Join us for Fall Open House - Oct. 15 and Nov. 18
This event will feature programming for our undergraduate, graduate, and Threshold programs. A vibrant campus community and access to endless opportunities—Lesley has it all. It's where student cohorts become lifelong catalysts, solving for today's complexities with full hearts and open minds.

Jonathan

Special Advisor to the President
Provost, Office of

Jonathan Jefferson, Interim Provost

Jonathan possesses a unique blend of experience that spans more than 30 years, as a management consultant, corporate executive, business school faculty member, and higher education administrator.

His areas of academic focus and expertise include: organizational behavior, leadership, mentoring, negotiation and conflict management, operations management, supply chain management, and business analytics. At Lesley, he teaches the following courses: Business Negotiations, Ethics and Social Responsibility, Organizational Behavior, and Operations Management.

Jonathan holds a Doctor of Management from the Institute for Advanced Studies at Colorado Technical University, an MS in Organization and Management from Capella University, a Master of Engineering in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University, and a BS in Mathematics from Morehouse College.

Publications

  • Martin, I., Naylor, A., Jefferson, J., David, N., Cavazos, A. (2015). A student perspective on trust and the leader-follower relationship: Implications for leader development. Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 6 (2)
  • Jefferson, J., Martin, I., Owens, J. (2014) Leader Development Through Reading and Reflection. Journal of Leadership Studies. Vol. 8, No. 2.
  • Goulet, L., Jefferson, J., and Szwed, P. (2012).“Leadership Is Everybody’s Business” T+D Magazine, Vol. 66, No. 7
  • Jefferson, Jonathan and Rogers, Michael (2010). Wanted: Leaders? Managers? Both? Journal of Business and Education Leadership. Vol. 2, No. 1
  • Moses, C., Jefferson, J., Creque, C. and Vest, D. Mentoring (2010). A Comparative Study of mentoring preferences at two schools of business serving students of color. International Journal of Education Research. Vol. 5, No. 2

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