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Duluth, Minnesota Area United States

Geographer, Cultural Entrepreneur and Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts at University of Minnesota-Duluth

Education

As Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at UMD, I support the Dean of the College in the areas of strategic planning, budgeting, student affairs, program development, internationalization, fundraising and more. As Founding Director of the B.A. Program in Cultural Entrepreneurship at UMD, I have been instrumental in leading the curriculum design for this new degree. In addition, I am currently engaged in establishing international research, teaching and student exchange connections for this program. I teach introductory courses on Creative Industries that focus on lean start-up methodology, development of business model canvases for creative industries, and creative problem solvi...