PROGRAM

11:30 am (ET)

WELCOMING REMARKS

Jennifer Nazareno, Ph.D.

Banu Ozkazanc-Pan, Ph.D.

11:40 am (ET)

Mehrsa Baradaran, J.D., Professor of Law

OPENING KEYNOTE

“The Color of Money”

12:00-1:30 pm (ET)

Session A:  THE HEART OF THE MATTER

Understanding the challenges of Black entrepreneurs in a time of COVID and BLM.

Courtney McCluney, Ph.D.

Banu Ozkazanc-Pan, Ph.D.

Taura Taylor, Ph.D.

1:30-2:00 pm (ET)

Zulema Valdez, Ph.D.

PLENARY

“Nothing About Us, Without Us”: The Complexity of Entrepreneurship

BREAK

2:15-3:45 pm (ET)

Session B:  Context

Emerging economies in the United States: Examining the intersection of gender, race/ethnicity, and immigration.

Jennifer Nazareno, Ph.D.

Arturo Osorio Fernandez, Ph.D.

Banu Ozkazanc-Pan, Ph.D.

Jody Vallejo, Ph.D.

3:45-4:15 pm (ET)

Session C:  NURTURING THOUGHT

Since 2009, Brown University graduate students have been able to apply for funding in support of research related to entrepreneurship through the Hazeltine Fellowship for entrepreneurship. The Hazeltine Fellowship may fund dissertation-related research or provide seed funds for initiating a new topic of research with a faculty member. Up to three fellowships are awarded each year to promising Ph.D. and master’s students enrolled at Brown. 

Ashley Gomez, MPH, Doctoral Candidate

Kristen McNeill, Doctoral Candidate

Ieva Zumbyte, Doctoral Candidate

BREAK

4:30-5:00 pm (ET)

Session D:  ACTION

A conversation focusing on public policy action related to entrepreneurship with Natalie Madeira Cofield, the newly appointed Assistant Administrator in the Office of Women’s Business Ownership in the United States Small Business Administration and Banu Ozkazanc-Pan, Ph.D. 

Natalie Madiera Cofield, Assistant Administrator, United States SBA

Banu Ozkazanc-Pan, Ph.D.

5:00-5:10 pm (ET)

Lifetime Achievement Award

5:10-5:30 pm (ET)

Juliet E.K. Walker, Ph.D.

CLOSING KEYNOTE

“Where Do We Go From Here?”