Kathleen Allen a professor at the USC Marshall School of Business has been awarded the prestigious 2014 Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year Award by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASB).
Given to “an entrepreneurship educator who has provided distinguished leadership in the field and contributed greatly to the way scholars think about and approach entrepreneurship teaching and learning,” the USABE award committee mentioned the number of books and publications Allen has contributed to while also emphasizing the importance of her work with technology commercialization.
Allen has penned more than 15 books in the field of entrepreneurship and technology commercialization including the leading texts Launching New Ventures and Entrepreneurship for Scientists and Engineers. She works with other experts to identify markets and applications for their technologies, develop commercialization teams, and prepare to seek funding and has been active in the commercialization of space entrepreneurship and ensuring that broadband is delivered to rural areas.
“Dr. Allen has been instrumental in building our curriculum [and] spearheading our university’s earliest interdisciplinary efforts in entrepreneurial education,” said James Ellis, dean of the Marshall School. “It is impossible to have a conversation with Dr. Allen without recognizing her immense, sincere, and deep commitment to both the educational experience and to entrepreneurship education as a whole.”