Tracy Couto, Ed.D.

  • Associate Dean of Administrative Affairs Madden College of Business and Economics
  • Interim Director Management and Leadership/ Human Resource Management Madden College of Business and Economics
  • Professor of Practice Madden College of Business and Economics

Contact

Location

MI 008

Tracy Couto currently serves as the Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs at the Madden College of Business and Economics, and is the Director of the Save-McGill Center for Reflective Leadership, Director of the Global Jesuit Case Series, and Co-Founder/Director of IgnitEd. Dr. Couto teaches Leadership and Strategy in the Madden School. She attended Loyola University Maryland, earning her bachelor’s degree in communications. She owned a consulting business that connected local grassroots organizations with grant funding before serving as a grantwriter at Le Moyne College. Since joining the college she has served in a variety of roles including Executive Director of the NY Family Business Center. She received a Master’s in Science in Education from Le Moyne College. Dr. Couto’s research focuses on undergraduate business school students’ attitudes and beliefs about effective leadership. Dr. Couto is currently a board member of the International Humanistic Management Association, Colleagues in Jesuit Business Education, and the Society for Case Research.

Education

Ed.D. Executive Leadership, Le Moyne College

Areas of Specialization

Higher Ed Leadership
Executive Leadership
Humanistic Management
Leadership History
Strategy
High Performing Teams
Undergraduate Leadership Attitudes and Beliefs

Publications

Borchers, Andy, Joseph, Jim, and Couto, Tracy (2023) “Leadership Navigating Bankruptcy and Disruption at Oneida.” Journal of Case Studies in

Couto, Tracy, Boynton, Andy (2023) “How Can We Animate The Inspirational Paradigm In Our Classrooms?” Journal of Jesuit Business Education

Wenk, Liam and Couto, Tracy (2022) “The Rippling Impact of a Ransomware Attack,” Journal of Critical Incidents

del Pilar Gómez Vallejo, Maria, Couto, Tracy, Cuartas Saldarriaga, Ana María and Echeverri Eastman, Maria Paulina (2022), “Felipe Lopez: A Lifetime of Leadership,” Journal of Case Studies

Couto, Tracy and Michael Melara (2020) “The Problem with Christmas”, Journal of Case Studies

Monteleone, John and Tracy Couto (2018) “It is Just Not Enough: The Tragedy of a Manufacturing Defect,” Journal of Case Studies

Joseph, Jim, Couto, Tracy and Kulick, George (2018) “Toluca,” Journal of Case Studies

Couto, Tracy (2016), “The Global Jesuit Case Series: A Case Series with a Soul,” Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal

Other Publications
Couto, Tracy and Boynton, Andy (2022), “A Quick Tour of Management History Animates Today’s Pressing Teaching Needs”, Journal of Case Studies

Tracy (2020), “Global Jesuit Case Series Expands Worldwide,” Connections Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Connections.

Couto, Tracy (2020), “The Importance of Values-Based Case Studies in Business Schools,”

Couto, Tracy and Joseph, Jim (2018), “The Global Jesuit Case Series,” Journal of Case Studies