Stephanie G. Ward, Ph.D.

Ph.D., University of Houston, 2004
M.B.A., University of Houston, 1996
B.B.A., Angelo State University, 1990

Stephanie G. Ward, Ph.D., is the Vice Provost for Student Success and Vocation at St. Mary’s University. She joined St. Mary’s in 2004 after completing her Ph.D. at the University of Houston and she has never looked back. Being a Rattler is in her blood and she believes it is a privilege to be here. During her time at St. Mary’s, Ward has served as the Vice Provost of the Vocation and Career Service, Interim Dean of the Greehey School of Business, Founder and Director of the Greehey Scholars Program, and Chair of the Management and Marketing Department. Her love is being with students engaging in thoughtful exploration of what it means to pursue a meaningful career that contributes to making the world a better place for all. Being able to help a student exceed his/her/their potential is what drives her.

Before coming to St. Mary’s, Ward worked in the banking and insurance industries in the accounting and auditing fields before realizing her passion was education. She has also taught at the University of Houston, Texas Women’s University – Houston Campus, and Alvin Community College Prison Program.

When she isn’t at St. Mary’s, Ward can be found out and about on her bicycle, working to improve literacy and economic development in San Antonio, hanging at her husband’s brewery, or in Maine where her son and daughter-in-law live.

Priesmeyer, R., Mudge, S., & Ward, S.G. (2016)  Emotional Responses to service Learning:  An Exploratory Study.  Journal of Learning in Higher Education, 12(2):  55-61.

Ward, S.G. (2015). Integrating Student-Centered Learning in a Compensation Management Course. Journal of the Academy of Business Education, 16: 129-143.

Ward, S.G., & White, M. (2015). The Greehey Scholars Program as an Innovative Solution to the Student Debt and Employment Crisis of Recent Graduates. Academy of Educational Leadership Journal, 19(2), 159-172.

White, M., Ward, S.G., & Padmanabhan, P. (2014). The Greehey Scholars Program: Developing Ethical Business Leaders While Addressing Barriers to Learning. Review of Social Studies, Law, and Psychology, 8(2): 138-149.

Royalty, K., Madison, T., & Ward, S.G. (2013). Student Perceptions of the Effect of VITA Participation on AICPA Core Competency Development. Mustang Journal of Accounting and Finance, 4: 37-48.

Priesmeyer, H.R., Ward, S.G., & Murray, M.A. (2008). Fostering a Wholistic Education: A Practical Approach for Advisors. Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 5(6): 51-58.

Parzinger, M., Ward, S.G., & Langford, M. (2014). Web Recruitment: Impact of Aesthetics and Playfulness on User’s Initial Affective Reactions as it Relates to Applicant Attraction. International Journal of the Academic Business World, 8(1): 57-66.

Madison, T., Ward, S., Royalty, K. (2012). Corporate Social Responsibility, Organizational Commitment, and Employer-Sponsored Volunteerism. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 3(1): 1-14.

Elkins, T., Phillips, J., & Ward, S.G. (2008). Organizational Sexual Harassment Investigations: Observers’ Perceptions of Fairness. Journal of Managerial Issues, 20(1): 88-108.

Envick, B., Langford, M., Ward, S. (2008). Using Family Firm Boundary Management Theory to Explain the Impact of Privacy Issues on Family Firm Research. Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal, 14(1): 37-50.

Madison, T., Ward, S.G., & Royalty, K. (2008). Volunteer income Tax Assistance (VITA) Episodic volunteers: Training and Retraining. The International Journal of Volunteer Administration, 25(3).

Cory, S., Ward, S.G., & Schultz, S. (2007). Managing Human Resources in a Small Firm: Motivation through Performance Evaluation. The CPA Journal, 77(10): 62-65.

Ward, S.G., Envick, B.R., & Langford, M.L. (2007). On the Theory of Psychological Contracts in Family Business. The Entrepreneurial Executive, 12: 37-50.

Ward, S.G., & Werner, S. (2004). Ten Compensation Studies You Should Know About. WorldatWork Journal, 13(1): 62-71.

Werner, S., & Ward, S.G. (2004). Recent Compensation Research: An Eclectic Review. Human Resource Management Review, 14(2): 201-229.

Werner, S., & Ward, S.G. (2001). Cutting Through the Fog of Academic Writing: Ten Studies Worth Deciphering. WorldatWork Journal, 10(1): 47-55.