Stephen Mukembo

Stephen Mukembo is an assistant professor and director of the McQuinn Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at the University of Missouri. He is also CEO and principal consultant at EAI Consulting.

His research focuses on entrepreneurship and innovation in agriculture, sustainable entrepreneurship and food systems, rural entrepreneurship, workforce development, and international agricultural development. His work examines how entrepreneurship and innovation can promote economic development, strengthen agricultural and food systems, and improve rural livelihoods.

Before joining the University of Missouri faculty, Mukembo was a postdoctoral fellow in agribusiness and innovation at the university and a community economic development and business development specialist with University of Missouri Extension. He previously taught agricultural entrepreneurship and related subjects at Oklahoma State University.

Mukembo earned a Ph.D. in agricultural education with a focus on agricultural entrepreneurship and a master’s in international agriculture from Oklahoma State University. He earned an MBA in entrepreneurship, innovation, and strategy from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.