Reynolds Receives Women in Business Council Trailblazer Award
Dr. Kristy Reynolds, Bruno associate professor of marketing at The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, received the Women in Business Council Trailblazer Award this year for her service to students and her research on shopping trends and consumer behavior.
The Trailblazer Award is given to an individual that is constantly working on and promoting projects and ideas that assist in the support and encouragement of women in the professional world.
The Women in Business Council is part of the West Alabama Chamber of Commerce and strives to, “provide support for women in business and positions its’ members for personal and economic success.”
“Dr. Reynolds really stood out for the work and the research that she has done for the Tuscaloosa business community,” said Carroll Armstrong, chair member of the Council. “Her educational role helps mentor young women as they make their way into the business world.”
Armstrong said the Trailblazer Award is among several awards given to women who help create new ways for women to excel in the business world and sustain current advancements for women.
“The Trailblazer Award is not one that the council gives out on a regular basis,” Armstrong said. “We are extremely honored to be able to present the award to Dr. Reynolds and she is very deserving of the award.”
Reynolds said that she is proud of her research and pleased to have been noticed by the business community at large.
“To receive an award given by the business community here in Tuscaloosa makes me feel extremely honored,” Reynolds said.
Reynolds has been a professor at the University for three years, where she earned a Ph.D 1995. Among other awards, Reynolds has received the AMA Student Chapter Outstanding Teaching Award and the Morris Mayer Teaching Award at the University and was a Last Lecture Finalist in 2007.
Reynolds worked in retailing for several years, but said she is doing what she has always wanted to do from the start.
“I love teaching, especially here at the University,” Reynolds said. “I grew up in Birmingham, but Tuscaloosa and the University is where I call home.”