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
- adult and extension education | collaborative research area (CALS)
- entrepreneurship | collaborative research area (CALS)
- gender and sexuality | collaborative research area (CALS)
- intellectual property | collaborative research area (CALS)
- small business | collaborative research area (CALS)
- value-added agriculture | collaborative research area (CALS)
domestic geographic focus
- New York State | state
submitted impact statement
- Rich media for business education | 2007 Impact statement
- Small Business Consulting in New York State | 2006 Impact statement
- Digital video for business education | 2006 Impact statement
- Small Business consulting assistance to companies in Tompkins County, NY | 2005 Impact statement
- Business planning for real-world companies | 2004 Impact statement
- e-Clips: a premiere collection of digital video clips on business, entrepreneurship, and leadership | 2004 Impact statement
- Business consulting projects in the local community | 2004 Impact statement
affiliations
head of
- Entrepreneurship and Business Innovations | NLSI/Genomics focus area
faculty appointment in
- Applied Economics and Management (AEM) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Applied Economics and Management | graduate field
other Cornell affiliations
- Entrepreneurship@Cornell | academic program office
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.
teaches
- AEM 3340 - Women, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship (F 12:20:PM-02:15:PM) | fall 2009 class
- AEM 4360 - Entrepreneurial Leadership (F 12:20:PM-02:15:PM) | fall 2009 class
- AEM 4970 - Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- AEM 4980 - Supervised Teaching Experience (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- AEM 4990 - Undergraduate Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- AEM 7000 - Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- AEM 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- AEM 8900 - Master's Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- AEM 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- AEM 3250 - Personal Enterprise and Small Business Management (MW 12:20:PM-01:10:PM) | spring 2009 class
- AEM 4970 - Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- AEM 4980 - Supervised Teaching Experience (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- AEM 4990 - Undergraduate Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- AEM 7000 - Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- AEM 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- AEM 8900 - Master's Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- AEM 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- AEM 3340 - Women, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship (F 12:20:PM-02:15:PM) | fall 2008 class
- AEM 4360 - Entrepreneurial Leadership (F 12:20:PM-02:15:PM) | fall 2008 class
- AEM 4940 - Undergraduate Special Topics in Applied Economics and Management (TBA -) | fall 2008 class
- AEM 8900 - Master's Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2008 class
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
• 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
featured in
- Cornell podcasts offer career advice in a sinking economy | Cornell Chronicle feature
- Zalaznick Teaching Assistantships awarded | Cornell Chronicle feature
publications
linked articles
- eClips: Cornell's Premiere Video Clip Collection on Entrepreneurship, Business and Leadership | digital video teaching collection
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