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Collective Entrepreneurship, Minority Entrepreneurship, Strategic Management, Organizational Economics, Agribusiness
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Biography

Dr. Entsminger is a researcher and educator specialized in the organizational economics of agro-food systems. Current projects on which he is working deal with organizational systematics (the formation of taxonomic classifications) of Local and Regional Food System agents and entrepreneurship in agriculture by those from Minority, Marginalized, and Socially Disadvantaged (MMSD) communities. Both is educational and professional background is multi-disciplinary, having studied and worked in settings that incorporate theories and tools from fields of inquiry including Economics, Sociology, Political Science, Philosophy, Biology, and Ecology. This background is also multi-national, incorporating perspectives from graduate education in the European Union and a previous focus on international trade and development economics. Passionate about improving economic opportunity for all, Dr. Entsminger hopes to build a career of service, making a positive difference in the organizations for which he works.

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Employment (4)

University of Maine: Orono, Maine, US

2022-09-15 to present | Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and State Extension Specialist for Small Business (Maine Business School and UMaine Cooperative Extension)
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Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development: University Park, PA, US

2021-02-15 to 2022-09-14 | Associate Director
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The Pennsylvania State University: University Park, PA, US

2021-02-15 to 2022-06-30 | Assistant Research Professor and Associate Director of NERCRD (Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education)
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University of Missouri: Columbia, MO, US

2015-08-15 to 2021-02-15 | Research Fellow (prior: Research Associate) (McQuinn Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership)
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Education and qualifications (6)

University of Missouri: Columbia, MO, US

2015-08-15 to 2020-12-18 | PhD - Agricultural and Applied Economics (Managerial, Behavioral, and Organizational Economics specialization) (Applied Social Science)
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Universiteit Gent: Ghent, Belgium, BE

2010-08 to 2013-02-14 | International Master of Science in Rural Development (IMRD Consortium (High-mobility multi-national joint degree programme))
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University of Florida: Gainesville, Florida, US

2010-08 to 2012-12-18 | Master of Science in Food and Resource Economics (Food and Resource Economics)
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University of Nevada Reno: Reno, Nevada, US

2005-08 to 2010-05-15 | Bachelor of Science in Agricultural and Applied Economics (Resource Economics)
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University of Nevada Reno: Reno, Nevada, US

2005-08 to 2010-05-15 | Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs - Law, Diplomacy, and Comparative Political Organization (Political Science)
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University of Nevada Reno: Reno, Nevada, US

2005-08 to 2010-05-15 | Bachelor of Arts in French Language and Literature (Foreign Languages and Literatures)
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Funding (6)

Factors affecting the success of female and minority rural entrepreneurs and rural economic vitality

2023-05-15 to 2026-05-14 | Grant
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Washington D.C., US)
GRANT_NUMBER: WVA00940
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Rural Community Well-Being: Using Tourism Indicators to Identify, Understand and Address COVID Pandemic Impacts and Strategies for Resilency

2022-01-01 to 2025-12-31 | Grant
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Washington D.C., US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 2022-68006-36453
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NERCRD 2021

2021-09-01 to 2023-08-31 | Grant
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Washington D.C., US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 2021-51150-34733
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Collective Entrepreneurship Research and Education for Socially-disadvantaged Small- and Medium-Food System Enterprises

2021-01-01 to 2023-03-31 | Grant
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Washington D.C., US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 2021-68006-33835
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The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development

2020-09-01 to 2023-08-31 | Grant
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Washington D.C., US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 2020-51150-31870
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Collective Entrepreneurship in Agri-Food

2014-01-15 to 2019-01-01 | Grant
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Washington D.C., US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 1002413
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Works (9)

The Challenge of Controlled Environment Agriculture: Technological Innovation and Consumer Demand for Natural

2024 | Book chapter
Contributors: Lucy M. McGowan; Erin L. Percival Carter; Jason S. Entsminger
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Multi-method research in the digital age: A methodological case study of a broad-scale rapid rural appraisal

Community Development
2024-12-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Jason Entsminger; John J. Green; Renee Wiatt; Zuzana Bednarik
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Entrepreneurial marketing strategies, resources and social disadvantage: exploring the role of resources and minority status among US agrofood enterprises

Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship
2024-04-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1471-5201
Part of ISSN: 1471-5201
Contributors: Jason Scott Entsminger; Lucy McGowan
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An early assessment of COVID-19’s impact on tourism in U.S. counties

Tourism Economics
2023-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Luyi Han; Stephan J Goetz; Daniel Eades; Jason Entsminger; Doug Arbogast
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Consumer cooperatives: purpose and possibilities

Handbook of Research on Cooperatives and Mutuals
2023-02-07 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9781802202618
Part of ISBN: 9781802202601
Part of ISBN: 9781802202618
Contributors: Zoë T. Plakias; Jason S. Entsminger
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The ecology of organizational forms in local and regional food systems: exploring the scaling-up challenge via a species concept

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2020-12 | Dissertation or Thesis
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Categorization and Organizational Evolution: A Species Approach to Organizational Form

Academy of Management Proceedings
2020-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0065-0668
Contributors: Jason Scott Entsminger
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Organizational Identity Comparison, Organizational Identification, and Organizational Commitment

Academy of Management Proceedings
2020-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Peter Foreman; Cleo Silvestri; David A. Whetten; Philipp Bubenzer; Mathew Laurence Sheep; Cleo Silvestri; Jason Scott Entsminger
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Factors Affecting Farmers’ Adaptation Strategies to Environmental Degradation and Climate Change Effects: A Farm Level Study in Bangladesh

Climate
2014-09-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Mohammed Nasir Uddin; Wolfgang Bokelmann; Jason Scott Entsminger
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Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Agriculture and human values. (1)