Call for Members and Supporters for the Practitioner-Scholars Committee
By Kenneth Grant
The Practitioner-Scholars Committee focuses on ensuring there is a strong connection between practice (industry) and theory (scholarship/research) in the academy. This can be in many forms. Members of this Committee serve as mentors to other entrepreneurs entering an academic career, develop and share teaching methods and resources unique to entrepreneurial practice, perform research exploring issues surrounding career paths from the practice world to the academy, and each year conducts workshops at Academy conferences to share teaching resources, career advice and research findings. The Committee also selects the winner of the annual Entrepreneurship Division Entrepreneurship Practice Award.
We are looking for candidates to support the work of the Committee. We have two vacancies on the Committee that we would like to fill and, in addition, we are looking to identify other individuals who may not be ready to serve full-time on the Committee, but have an interest in supporting its activities. We encourage anyone with an interest in the practitioner-scholar domain to contact us. We have a particular interest in identifying colleagues interested in supporting our professional development workshop at the AoM gathering in Copenhagen in July 2025.
Anyone interested in discussing this further should contact the Chair of the committee, Ken Grant (kagrant@torontomu.ca), providing a brief statement of interest and attaching a current CV.