boisian Challenge", Virtual (2021)
“Transition Towns, Intentional Communities, and Eco-Settlements: Ethical Frameworks for Everyday Radicalism,” Godwyn, M. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, 2020, "Engaging Justice for a Better World", New York (2019)
Ethics and Business Ethics: A Sociological Examination of Business Management Education Godwyn, M. Phi Sigma Lecture Society, Wellesley, MA (2018)
“Transition Towns and Intentional Communities, East and West Coast US” Godwyn, M. EURAM, University of Iceland, June 19-22, Iceland (2018)
“The Odd Couple: Can Management Education and Liberal Arts Work Together without Driving Each Other Crazy?” Godwyn, M. 15th annual Conversation on the Liberal Arts, "From Inquiry to Impact: Social Transformation through Liberal Learning,", Santa Barbara, CA (2016)
“Around the World with Business Ethics: A Sociological Examination of Business Management Education.” Godwyn, M. Westmont Faculty Lunch, Santa Barbara, CA (2016)
“Organizational Interventions that Produce Leadership Success across Diverse Populations” Godwyn, M. Langowitz, N. None, Cambridge, MA (2016)
“Ethics in Education: The Long-term Business Effects of an Ethics Program at Ashesi University College, Ghana. Godwyn, M. Workshop on Ethics in Finance and Investment: Positive Impacts and Sustainable Innovation Opportunities. , Frankfurt (2015)
The Banality of Good and Evil: Ethics Courses in Business Management Education Godwyn, M. Global Corporate Governance Institute First Annual Conference, Surrey, UK (2014)
The Odd Couple: Can Management Education and Liberal Arts Work Together without Driving Each Other Crazy? Godwyn, M. 8th International Conference in Critical Management Studies, Manchester, UK (2013)
Challenging Stereotypes: The Impact of Organizations in Shaping Individual Responses to Prejudice, Organizations as Mesolevel Influencers of Social Change Godwyn, M. 5th Annual Equality, Diversity and Inclusion International Conference , Toulose, France (2012)
Organizational Interventions and Women's Leadership Godwyn, M. Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Association, New York, NY (2012)
Minority Women: (In)Visible Entrepreneurs Godwyn, M. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management , Boston, MA (2010)
Hugh Connerty and Hooters: What is Successful Entrepreneurship? Godwyn, M. Annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA (2008)
Challenging and Changing Stereotypes about the Gender of Business Leaders Godwyn, M. Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York (2007)
Women’s Business Centers: Theoretical Explanations for Success in Educating Low-Income Women Entrepreneurs Godwyn, M. annual meeting of Eastern Sociological Society, Boston (2006)
Education Strategies for Aspiring Women Entrepreneurs Godwyn, M. annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal (2006)
Women’s Business Centers: Providing Intra-group Solidarity and Neutralizing Stereotype Threat Godwyn, M. Undisclosed, Tucson (2006)
Women’s Business Centers: Strategies to Educate Low-Income Women Entrepreneurs Godwyn, M. Langowitz , N. Sharpe, N. annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Philadelphia (2005)
Women’s Business Centers as Drivers of Nascent Entrepreneurship Godwyn, M. Langowitz , N. Sharpe, N. International Council of Small Business Conference, Undisclosed (2005)
Engaging Service Work in the Retail Sector: Attending to Self and Other Godwyn, M. Symbolic Interaction and Ethnographic Research 2005: The Intellectual Legacy of Herbert Blumer, Pittsburgh (2005)
The Impact and Influence of Women’s Business Centers Godwyn, M. Langowitz , N. Sharpe, N. annual meeting of the Eastern Sociology Society, Washington D.C. (2005)
Race, Class, Gender and Power: Identifying Trends in Social Inequality Godwyn, M. Lecture to Greater Boston Institute for Responsible Leadership Innovation in Enterprise: A Convening of Social Capitalists, Wellesley, MA (2005)
Assessing the Impact of Women’s Business Centers: Summary and Discussion of Recent Research Godwyn, M. Almeida, A. Langowitz , N. Weeks, J. United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) annual conference, Undisclosed (2005)
Service, Sales and Emotional Work in the Conferral of Cultural Capital Godwyn, M. annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco (2004)
Service workers and the Conferral of Cultural Capital: Can Emotional Labor Enhance Self-Esteem? Godwyn, M. annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, New York (2004)
Conferring Cultural Capital through Clothing Sales Godwyn, M. annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2003)

Publication Equivalents Committee (Fall 2017 - Spring 2018)
Babson Faculty Research Fund (Fall 2016 - Spring 2017)
Faculty Search Committee (Fall 2016 - Spring 2017)
Liberal Arts Taskforce: The Committee on Writing Intensive Courses (Fall 2016 - Spring 2017)

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