Christopher Crawford

G. Christopher Crawford is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University in the Rutgers Business School—Newark and New Brunswick. After working in industry for two decades and founding his own consulting company, Dr. Crawford received his PhD in Entrepreneurship from the University of Louisville in 2013. His dissertation, "Causes of Extreme Outcomes in Entrepreneurship," received a $20,000 Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Award. Dr Crawford’s recent work has been published in Journal of Business Venturing, Small Business Economics, and Journal of Management Inquiry, among others. His teaching of entrepreneurship, leadership, and strategic management to undergraduates and MBAs has received university-wide recognition at Ohio University, University of Louisville, and Miami University (Oxford). His recent $205,000 National Science Foundation grant will build and test a universal theory about the emergence of new order (e.g., outlier ventures, technology, innovations, or extreme events) in entrepreneurship. Visit his website on "Using Simulation to Build and Test Entrepreneurship Theories."

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD University of Louisville (2008 — 2013)
• MBA Miami University (2000 — 2002)
• BBA The University of Toledo (1988 — 1992)

Companies

• Assistant Professor of Professional Practice--Strategy, Management, & Entrepreneurship Rutgers Business School (2018)
• Assistant Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship Ohio University (2013)
• Ph.D. Candidate in Entrepreneurship University of Louisville (2008 — 2013)
• Visiting Clinical Professor Miami University (2000 — 2008)
• Owner The Red Apple Consulting Company (1999 — 2008)
• Director of Marketing Rexarc International, Inc. (2004 — 2006)
• Credit Manager, Assistant Branch Manager Wells Fargo Financial (1994 — 1997)
• Marketing Manager / Training Director G.I.Friday's (1991 — 1994)