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About
Five words describe Dr. Silva Thompson professionally: College Administrator - Professor - Researcher – Entrepreneur. Dr. Silva Thompson serves as the Associate Dean for Academic Assessment for the Office of Academic Affairs and an Associate Professor specializing in business management, personal finance, and entrepreneurship. Dr. Silva Thompson’s areas of research interest focus on Middle Class Asset Building and Wealth Inequalities, especially ROSCAs (Rotating Savings & Credit Associations) and Wealth Accumulation in Long Island New York Black Upper & Middle Class Neighborhoods; Financial Inclusion; Urban and Faith-based Economic Community Development; and Urban Small Business Development. Before her academic career, Dr. Silva Thompson was an accomplished entrepreneur, acting as the Managing Partner of the largest certified minority and women owned real estate sales and management firm in Western Massachusetts, as well as the co-founder of the area’s first minority-owned development corporation and construction firm.
Education/Academic qualification
MS, Bay Path College
BS, Springfield College - Springfield, MA
PhD, The New School
MP, The New School
Research Interests
- Middle Class Asset Building
- Wealth Inequalities
- Urban & Faith-based Economic Development & Analysis
- Financial Inclusion
- Community Saving Groups
- Rotating Savings & Credit Associations (ROSCAs)
- Long Island, New York Housing Segregation
Disciplines
- Business
- Business Administration, Management, and Operations
- Business and Corporate Communications
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
- Finance and Financial Management
- Other Business
- Real Estate
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Sistas in Action: Hearing the Call, Leading the Way
Chamblin, M., Kelly, J., Newland, L. & Silva- Thompson, L., Jun 30 2022, Black Femaile Leaders in Academia: Eliminating the Glass Ceiling With Efficacy, Exuberance and Excellence.Research & Scholarship: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Public Policy Consideration of Workplace-Based Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs) Use by Immigrants for Asset Building
Silva Thompson, L., Oct 1 2018, Northeast Business and Economics Association (NBEA).Research & Scholarship: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Open Access -
Moving from Rags - to - Riches: Together or Alone? Underground Cooperative Savings Workplace Rotating Savings and Credit Association (ROSCA) Use by Caribbean Immigrants for Asset Building
Silva Thompson, L., Mar 23 2017.Research & Scholarship: Contribution to conference › Presentation
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Reginald F. Lewis - A Hidden Figure: An African American Business Pioneer
Silva Thompson, L., Feb 21 2017.Research & Scholarship: Contribution to conference › Presentation
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Successful Personal Finance and Planning and Budgeting for PSEG Long Island
Silva Thompson, L., Oct 18 2017.Research & Scholarship: Contribution to conference › Presentation
Honors & Awards
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WOMEN OF DISTINCTION AWARD - QUEENS BOROUGH PRESIDENT - 2012
Silva Thompson, L. (Recipient), 2012
Honor & Award: Prize (including medals and awards)
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WEALTH INEQUALITY RESEARCH FELLOW - HOWARD UNIVERSITY - 2008
Silva Thompson, L. (Recipient), 2008
Honor & Award: Prize (including medals and awards)