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Kiana Pierre-Louis

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Law
  • J.D. Suffolk University Law School
  • Bachelor of Science in Business Communications, Bentley University

Teaching Interests

The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business
Law, Ethics and Social Responsibility
Race and the Law
Social Justice Law
Marketing Law
HR and Management Law
Real Estate Law
Business Law I
Business Law II

Research Interests

Race and Real Estate; Social Justice and business; intersectionality in business schools; big business and the use of chemicals and how it affects women of color, environmental racism, maternal mortality in women of color, laws around chemicals used in the United States that affect women in particular women of color, inclusive classroom pedagogy and this era of black activism.

Consulting/Practice Interests

Founder, Justice Belongs Institute, LLC (DEI consulting, facilitation and education company)
Real Estate Law
Corporate Law

Professional Memberships

  • Delta Sigma Pi Business Fraternity 2018-04-05 - Present
  • North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association 2016-04-01 - Present
  • Academy of Legal Studies of Business 2013-06-01 - Present
  • American Bar Association 2017-06-29 - 2018-06-29

    • Awards and Honors

  • Citizen of the Year, Town of Sharon, MA
  • 2021 Massachusetts Black & Latino Caucus Black Excellence on the Hill Nominee, Massachusetts Black & Latino Caucus
  • Advisor of the Year, Student Programming and Engagement (SP&E)
  • Outstanding Alumni Award, Summer Transition Education Program
  • The Joseph M Cronin Award for Excellence in Academic Advising, Bentley University
  • Faculty of the Year, Summer Transitional Education Program (STEP), Bentley University
  • Innovation in Teaching Award, Bentley University
  • 2018 Baccalaureate Speaker, Senior Class Cabinent
  • Exemplary Educator Award, Coming Full Circle
  • Innovation in Teaching Award, Bentley University
  • Dr. Earl L. Avery MLK Leadership Award, MLK, Jr. Breakfast- Bentley University

    • Scholarly Contributions and Creative Productions

    Presentations

  • Steinfield, L., Abbott, T., Cruz, M., Pierre-Louis, K. (2022). “Coping with intersectional oppressions: Consumers‚Äô experience of the neoliberal- imperialist white-supremacist capitalist patriarchy of business schools.” Presented at the The Consumer Culture Theory 2022 Conference Corvallis, OR
  • Pierre-Louis, K. (2021). “Learning Burst Video” Presented at the Bentley Center for Women in Business Massachusetts Conference for Women
  • Pierre-Louis, K. (2021). Presented at the Trillium Brave Noise Canton, MA
  • Pierre-Louis, K. (2020). “How Climate Change, Publice Health and Racism Intersect” Presented at the Shining a spotlight on Environmental Justice
  • Pierre-Louis, K. (2020). “The Legal Perspective on why there is a racial disparity in COVID-19 cases” Presented at the Bentley University Alumni Webinar
  • Pierre-Louis, K., Choi, S., Skipwith, C. G. (2020). “Taking a Pandemic View of America” Presented at the Bentley University Bentley Community Learning Conference
  • Pierre-Louis, K. (2019). “Teaching Innovation Session” Presented at the Bentley University Teaching Colloquium Executive Dining Room
  • Pierre-Louis, K. (2019). “Racial Profiling Perpetuates Social Injustices” Presented at the Bentley University Research Colloquium Social In/Justice Executive Dining Room
  • Lichtenstein, S. D., Bennett Jr., R., Kunkel, R., Shedd, P., Herron, D., Pierre-Louis, K., Salimbene, F. P. (2017). “Faculty Experiences Teaching Abroad; Enhancing Student Learning with Travel Embedded Courses.” Presented at the ALSB Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Savannah, GA

    • Service

    Service: Department

  • Advisor to students going to law school for Pre-Law Advisor 2021-08-01 - Present
  • Mentor (Faculty) for Adamian Law Club 2020-11-01 - 2021-08-31
  • Committee Chair for GB110 Self Study Team 2017-09-01 - 2018-03-31
  • Course Coordinator for GB110 Coordinator 2016-07-01 - Present

    • Service: Public

  • Officer, President/Elect/Past for Sharon Racial Equity Alliance 2021-07-01 - Present
  • Committee Chair for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee 2020-10-01 - Present
  • Board Member for KodeConnect, Inc 2016-02-01 - Present
  • Officer, Vice President for Sharon Racial Equity Alliance 2020-06-01 - 2021-07-31
  • Committee Chair for Cottage Street Elementary School Diversity Committee 2020-08-01 - 2021-06-30
  • Committee Member for Cottage Street Elementary Schoole Diversity Committee 2018-06-01 - 2021-06-30

    • Service: Professional

  • Faculty Initiate for Delta Sigma Pi 2019-04-11 - 2019-04-11
  • Invited Lecture/Presentation for Dresses to Dreams 2019-02-16 - 2019-02-16
  • Conference Attendee for Facing Races Conference 2016-11-10 - 2016-11-13
  • Invited Lecture/Presentation for Youth Options Unlimited Boston 2015-06-25 - 2015-06-25
  • Invited Lecture/Presentation for Campus Dialog on Race and Inequality at Bentley University 2015-02-05 - 2015-02-05
  • Invited Lecture/Presentation for Dialog on Race and Inequality at Bentley University 2015-02-05 - 2015-02-05
  • Invited Lecture/Presentation for Campus Diaolog on Race and Inequality at Bentley University 2015-02-04 - 2015-02-04

    • Service: University

  • Committee Member for Presidental Search Committee 2020-10-01 - 2021-03-31
  • Guest Speaker for Bentley University: Student Program & Engagment 2020-11-10 - 2020-11-10
  • Student in the Program for Minvera Certificate Program: Facilitating Engaged Learning in Virtual Classes 2020-07-01 - Present
  • Task Force Member for Racial Justice Taskforce 2020-07-01 - Present
  • Committee Chair for Teaching and Scholoraly Activities Committee 2020-04-01 - Present
  • Program Organizer for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Major 2020-06-01 - 2021-05-31
  • Conference/Workshop Organizer for Coming Full Circle (CFC) 2019-11-15 - 2019-11-17
  • Mentor (Faculty) for Skiing and Snowboarding Club 2019-01-01 - Present
  • Conference/Workshop Organizer for Coming Full Circle (CFC) 2018-11-02 - 2018-11-04
  • Committee Chair for Undergraduate Curriculum Task force Committee 2018-01-01 - 2018-12-31
  • Mentor (Faculty) for The International Business Ethics Case Competition 2018-04-18 - 2018-04-20
  • Mentor (Faculty) for Keybank Minority Case Competition 2018-01-01 - 2018-02-28
  • Conference/Workshop Organizer for Coming Full Circle (CFC) 2017-11-03 - 2017-11-05
  • Student Organization Advisor for Caribbean Ancestry Student Association (CASA) 2016-11-01 - Present
  • Committee Member for Residential Education Faculty Advisory Team 2016-08-01 - Present
  • Committee Member for Bentley Brave 2016-07-20 - Present
  • Committee Member for Biased Incident Report Team (BIRT) 2016-06-01 - Present
  • Mentor (Faculty) for Social Justice Defined Community 2016-04-01 - 2019-12-31
  • Student Organization Advisor for Black United Body (BUB) 2015-05-01 - Present