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?”