My first publication is official!

I thought that this would be an appropriate opportunity to announce that my first publication is officially available. I received a copy of the textbook that the chapter I co-authored with Prof. Gordon Shockley is available. The book is entitled A Concise Guide to Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Innovation. It is a great resource that provides good oversight of how entrepreneurship in commercial, social, and policy-based applications have deep impact over innovation. It also explains the role of technology, specifically tech-transfer and how it effects innovation. Our contribution is a brief chapter giving some insight into the definition of social entrepreneurship as well as giving some context through examples of real life social entrepreneurs and the work that they do.

When I think back and reflect about the process I distinctly remember how overwhelmed I was. Not at what I was asked to write because I felt relatively comfortable in that aspect but the manner by which I had to write. This was my first publication and at the time I was still a junior, I was asked to contribute to a textbook chapter. Academic writing is a bit more advanced than what I have been accustomed to so I was initially doubtful of what I was going to produce. I remember the exact moment when I found my inspiration and created a framework to base my section of the chapter. I was eating at a Taco Bell and I did my prewriting on a napkin. All in all I feel that my contribution flowed seamlessly with what Prof. Shockley wrote and I was happy with my final result.

The best part is that my Barrett thesis which will be a literature review covering the scholarly journal articles about social entrepreneurship may become my second publication with the help of Prof. Shockley if all goes well. So I wanted to thank Prof. Christopher Hayter for presenting such an awesome opportunity to me. As well as Prof. Gordon Shockley who has really allowed me to develop in this particular area of research.