Research

MEDIA APPEARANCES

Interview with Tom Stokpole at Boston Magazine for article focusing on gender discrimination in Boston, August 2017
Interview with Rachel Murray, co-founder of She Geeks Out (SGO), for SGO podcast on gender and technology, August 16, 2017
Interview with Michael Epstein at CBS Boston, New England Business News to discuss Boston and St. Louis ecosystem report, July 21, 2017
Interview with Alison Freeland on women, entrepreneurship and VC-funding, All Things Considered, NPR, October 19, 2016.
Interview with Kristin Slice on women, entrepreneurship and ecosystems, Elements Podcast, August 15, 2016

Press release of Boston and St. Louis women entrepreneurs and ecosystem report, UMass Boston News, July 21, 2017
Research cited on Medium.com piece on From Kalnick to Caldbeck: It’s Time to Eliminate Sexism in Startup Culture, June 24, 2017
Announcement of Early Educator Innovation Lab and Accelerator in UMass Boston News, May 16, 2017
Research cited in The Guardian piece on business schools and intellectual activism, The Guardian online, January 17, 2017
Speaker on women, technology and entrepreneurship alongside Tom Hopcroft, CEO/President of MassTLC, WUMB radio, June 19, 2016
Work with Anne Douglass, Ph.D. on the early care and education small business innovation program, UMass Boston News, March 17, 2016

Discussing launch of new accelerator and innovation lab in the Institute for Early Care and
Education Leadership and Innovation, Early Educator Leadership Conference, UMass Boston, May 13, 2017
EforAll Annual Summit, panel facilitator on inclusive entrepreneurship, UTEC Lowell, MA, November 3, 2016
Yale Tech summit, panelist on diversity and entrepreneurship, Yale University,
School of Management, New Haven, CT, October 28, 2016
Yale Entrepreneurial Institute, Talk on women entrepreneurs and ecosystems, Yale University, New Haven, CT, October 25, 2016

Inaugural speaker for discussion series at the Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation, From Finding Jobs to Creating Jobs: Community and Economic Development for Boston’s Future, Roxbury Innovation Center, Boston, MA, December 8, 2016
Judge for assessing applicants at creative economy/tech accelerator, Epicenter Community/Accelerate Boston,
Boston, MA, December 2016
Policy expert on women’s entrepreneurship initiatives, Kauffman Foundation Annual Mayor’s Conference,
St. Petersburg, FL, November 30-December 2, 2016
Judge for Fueling the Growth with UBERPitch Competition, Stamford Innovation Center, Stamford, CT, November 16, 2016
Panelist for HUBWeek, Driving Startup Growth: Building an Innovation Ecosystem,
Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) Boston, Cambridge, MA, September 27, 2016
Invited discussant on RFP design lab to reach more women and minority entrepreneurs,
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, MO, May, 2016
MassChallenge Innovation Roundtable, invited expert and participant, Roxbury Innovation Center, Dorchester, MA, April 1, 2016
Discussant on research findings, Innovating the Innovation Community—Best Practices for Inclusion,
Venture Café, St. Louis, MO, November 5, 2015
Speaker on women’s entrepreneurship and economic development for the Pakistani Delegation in conjunction with U.S. State Department, Entrepreneurship Center and College of Management, University of Massachusetts, Boston, August 25, 2015.