Visiting Post Doctoral Fellow - University of North Carolina USA
Phone: (07) 3138 1163
Fax: (07) 3138 1299
E-mail: amanda.elam@qut.edu.au
Education
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
PhD, Sociology, August 2006
Areas of Specialization: Organizations, Occupations, Work, and Social Stratification
Dissertation Title: Gender and Entrepreneurship in 28 Countries: A Multilevel Analysis
Using GEM Data
Dissertation Committee: Howard Aldrich, Candida Brush, Barbara Entwisle, Francois Nielsen,
Andrew Perrin
Masters Degree, Sociology, August 2006
Masters Thesis: Gender, Parenthood, and Business Growth
Bachelor of Arts, International Studies, May 1989
Study Abroad, CAVILAM, Vichy, France, Summer 1988
Teaching Interests
- Gender and Entrepreneurship
- Sociology
Recent Publications
A Guide to Surfing the Social Networks. (With Howard Aldrich ) Pp. 143-148 in Sue Birley and Dan
Muzyka, editors, Mastering Enterprise. London: Pitman, 1997.
Strong Ties, Weak Ties, and Strangers: Do Women Business Owners Differ from Men in Their Use of
Networking to Obtain Assistance? (With Howard Aldrich and Pat Ray Reese) Pp. 1-25 in Sue Birley
and Ian MacMillan, editors, Entrepreneurship in a Global Context. London: Routledge Ltd., 1996.
Recent Seminar and Conference Presentations
Practice and Perceptions: Gender, Entrepreneurship, and Bourdieu’s Forms of Capital. Babson
College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, 2006
Does Family Situation Matter? Gender, Parenthood, and Business Growth. American Sociological
Association, 1998
Small Business Ownership as a More Flexible Work Option. American Sociological Association, 1997
Academic Awards
Entrepreneurship PhD Intensive Tuition Award, Kauffman Foundation. June 2006
Entrepreneurship Bootcamp Tuition Award, Kauffman Foundation. July 2004
Outward Bound Scholarship, Carolina Leadership Development. Summer 2003