Ronnie Grant

Ronnie Grant is a Senior Lecturer of Business at Eastern Oregon University's College of Business. He holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management (Arizona State University), a JD from the University of Puerto Rico (with visiting studies in Brazilian Law at the University of São Paulo), and is pursuing a PhD in Dissertation phase at Florida International University. His undergraduate degrees are in Economics and Spanish (double major) from Brigham Young University. Fluent in Spanish and advanced in Portuguese, he combines academic rigor with practical industry experience.

• Education Path: PhD (FIU, in progress) → JD (UPR) → MBA (Thunderbird) → BA in Economics/Spanish (BYU)

His research focuses on business-legal environments, organizational development, and FDI policies. He teaches courses spanning business management, law, and international relations, leveraging prior roles in business law, sales & marketing, consulting, and non-profit supervision. Ronnie emphasizes experiential learning, inspired by his first-generation college graduate background and transformative undergraduate experience.

Outside academia, he actively engages in family life, baseball coaching, and outdoor activities like hiking and mountain biking in the Blue Mountains. His goal at EOU is to replicate his own formative educational journey for students.