Challey Institute Human Progress & Flourishing Workshop - Siri Terjesen

Dr. Siri A. Terjesen is Associate Dean, Research & External Relations, founding Executive Director of the Madden Center for Value Creation, and Phil Smith Professor of Entrepreneurship at FAU, and Professor .2 at the Norwegian School of Economics (Norges Handelshøyskole: NHH) in Bergen, Norway.
Dr. Terjesen is an internationally recognized expert in business, higher education and philanthropy, and is amongst the world's top 2% most cited scholars (Clarivate), with over 22,000 citations to her three books and 100+ peer-reviewed articles. She has been PI or co-PI on $12min research grants and gifts over her career.
Dr. Terjesen is a Strata board member and an advisory board member of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) Fund for Academic Renewal. She reviews for the government higher education agencies in the U.S., European Union, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, and Belgium, as well as private foundations such as John Templeton and Rising Tide. She advises a variety of think tanks on business policy issues.
Dr. Terjesen has received outstanding teaching awards at undergraduate, graduate, and executive education levels including FAU College of Business’s most outstanding teacher, American University’s OFSL most outstanding faculty member, Indiana University’s Sauvain Undergraduate Professor of the Year, and Alpha Kappa Psi’s student-selected favorite professor awards. In 2023, she was named Florida Atlantic University Research Park Distinguished Researcher, one of two Distinguished Fellows by the Institute for Humane Studies, and one of ten Freedom and Opportunity Academic Prizewinners by Heritage Foundation. She was inducted as a Justin Longenecker Fellow, the highest honor from the U.S. Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), in 2022, and as a member of the Mont Pelerin Society in 2021, and as a member of the Philadelphia Society in 2024.
Dr. Terjesen has published in leading journals such as Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management, Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, Leadership Quarterly, and Strategic Management Journal. Her research is featured in media including Bloomberg, U.S. News & World Report, the Times, and CNBC. Dr. Terjesen is current editor of Small Business Economics, Industry & Innovation, and Beta, and an editorial review member of several top journals. Her op-eds have been published in The Hill, Newsweek, Washington Times, Daily Signal, City Journal, Epoch Times, and other outlets.

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