Jaleesa Renee Wells

is Assistant Professor of Arts Administration at the University of Kentucky. She has a background in the arts, both as a practitioner and an administrator, a master’s degree in Arts Administration and Policy and a PhD in Entrepreneurship. After a career in theatre and opera management, her research today explores arts management and creative enterprise through the perspectives of organisational studies, social innovation, and hybrid entrepreneurship. Concurrently, her socially engaged arts practice explores identity and intersectionality in an arts and culture context.