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  • 1.  Recruiting doctoral students--School of Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University

    Posted 02-25-2019 13:25

    Posted on behalf of Matt Rutherford:

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    Dear Colleagues:

    Greetings from the School of Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University!  We are currently recruiting doctoral students to begin study in fall of 2019.  We would be most grateful if you would direct interested individuals to our website (http://watson.okstate.edu/eeephd) where they may begin the application process.

    As one of only a handful of universities offering a doctorate degree dedicated solely to entrepreneurship, the School of Entrepreneurship at OSU is an ideal place and natural home for intellectually curious and hardworking individuals with a keen interest in making scholarly contributions to the science and practice of entrepreneurship.  Recent graduates have been placed in peer schools.  The School of Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University houses outstanding scholars such as Robert Baron, Bruce Barringer, Bat Batjargal, Per Bylund, Kincy Madison, Curt Moore, and Matt Rutherford.

    Admitted doctoral students receive an extremely competitive stipend, tuition/fees waiver, and paid travel to academic conferences.  Competitive summer research grants and teaching opportunities are also available to support the research interests of doctoral students.  There is also money available to cover moving expenses and health insurance, where applicable.

    The School is complemented by the Riata Center for Entrepreneurship, which is engaged in highly innovative entrepreneurial outreach on campus, in the region, nationally, and internationally.

    The doctoral program is personalized to reflect the intellectual interests of the students, while capitalizing on the strengths of our entrepreneurship faculty. Students are afforded the opportunity to generate and publish research with faculty mentors, and receive active support in facilitating their own research.

    Matthew W. Rutherford, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor
    Johnny D. Pope Chair in Entrepreneurship
    School of Entrepreneurship
    Oklahoma State University


  • 2.  RE: Recruiting doctoral students--School of Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University

    Posted 02-26-2019 15:01
    Thanks for posting Jeff--in thinking about recommending this program to potential doctoral students, I'm dismayed at the number of women and underrepresented minorities as faculty and doctoral students. Of the 16 faculty associated with the program, all are male and predominantly white. And of the 8 doctoral students in the program, only 1 is female. Faculty diversity in entrepreneurship in entrepreneurship scholarship and education is quite important to advancing the field. It's too bad that at this point in time, the program is not as inclusive as the practice of entrepreneurship where women of color lead in number of starts ups.

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    Banu Ozkazanc-Pan
    Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology, Brown University
    Associate Professor of Management, UMass Boston
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  • 3.  RE: Recruiting doctoral students--School of Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University

    Posted 02-26-2019 15:17

    Thank you for your message. Oklahoma State University is a leader in higher education diversity and inclusion in the nation. We welcome all applicants without preference to gender or ethnicity, and adhere to strict hiring guidelines to ensure the best qualified candidate is selected.

     

     

    Matthew W. Rutherford, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor

    Johnny D. Pope Chair in Entrepreneurship

    School of Entrepreneurship

    Oklahoma State University

     




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  • 4.  RE: Recruiting doctoral students--School of Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University

    Posted 02-27-2019 12:46
    This is a pat response that only addresses the legal policy of the university, and does not answer the question of why there is a complete lack of representation of women among faculty and the doctoral student population at the School of Entrepreneurship, and all of the concerns that come along with sending a female doctoral student to such a male dominated atmosphere. Research indicates token females experience much higher levels of sexual harrassment, microagressions, and questions about their competency and fit, are much more likely to experience distress and on and on.  The leaders at the School are treating this like it is non-issue and need to held accountable for there lack of performance when it comes to inclusion.

    My original message did not get posted to the Forum:

    On Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 1:31 PM Susan Clark Muntean via Academy of Management <Mail@connectedcommunity.org> wrote:

    The following message has been sent to you in response to your Discussion message

    Message From: Susan Clark Muntean

    Is Oklahoma State U. or your program a boys only school? I checked the website and 100 percent of your doctoral students are male, and 100 percent of the faculty are male (one photo was absent and the name unclear as to which gender, so there may be one token female faculty). Do you think this would be a welcoming, safe and supportive environment for a female doctoral student? What are you actively doing to address the severe gender imbalance and how this perpetrates the gender bias in entrepreneurship as an academic field and practice?

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    Susan Clark Muntean
    Assistant Professor
    UNCA
    Asheville NC
    (828) 232-5053
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    Susan Clark Muntean
    Assistant Professor
    UNCA
    Asheville NC
    (828) 232-5053
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  • 5.  RE: Recruiting doctoral students--School of Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University

    Posted 02-28-2019 14:26
    I believe that a careful investigation of the School of Entrepreneurship at OSU will show that women are represented in the faculty and graduate student cohorts. The Advisory Board to the School has several successful female role models, if that can mitigate the apparent male-ness. It would be great if gender and racial demographics in our departments and schools could mimic population demographics -- all the percentages lined up, but it is difficult to do in a relatively new school in a field that is also relatively new. One looks to the attitudes and behaviors of the individual faculty and staff rather than their gender and ethnicity in establishing a culture of inclusivity.

    Our best contributions to help break the path dependence that leads some places and programs to under-representation are to visit (seminars?) and to send high-quality graduate students there. That is a far more useful step in community building than walling in the existing path with intemperate words.

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    Randall Westgren
    McQuinn Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership
    University of Missouri
    Columbia MO
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  • 6.  RE: Recruiting doctoral students--School of Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University

    Posted 02-28-2019 15:16
    Edited by Jeffrey Pollack 02-28-2019 15:15

    Hi Susan, Banu, Matt, and Randall,

    Thanks for your engagement on this thread. Talking about diversity and inclusion, as well as how to create a setting in which doctoral students (and faculty) can thrive, is an essential conversation we need to have!

    And, Dawn DeTienne just started a thread yesterday (Feb. 27th) noting that, "Our Division leadership is continuously seeking new ways to enhance the diversity and inclusiveness of our Division and our profession.  We would love to hear from you if you have ideas or know of effective programs to help promote diversity and inclusiveness.  Please share!"

    I encourage future posts to respond to Dawn's thread. In particular, let's focus on scholarly approaches to answering Dawn's question about, "seeking new ways to enhance the diversity and inclusiveness of our Division and our profession."

    Although the literature related to diversity in doctoral education (e.g., Griffin & Muniz, 2015) and among faculty applicants is growing (e.g., Baker et al., 2016), much more research is needed here! Is anyone working on projects in this area of research---and, if so, what have you found? 

    Respectfully yours,  Jeff

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    Baker, D. L., Schmaling, K., Fountain, K. C., Blume, A. W., & Boose, R. (2016). Defining diversity: A mixed-method analysis of terminology in faculty applications. The Social Science Journal, 53(1), 60-66. 

    Griffin, K. A., & Muniz, M. (2015). Rethinking the structure of student recruitment and efforts to increase racial and ethnic diversity in doctoral education. International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 10, 199-216.

    Jeff Pollack
    Associate Professor 
    University Faculty Scholar
    Editor- Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
    Associate Editor- Journal of Business Venturing Insights 


    Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Department
    Poole College of Management
    Web: www.jeffreympollack.com
    E-mail: jmpolla3@ncsu.edu