Advisors
William Dougan, Head Advisor
William L. Dougan is currently a Professor of Management in the College of Business and Economics at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, where he teaches classes in venture planning and management of technology. He provides instruction in the Business Plan Bootcamp program, delivered through UWW Business Outreach and also works with WiSys to develop intellectual properties that are a part of their portfolio. He recently served as a judge in the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. His recent publications have appeared in the Journal of High Technology Management, Management Decision, the International Journal of Public Administration, Small Group Research and The Handbook of Public Information Systems. He received his Ph.D. from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.
Jeff Vanevenhoven, Advisor
Jeff Vanevenhoven, Ph.D, is an Assistant Professor in Management at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He received his PhD in Organizations and Strategic Management, a M.S. in Management (eBusiness), and BS degree in Anthropology (Archaeology) from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. Jeff has served as the faculty advisor for the Collegiate Entrepreneur’s Organization (CEO) chapter, the Sigma Iota Epsilon (SIE, Management Honour Society) chapter, and the UWW Hurling Club. His primary teaching interests are Strategic Management, Organizational Theory and Entrepreneurship. He currently teaches Administrative Policy, graduate Organizational Theory, and an annual travel-study course to Ireland. Jeff has created and is experimenting with a sustainability/water focus for one section of Administrative Policy. He serves as co-chair of the Principles for Responsible Management Education Travel Study Working Group, and is an active member of the UW-W College of Business and Economics International Committee.
Kirsten Crossgrove, Advisor
Kirsten Crossgrove is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Program Coordinator for the Integrated Science & Business Major at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She teaches courses in Genetics, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, as well as sections of the non-majors Biological Foundations course. She actively involves students in her research on the molecular control of development in parasitic and free-living nematodes (roundworms), and has assisted with student projects using DNA analysis to look at things as varied as forensic analysis of hair and genotyping of marmots. Recent publications have appeared in CBE-Life Sciences Education and Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. She received her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Pennsylania and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Molecular Parasitology Group at New England Biolabs, Inc.
