Jim Spee Ph.D.
Professor
School of Business & Society
Education
- Ph.D., management, Peter F. Drucker Graduate Management Center, The Claremont Graduate School. Major concentrations in strategic management and management theory
- MBA, The Claremont Graduate School. Concentrations in strategic management and organizational behavior
- B.S., mechanical engineering, University of Washington. Also completed upper division courses in aeronautics and astronautics
- B.S., engineering and letters, Calvin University. Degree awarded concurrent with University of Washington
Professional Background
James C. Spee received his Ph.D. from The Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. He holds an MBA from Claremont, a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington in Seattle, and a bachelor of science in engineering and letters from Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He teaches courses in strategy and entrepreneurship at the University of Redlands School of Business & Society. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Environmental Studies in the University of Redlands College of Arts and Sciences where he teaches courses on sustainable business, sustainable business development, and green design.
Professor Spee's research focuses on how to connect career and technical education (CTE) pathways to entrepreneurship education in order to create employment opportunities close to where people live. He is also active in diversity and inclusion efforts at the University that resulted in their designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution. He is a member of the board for ONE i/e, a nonprofit supporting startup founders, and of Joshua Tree Recreational Education Experience (JTREE), a nonprofit working to build an outdoor education campus inside Joshua Tree National Park.
A native of Seattle, Spee's parents owned a small business that chartered helicopters and ran a small airport in Maple Valley, Washington. He spent three years working on a community development and microcredit program in Bangladesh and has worked for nonprofits in California including Union Station Foundation, which serves the homeless in Pasadena, and the Boys and Girls Club of Redlands. He is a volunteer for the Organization of Black Aviation Professionals Aviation Career Academy and for the Tom Wathen Center's Aviation Academy at Flabob Airport in Jurupa Valley, California.
Academic Experience
- California State University, Fullerton
- Pepperdine University
- University of California, Irvine
- San Bernardino Valley College
- Athabasca University
- Thomas Edison State College
- University of California, Riverside Extension
Professional Experience
- Boys and Girls Club of Redlands, 1992–1993
- Union Station Foundation, Pasadena, California, 1986
- Boeing Commercial Airplane Co., Seattle, Washington, 1983
- Christian Reformed World Relief Committee, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Bogra, Bangladesh, 1980–1983
Consulting Experience
- Riverside Art Museum
- Riverside Arts Council
- San Bernardino Arts Council
Areas of Expertise
- Career and technical education pathways
- Design thinking
- Entrepreneurship
- Management education and development
- Social entrepreneurship
- Strategic management
- Sustainable business
Publications
- Spee, J. C., A. McMurray, and M. McMillan. 2021. "Sustainable Relationships Are the Foundation of Tribal and Clan Perspectives." In Tribal and Clan Perspectives on Sustainability: Indigenous Stories from Around the Globe, 1–6. Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing Limited.
- Spee, J. C. 2019. Review of The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy, by Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber. Academy of Management Learning & Education 18 (2): 320–323. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2017.0400
- Spee, J. C., and T. C. Tompkins. 2012. "Innovations in Curriculum Program Delivery: Hub and Wheel Design." The Journal of Human Resource and Adult Learning 8 (2): 20–25.
- McCormick, D., and J. Spee. 2008. "IBM and Germany 1922–1941." Organization and Management Journal (Teaching and Learning Section) 5: 208–213. https://doi.org/10.1057/omj.2008.31
- McCormick, D., and J. Spee. 2008. "Teaching Notes: IBM and Germany 1922–1941." Organization and Management Journal (Teaching and Learning Section) 5: 214–223. https://doi.org/10.1057/omj.2008.25
- Spee, J. 2007. "Reducing Poverty Through Strategy and Innovation in a Bangladesh Community Development Project." In Innovative Approaches to Reducing Global Poverty, edited by C. Wankel and J. Stoner. Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing.