Jeff York

Jeffrey G. York is an Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship. He currently serves as the Chair of the Division of Social Responsibility and Sustainability (SRS) Research Director for the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship. He received his PhD from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. Professor York’s teaching and research are focused on environmental entrepreneurship, the simultaneous creation of ecological and economic goods. He is interested in how and why entrepreneurs create new products, services, and industries that reduce environmental degradation. He teaches classes in business planning, entrepreneurial thinking and environmental ventures at the undergraduate, MBA and PhD levels. Professor York has published research in journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Business Venturing, Organization Science, and Strategic Management Journal. He has served as a Field Editor for the Journal of Business Venturing and on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Organization Science, and Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal.

Education

• PhD University of Virginia Darden School of Business (2005 — 2009)
• MBA Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee (1997 — 1999)
• Bachelor's degree The University of Georgia (1991 — 1995)

Companies

• Fellow, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute National Renewable Energy Laboratory (2020)
• Associate Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship University of Colorado Boulder (2017)
• Assistant Professor of Management University of Colorado at Boulder (2010 — 2017)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow Darden School of Business, University of Virginia (2009 — 2010)
• Doctoral Student University of Virginia Darden School of Business (2005 — 2009)
• Director Capital One (1999 — 2005)