Overview
Bruce Kingma - Curriculum Vitae
As Associate Provost for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Professor Kingma leads initiatives at Syracuse University in entrepreneurship and community engagement. The University’s program in entrepreneurship is consistently ranked among the best in the nation; while the SU Chancellor’s award winning vision of Scholarship in Action, and it’s manifestation in community engagement have gained national attention. Associate Provost Kingma’s portfolio of responsibilities includes the Syracuse Campus-Community Entrepreneurship Initiative (Enitiative) -- a collaborative partnership of six institutions and five community foundations made possible by a $3 million grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and $15 million in matching funding. The Associate Provost directly oversees The Center for Experiential Learning in Entrepreneurship (ExCEL); the award winning Web-based Information Science Education (WISE) Consortium; The South Side Initiative (SSI); and The Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public and Community Service.
Research Interests
Professor Kingma maintains an active research agenda and is a frequent conference speaker on topics in academic entrepreneurship and the economics of online learning and digital libraries.
Teaching Interests
His teaching interests are at the graduate and undergraduate level. His courses have included the economics of information and nonprofit management and entrepreneurship.
Professional Interests
Professor Kingma's expertise is in the economics of nonprofit management, information, and online learning. He is a founder of the award winning Web-based Information Science Education (WISE) consortium; the Center for Entrepreneurship and Experiential Learning (ExCEL); the Systems Assurance Institute, an NSA-designated center of excellence in information assurance; the Center for Entrepreneurship Experiential Learning (ExCEL); and the Women in Technology (WIT) student group. In 2009 he received the Community Entrepreneurial Leadership Award for the his work on entrepreneurship in Central New York.
Personal Interests
Professor Kingma and his wife Susan, have started two successful nonprofit ventures and an interior design firm. They have three children.