Christopher E. Stevens

Biography

Dr. Stevens is Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Gonzaga University School of Business and Director of the Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership Program, where he teaches courses in the entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship, and new venture creation. Prior to pursing his Ph.D., Dr. Stevens spent 15 years in the construction and construction consulting industries, working and living through Europe and Asia as part of a multi-family-owned and run construction concern. He has served as a strategic and HR consultant for several small firms and startups in the construction and consumer products sector. His research focuses on a variety of areas of interest including social entrepreneurship, venture success and failure, entrepreneurial passion, human resource management in entrepreneurial firms, and Jesuit ethics, spirituality, moral imagination and entrepreneurship. Dr. Stevens' research has appeared in the Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, the Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, and Human Resource Management Review. He is the author of a chapter in the recent Handbook of Social Entrepreneurship, and has presented at numerous academic conferences on social entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education, and business school ethics and mission.

Research Interest

His research focuses on a variety of areas of interest including social entrepreneurship, venture success and failure, entrepreneurial passion, human resource management in entrepreneurial firms, and Jesuit ethics, spirituality, moral imagination and entrepreneurship.