Focus Area

Emile A. Okal

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor Emeritus of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Field: Earth Science

Focus Areas: Earthquakes, Natural Disasters, Tsunamis

Suzan Van Der Lee

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Field: Earth Science

Focus Areas: Data Science, Earthquakes, Geology, Natural Disasters

Benjamin Jones

Kellogg School of Management

Gordon and Llura Gund Family Professor of Entrepreneurship

Field: Business Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Focus Areas: Economic Growth and Development, Emerging Markets, Entrepreneurship, Globalization, Innovation, International Business and Marketing

Daniel Spulber

Kellogg School of Management

Elinor Hobbs Professor of International Business

Field: Business Strategy

Focus Areas: Antitrust Law, Contract Theory, Entrepreneurship, Globalization, Industrial Organizations and Economics, Innovation, Intellectual Property Rights, International Business and Marketing, Microeconomics

David Schonthal

Kellogg School of Management

Clinical Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Field: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Focus Areas: Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Innovation

David Zaretsky

Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, The Graduate School

Assistant Chair, Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Focus Areas: Content Marketing, Data Science, Digital Media, Entrepreneurship, Higher Ed Administration, Influence and Persuasion, Machine Learning and Automation, Marketing Strategy, Social Media, Social Networks, Technology Companies

Esther S. Barron

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Clinical Professor of Law

Field: Business Law, Legal Education

Focus Areas: Business Associations, Entrepreneurship

Hayes Ferguson

Email Hayes

Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Field: Education, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Management and Organizations, Marketing

Focus Areas: Entrepreneurship, Gender Diversity and Equality, Innovation

Mark Fisher

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Clinical Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering

Focus Areas: Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Manufacturing, Medical Device Development, Product Management and Development

Megan Kashner

Kellogg School of Management

Lecturer in Kellogg’s Public-Private Interface and Director of Social Impact

Field: Business Ethics, Business Strategy

Focus Areas: Business Strategy, Economic Growth and Development, Entrepreneurship, Investing, Nonprofits

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