ABOUT THE EVENT

The ERG at Georgia State University is an interdisciplinary group with researchers studying entrepreneurship from diverse set of lenses such as social entrepreneurship, international business, franchising, immigrant entrepreneurship, pedagogy in entrepreneurship, and creative arts. In the same spirit, our goal in this speaker series is to host scholars from different disciplines to share their rigorous entrepreneurship research conducted in diverse settings, diverse methods, and on diversity of topics. The speaker series is open to public. 

TOPIC

Opening the Aperture: Explaining How Advice Interactions Can Inform Entrepreneurial Strategy

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Susan Cohen, PhD

Education:

• PhD, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2013
• MBA, Entrepreneurship, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1997
• BA, Mathematics, University of Michigan

Awards, Honors and Recognitions:

• University of Georgia Innovation, Creativity, and Design Thinking Research Community Seed Grant, 2021
• Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellowship, The Kauffman Foundation, 2018
• Robins School MBA Professor of the Year, The University of Richmond’s Robin’s School, 2016
• Kauffman Foundation Grant, The Kauffman Foundation, 2014
• Best Paper Award, Academy of Management, Technology & Innovation Management, 2014
• Batten Fellow, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, 2012
• Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2012

Service:

• Academy of Management, Technology and Innovation Management Interest Group 
• Representative-at-large (Elected) 
• Member of research committee (Appointed)

Strategic Management Society, Entrepreneurship and Strategy Interest Group 

• Representative-at-large (Elected)

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Speaker Series Contact:

Dr. Garima Sharma

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

gsharma7@gsu.edu