Keywords

  • applied economics and management
  • business strategy
  • commercialization
  • commercialization and technology transfer
  • economic development
  • entrepreneurship
  • international entrepreneurship
  • leadership development
  • life science entrepreneurship
  • marketing research
  • rich media resources
  • small business
  • small business consulting
  • small business management
  • technology and innovation
  • value-added agriculture
  • video clips
  • women in business

Streeter, Deborah H

Bruce F. Failing, Sr., Professor of Personal Enterprise
Deborah Streeter is the Bruce F. Failing, Sr. Professor of Personal Enterprise and Small Business Management in the Department of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell. Entrepreneurship and small business management are the focus of Dr. Streeter’s teaching, research, and outreach activities. Her research interests include: educational models for teaching entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector with value-added goods, and gender issues in business and entrepreneurship. Dr. Streeter has received acclaim as an educator, based on her promotion of experiential learning, active learning and innovative uses of technology inside and outside the classroom. In 2007, Streeter was given the Olympus Innovator Award by the Olympus Corporation. She received the Constace E. and Alice H Cook Award in 2004, Professor of Merit Award in 2002, was named influential to a Merril Scholar in 1999, 2000 and 2003. Streeter was awarded the 2001 CALS National Food and Agricultural Sciences Excellence in College and University Teaching, and was named a Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow in 2000 (Cornell’s most prestigious teaching award). She also received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2000 and the Innovative Teaching Award in 1996. Dr. Streeter holds an M.S. (1980) and Ph.D. (1984) in Agricultural Economics from the University of Wisconsin Madison. She is a member of a university-wide program in entrepreneurship, entitled Entrepreneurship@Cornell.

research

research and scholarship focus

Streeter`s research interests include: educational models for teaching entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector with value-added goods, and gender issues in business and entrepreneurship.

research areas

domestic geographic focus

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teaching

teaching focus

Streeter teaches business planning, small business consulting and gender issues in business and leadership. The focus of her teaching is entrepreneurship and she combines experiential learning (focused on integrating real world realities with academic learning) with innovative uses of educational technology.

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service

outreach focus

Streeter`s extension efforts focus on helping startup entrepreneurs in New York State and beyond to make informed decisions when starting new businesses or growing established companies.

background

educational background

  • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1984
  • M.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1980
  • B.A., University of Connecticut, 1976

awards and distinctions

• Olympus Innovation Award, 2007
• Stephen Weiss Presidential Fellow, 2000
• SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2000
• Outstanding Educator in Influencing Merrill Presidential Scholar, 2000
• Innovative Teacher Award, 1999
• Outstanding Educator in Influencing Merrill Presidential Scholar, 1999
• Outstanding Educator in influencing Merrill Presidential Scholar, 1996
• Young Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, 1994

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Keywords: applied economics and management, business strategy, commercialization, commercialization and technology transfer, economic development, entrepreneurship, international entrepreneurship, leadership development, life science entrepreneurship, marketing research, rich media resources, small business, small business consulting, small business management, technology and innovation, value-added agriculture, video clips, women in business