Tracey MacNeil is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Gerald Schwartz School of Business at St. Francis Xavier University. Her teaching and research sit at the intersection of entrepreneurship, community economic development, education, and culture. Drawing on experience in business, the non-profit sector, tourism, and the arts, she is interested in how entrepreneurship can contribute to resilient communities and sustainable regional development.

Tracey holds a Bachelor of Business Administration, a Master of Business Administration in Community Economic Development, and a Bachelor of Education. She is currently completing a PhD in Educational Studies at St. Francis Xavier University. Her research explores how Gaelic Knowledge Systems—particularly the concept of Dùthchas—can inform more relational approaches to higher education by emphasizing relationships, belonging, reciprocity, and community flourishing. Her broader scholarly interests include entrepreneurship education, experiential learning, relational leadership, and community-engaged pedagogy. Her scholarship includes a forthcoming contribution to Carolin Kreber's edited volume Educating for Human, Community, and Ecological Flourishing: Enabling Posthuman Bildung-Capabilities through Pedagogies of Inquiry (Routledge, 2027).

Tracey embraces a relational approach to teaching and learning, creating meaningful learning experiences that connect classroom learning with real-world challenges through experiential, collaborative, and community-engaged approaches. Outside the classroom, she is an accomplished musician with lifelong roots in Cape Breton's Scottish Gaelic tradition. She enjoys walking coastal trails, nature photography, and exploring the relationships among people, place, and the more-than-human world—connections that continue to inspire both her scholarship and her teaching.