Bruce Kingma
 Bruce Kingma | |
| Born |
October 4, 1961 Chicago, IL |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 United States |
| Institution | Syracuse University |
| Field |
Academic entrepreneurship Information economics Entrepreneurial economics |
| Alma mater |
University of Chicago University of Rochester |
| Awards |
Leavey Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education (2011) American Distance Education Consortium National Award for Excellence in Distance Education (2008) Sloan Consortium Award for Excellence in Online Teaching and Learning, Effective Practice Award (2006) |
Bruce Kingma (born October 4, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American economist and academic entrepreneur. His work covers topics ranging from academic entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship and religion, the economics of information, online education, and nonprofit and library management. He is currently Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management[1] at Syracuse University. and the School of Information Studies.[2] at Syracuse University. Kingma has worked to foster and promote entrepreneurship in Syracuse and the Central New York area.[3][4]
Education
Kingma received his B.A. in economics with honors from the University of Chicago in 1983. He received his PhD in economics from the University of Rochester in 1989.[2]
Career
Kingma was a professor at the University at Albany, Case Western Reserve University, and Texas A&M University.[2]
Kingma is a professor at Syracuse University in the iSchool and School of Management. Kingma served as Associate Dean of the School of Information Studies from 2000 until 2007.[5] From 2007-2012, he served as the Associate Provost for Entrepreneurship and Innovation[6] at Syracuse University. He also managed the Kauffman Entrepreneurship Engagement Fellows (KEEF) program.[7]
From 2010 to 2013, Kingma was a contributor to the Institute of Museum and Library Services-funded Lib-Value project measuring the return-on-investment of academic libraries.[8][9]
Grant work
In 2004 and 2006, Kingma received two grants[10] from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) totaling more than $1.6 million to create the Web-based Information Science Education Consortium (WISE),[11] a collaborative distance education program, to increase quality, access and diversity of online educational opportunities for library and information science (LIS) students.[6]
Kingma was the principal investigator for the $3 million Kauffman Campus Initiative grant[12] from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in 2007 that resulted in 15 entrepreneurship programs in Central New York and an increase in entrepreneurship education at Syracuse University. These programs include the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV), Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems, the Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (CIE) learning community, the Connective Corridor, the Raymond von Dran Innovation & Disruptive Entrepreneurship Accelerator (IDEA), the JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Syracuse University partnership, the Near West Side Initiative (NWSI), Nelson Farms, the Northside Asset Development Initiative (NADI), the New York State Science & Technology Law Center, the Syracuse University South Side Initiative, the South Side Innovation Center (SSIC), the Syracuse Technology Garden and Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (WISE).[13]
Awards
Kingma was awarded the American Distance Education Consortium National Award for Excellence in Distance Education in 2008 for the WISE Consortium.[14] In 2006, he was awarded the Sloan Consortium Award for Excellence in Online Teaching and Learning, Effective Practice Award (2006).[15][16]
In 2011, Kingma was awarded the Leavey Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education[17] for the "The Syracuse Student Accelerator"[18] from the Institute of Museum and Library Services which became the Raymond von Dran Innovation and Disruptive Entrepreneurship Accelerator (RvD IDEA).[19]
Kingma received the Community Entrepreneurial Leadership Award from the Falcone Center in the Whitman School of Management in 2009.[20]
Selected Bibliography
- Bruce Kingma (2011). Academic Entrepreneurship and Community Engagement. Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Inc.
- Bruce Kingma, Kathleen Schisa (2010) WISE Economics: ROI of Quality and Consortiums. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. Vol. 51:1.
- Stacey Keefe, Bruce Kingma (2006). An Analysis of the Virtual Classroom: Does Size Matter? Do Residencies Make a Difference? Should you Hire that Instructional Designer? Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. Vol. 47:2.
- Bruce Kingma (2001). The Economics of Information: A Guide to Economic and Cost-Benefit Analysis for Information Professionals. Second Edition. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Inc.
- Bruce Kingma (1998). The Economics of Access Versus Ownership: The Costs and Benefits of Access to Scholarly Articles Via Interlibrary Loan and Journal Subscriptions. Journal of Library Administration, Vol. 26:1-2.
- Bruce Kingma (1997). Public good theories of the non-profit sector: Weisbrod revisited. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, Vol. 8:2.
- Bruce Kingma (1997). Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing: The Economics of the SUNY Express Consortium. Library Trends, Vol. 45:3.
- Bruce Kingma, Gillian M. McCombs (1995). The Opportunity Costs of Faculty Status for Academic Librarians. College & Research Libraries, Vol. 56:3.
- Bruce Kingma (1994). Access to Journal Articles: A Model of the Cost Efficiency of Document Delivery and Library Consortia. Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, Vol. 31.
- Bruce Kingma (1989). An Accurate Measurement of the Crowd Out Effect, Income Effect and Price Effect for Charitable Contributions. Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 97:5.
References
External links
- Raymond von Dran IDEA Student Sandbox named No. 3 college business incubator
- Stacey Keefe appointed executive director of RvD IDEA
- National Leadership Grants for Libraries