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Martin J. Gillen Dean and Ray and Milann
Siegfried Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies
 Carolyn
Y. Woo, the Martin J. Gillen Dean of the Mendoza College
of Business and the Ray and Milann Siegfried Chair in Entrepreneurial
Studies, assumed the deanship of the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame in 1997. Before then, she served as Associate Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Purdue University . She joined Purdue as an Assistant Professor in 1981, became a Full Professor in 1991 and directed the Professional Master’s Programs in the Krannert School of Management from 1993 to 1995.
Dr. Woo’s research focuses on strategy, entrepreneurship, and organizational systems. She received the International Council for Small Business Distinguished Scholar Award, Best Paper Award (Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management, 1991, 1992) and the Salgo-Noren Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Master’s Programs. In 1997, she was inducted into the Order of the Griffin by Purdue University for exceptional service and commitment. In 1998, Change magazine, a publication of the American Association for Higher Education, named Dr. Woo one of 40 Young Leaders of the Academe. She received the 2002 Excellence Award for Education from the Asian American Alliance and the 2003 John S. Day Distinguished Alumni Academic Service Award from Purdue University .
Dr. Woo currently serves on the boards of AON Corporation, Circuit City and NiSource Incorporated. Dr. Woo has served as chair and past chair of AACSB International, the accreditation association for business schools. She has been a long-term member of the organization. In 2003, she was elected to the Board of Catholic Relief Services. Since 2001 she has been a member of the Committee of 100, an organization of Chinese American leaders devoted to enhancing U.S.-China relations and the full participation of Chinese Americans in American life.
Dr. Woo is married to David E. Bartkus and they have two sons, Ryan and Justin.
Publications:
Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Harvard Business Review, Management Science, Managerial and Decision Economics, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Business Venturing, Advances in Strategic Management, Organizational Science, Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, Frontiers of Entrepreneurial Research.
Education:
Certificate, Harvard University, Institute for Education, 1996
Ph.D., Purdue University , 1979
M.S.I.A., Purdue University , 1976, named Krannert Scholar
B.S., Purdue University , 1975, with honors and highest distinction
Dean Woo's specific interests include strategic
management entrepreneurship, technological innovation and
organizational change. She has served on editorial boards
for numerous publications, including the Journal of Management,
the Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Academy of Management and the Strategic Management Journal. Dean Woo has engaged in consulting for a number of corporate
and other organizations, including Eli Lilly, General Electric,
Motorola, Pratt and Whitney, and the Catholic schools of the
Diocese of Lafayette, Indiana. She serves on the boards of
three Fortune 400 companies and
was elected to the Board of Governors of Beta Gamma
Sigma in 1998 and to AACSB, the International Association for Management
Education, in 1999.
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