Sara Cochran

Clinical Assistant Professor
Faculty Liaison for Undergraduate Student Engagement

Department: Management and Entrepreneurship

Campus: Bloomington

Areas of Expertise

Entrepreneurship education, women entrepreneurship students, women's entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship pedagogy

Academic Degrees

PhD, University of Missouri
MA, Drury University
BA, Drury University

Professional Experience

Director of Entrepreneurship Initiatives, University of Missouri System
Interim Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Missouri
Assistant Director and Special Instructor, Edward Jones Center for Entrepreneurship, Drury University
Founder and Consultant, Pomegranate Enterprises
Proprietor and Founder, Treehouse Treasures
Director of Special Events and Promotions, Pyramid Foods, Springfield, Missouri
Administrative Coordinator, Entrepreneurship Empowerment in South Africa Program, Cape Town, South Africa

Awards, Honors & Certificates

Faculty Service Award, Kelley School of Business, April 2023
Finalist, FACET Innovate Awards for DEIJ-Informed Pedagogy (1 of 3), 2022
Teaching Award Recipient, Dr. James E. Mumford Excellence in Extraordinary Teaching Award, FACET, 2021
Best Paper Award (1 of 4), DSEF Papers at USASBE, 2020
Doctoral Dissertation Award, Association for Research in Business Education, 2019
20 Under 40 Honoree, Columbia Business Times, 2019
Emerging Scholar Award, USASBE Minority & Women Entrepreneurship SIG, 2019
Graduate Certificate in Online Education, University of Missouri, 2018
Schulze Publication Award, Entrepreneur and Innovation Exchange, 2018
Barbara K Townsend Memorial Dissertation Award, University of Missouri, 2015
Doctoral Consortium Fellow, United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 2015
Finalist, Young Professional of the Year, The Network for Springfield’s Young Professionals, 2013
Certified Diversity Professional, Diversity Training University International, 2010

Selected Publications

Cochran, S. L., and Kuratko, D. F. (2023). How trends in society and research impact entrepreneurship pedagogy. In A. C. Corbett, L. Marino, & G. A. Alsos (Eds.). Advances in entrepreneurship, firm emergence, and growth, Research on entrepreneurship education evolution and future, Volume 23.
Cochran, S., Larlos-Hernandez, G. J., Walmsley, A., and Lopez-Castro, I. (2022). Innovative educators: The state of undergraduate entrepreneurship education. In the United States. In G. J. Larlos-Hernandez, A. Walmsley, & I. Lopez-Castro (Eds.) Theorising undergraduate entrepreneurship education. London: Springer Nature.
Cochran, S. L. (2021). Donning their capes: Women entrepreneurship students emerge as superwomen. In C. Mathews, S. Santos, and E. Liguori (Eds.) Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy 2021. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.
Cochran, S. L. (2021). Direct selling as a path to business ownership: Molly’s Mary Kay journey. Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy, 4(3), 515-526.
Cochran, S. L., Foster, L. Q., and Anserson, A. L. (2021). So where’s Momma? Selling coffee in the Ozarks. The Case Journal, 17(5), 660-672.
Cochran, S. L. (2021). Creating a space for women entrepreneurs. Rutgers Business Review, 6(2), 161-167.
Cochran, S. L., Coughlan, A. T., Crittenden, V. L., Crittenden, W. F., Ferrell, L. K., Ferrell, O. C., Luce, W. A., & Peterson, R. A. (2021). Direct selling: A global and social business model. New York, NY: Business Expert Press.
Cochran, S. L. (2020). Students need entrepreneurship courses now more than ever. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Exchange.
Cochran, S. L. (2019). What’s gender got to do with it? The experiences of U.S. women entrepreneurship students. Journal of Small Business Management, 57(S1), 111-129.
Cochran, S. L. (2019). Women in higher education. In V. Crittenden (Ed.), Go-to-market strategies for women entrepreneurs: Creating and exploring success. Bingley, UK: Emerald.
Cochran, S.L. (2017). Every College Student Should Take a Course in Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Exchange.
Cochran, S. L. (2016). A Unique Student Angel Investing Fund. In M. H. Morris & E. Liguori (Eds). Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

Edited on October 23, 2023