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Marist Fall 2026 Open House
Join us for a Fall Open House and see Marist for yourself. Explore our stunning riverfront campus, learn more about academics and admissions, and get a firsthand look at life as a Red Fox. Along the way, you'll hear from students, faculty, and staff about the opportunities, connections, and experiences that make Marist special. Register Below:
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Marist Fall 2026 Open House
Join us for a Fall Open House and see Marist for yourself. Explore our stunning riverfront campus, learn more about academics and admissions, and get a firsthand look at life as a Red Fox. Along the way, you'll hear from students, faculty, and staff about the opportunities, connections, and experiences that make Marist special. Register Below:
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Marist Fall 2026 Open House
Join us for a Fall Open House and see Marist for yourself. Explore our stunning riverfront campus, learn more about academics and admissions, and get a firsthand look at life as a Red Fox. Along the way, you'll hear from students, faculty, and staff about the opportunities, connections, and experiences that make Marist special. Register Below:
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Chris Stone
Associate Professor of Management
Bio
Dr. Stone is an Associate Professor, educator, researcher, and organizational behavior expert with a background as a U.S. Air Force veteran, small business owner, Faculty Senate President, and department chair. He draws on his firsthand military and leadership experience to inform his research and teaching, helping shape how future professionals understand the workplace.
An experienced leader, mentor, and administrator with a career spanning hospitality, retail, quality management and process improvement, as well as various other industries, Dr. Stone enjoys keeping his classroom practical and engaging, focusing on the knowledge and skills students need to succeed at work. His research centers on veteran transition, with an emphasis on employment transition, barriers to employment, job search behaviors, and person-job fit, alongside his broader work in management education. He has also developed conceptual models to explain various veteran transition phenomena and studied stereotypes of veterans in the selection process, work that keeps him engaged both inside and outside the classroom.
Education
PhD, Business Administration, University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), 2016
MBA, UTSA, 2011
BS, Professional Aeronautics, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 2010
Research Interests / Areas of Focus
Veteran transition, emphasis on employment transition
Barriers to employment, job search, person-job fit
Management education
Selected Publications
Peat., D., Perrmann-Graham, J., & Stone, C. B. (2026) Veterans and military-connected individuals in the civilian workforce: An integrative review and research agenda. Organization Management Journal, Vol 23 No. 1, 69-96. http://doi.org/10.1108/OMJ-10-2024-2323
Stone, C.B., Neely, A.R., Phillips, W., Terry, R.P. (2025) Veterans in the workplace: A model of factors affecting veteran transition. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Vol 44 No. 7, 886-904. https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-01-2024-0007
Bonner, R., Stone, C. B., Roche, S., Phillips, W., & Utecht, R. (2020) Preparing academics to teach: Example of a structured method of preparing doctoral students in business programs to teach. Journal of Management Education, 44 (4), 435-463. https://doi.org/10.1177/1052562920907132
Stone, C.B., Lengnick-Hall, M., & Muldoon, J. (2018) Do stereotypes of veterans affect chances of employment? The Psychologist-Manager Journal, 21 (1), 1-33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mgr0000068
Stone, C., & Stone, D. (2015) A model of factors affecting hiring decisions about veterans. Human Resource Management Review, 25, 68-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrmr.2014.06.003
Selected Presentations
Peat, D., Stone, C. et al. (August, 2024) "The modern organization and military-connected individuals: Research and teaching perspectives." Caucus held at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL.
Stone, C., Neely, A., & Phillips, W. (October, 2022) "Conceptualizing returning United States military veterans as expatriates". Presented at the 2022 meeting of the Southern Management Association, Little Rock, AR.
Stone, C. B. (April, 2018) "The multidimensionality of veteran unemployment" In P. Reily (Chair) Calling for reinforcements: IGNITING military veteran transition research and practice. Symposium presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
Awards and Honors
2023 Certificate of Distinction, (top 5 at the university), Academy for Effective Teaching, Wichita State University
2022 Online Instructor of the Year, Barton School of Business, Wichita State University
