Rate My Professor Jared Reynolds

Jared Reynolds serves as Assistant Professor of Business, Associate Dean of the Kelley College of Business, Head of the Department of Business Administration, and Program Coordinator for the Business Administration Program at Hardin-Simmons University, positions he has held since 2013. An alumnus of the university, he earned a B.B.A. in Economics in 2008 and an M.B.A. in General Business in 2009. Reynolds has enhanced his expertise through postgraduate studies in management and finance at Tarleton State University, marketing and economics at West Texas A&M University, and doctoral coursework toward a D.B.A. in financial management at Northcentral University from 2013 to 2014. Prior to his current roles, he taught at McMurry University from 2009 to 2013 and maintains adjunct teaching positions at Panola College since 2018, Cisco College since 2014, Southwestern Kansas College, Tarrant County College from 2016 to 2017, Central Texas A&M University from 2013 to 2014, and Embry-Riddle University from 2011 to 2014.

In the classroom at Hardin-Simmons University, Reynolds instructs courses such as Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Marketing Distribution, Introduction to Computer Applications, and Introduction to Economics. He has contributed to educational discourse through panel participation, including on curriculum uses of Atomic Learning at the Texas Blackboard Users Group in 2013, Atomic Learning and Higher Learning webinar in 2014, and distance learning at the Sloan Consortium’s ET4Online in 2014. His accolades include the Outstanding Economics Student award from Hardin-Simmons University in 2008 and Marketing Departmental Honors from West Texas A&M University in 2009. Reynolds endorses prominent business texts, such as Financial Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know and Business Strategy Essentials You Always Wanted To Know, reflecting his practical insights as Associate Dean. He is affiliated with the Texas Blackboard Users Group, Texas Distance Learning Association, Abilene Chamber of Commerce, and Abilene Industrial Foundation. University news spotlights highlight his role as a valued advisor impacting student success.