Discipline
Entrepreneurship
Supervisors
- Oana Branzei
- Larry Plummer
B. is an Entrepreneurship PhD student at the Ivey Business School. Their research is primarily concerned with Identity-Based Entrepreneurship and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion for entrepreneurs with marginalized gender identities. B.’s academic background stems heavily from literary, feminist, and gender theory; they hope to explore Entrepreneurship from this lens.
Education
- HBA, Ivey Business School, 2022
- BA (Honors Specialization in English and Cultural Studies), Huron University College, 2022
Research Interests
- Identity-Based Entrepreneurship
- Gender and Entrepreneurship
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Publications
- Pick, B. “Courtrooms and Kitchens: On Private, Public, and Gendered Spaces in Susan Glaspell’s ‘Trifles.’” Semicolon 9, no. 1 (2021): 37–39.
Awards and Honours
- Brock Scholarship
- Morrisette Institute for Entrepreneurship Scholarship
- Hellmuth Scholar (2018-2022)
- Great Minds, Great Hearts Scholarship (2019)
Academic Experience
- Undergraduate Student Research Intern (2021), Western University
- CURL Fellow (2018), Huron University College
Professional Experience
- Founder, CEO, & Jewelry Maker – CottageCoreCA
- Operations Agent – Royal Bank of Canada
- Opinions Editor - Western Gazette
- Copy Editor – Western Gazette
- Freelance Writer & Journalist
Conferences
- “Men & Modernism: Functions of Literary Toxic Masculine Relationships under Capitalism” presented at Making New Stories 1922/2022: A Conference Celebrating a Centenary of Literary Modernism (2022).
- “Coding Ivey Publishing: Building Sustainable Values for Tomorrow’s Leaders” presented at the 2021 Undergraduate Student Research Internship Showcase and published by Ivey’s Centre for Building Sustainable Values and Western Libraries’ Research Commons (2021).
- "The Colour Lavender: On Intersections in Gender, Sexual, and Racial Fluidity" presented at Revealing and Revoicing Narratives of Africa and the African Diaspora: A Multi-disciplinary Virtual Student Conference (2021).
- “Less is More: On Fair Trade and Small Producer Agriculture” presented at the 2nd Annual Conference for the Centre for Undergraduate Research Learning (2018).
