Awoke Dollisso, Assistant Professor
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229 Curtiss Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011
Office:
515-294-0898
FAX: 515-294-0530
dollisso@iastate.edu
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Education
B.S. Animal Science
M.S. Agricultural Education, Iowa
State University
Ph.D. Agricultural Education, Iowa State University
Appointment
80% teaching (undergraduate and graduate courses in presentation strategies
for agricultural and research audiences)
20% research appointment
(entrepreneurial education)
Proposed Research Agenda
My area of research focus is Entrepreneurship Education. Entrepreneurship
has far reaching contributions to human societies across the globe.
Innovation and wealth created by entrepreneurs in one part of the world
may have direct or indirect benefits to humanity elsewhere. A report
by the Kauffman Panel on Entrepreneurship Curriculum in Higher Education
pointed out that “Entrepreneurship is a dominant force in contemporary
America. It generates ongoing innovation and improvement of our goods,
services, and institutions. It makes them more efficient, affordable,
and, thus, effective. Entrepreneurship enhances the quality of our
collective and individual lives. It changes the way we work, the way
we communicate, the way we live.” (Kauffman Panel Report: p.4.) Many
higher education institutions across the U.S. have recognized entrepreneurship's
intrinsic and extrinsic connections to the higher education mission
of creating knowledge and innovation for the betterment of human societies.
The Kauffman Panel
highlights the growth of a number of entrepreneurship courses offered
in the last two decades from a mere 250 to more than 5000 courses today.
As entrepreneurship education continues to grow, the need to understand
the teaching and learning processes that are needed to advance entrepreneurship
education also grows. Through my research, I will attempt to address
the following questions:
Entrepreneurship Education
Short-term Research Priority
Mid-term Research Priority
