Dr. Eliada Wosu Griffin-EL is an Associate Professor of Management at Robert Morris University’s School of Business, where she teaches Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and International Business. She serves as the Director of RMU’s Massey Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, purposed to promote interdisciplinary and innovative thinking and action across campus. Dr. Griffin-EL received her PhD in Global Political Economics and Masters in International Development from the University of Pittsburgh, and Bachelor Degree in Sociology from Yale University. Having rich experience in creating ecosystems for entrepreneurial learning, Dr. Griffin-EL has led the development of signature co-curricular and academic programs for promoting the entrepreneurial mindset and student-led venture creation at Robert Morris University. Prior to RMU, Dr. Griffin-EL served as the Senior Lecturer of Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business (GSB) in Cape Town, South Africa for more than 5 years. She was the Founding Academic Lead of the GSB’s Bertha Center for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Africa’s first international center of excellence for social innovation practice, teaching, and research. As an economic sociologist, Dr. Griffin-EL’s research explores how entrepreneurial networks enable innovative activity and venture creation for social change.  She has presented her work across Europe, Africa, and the United States, engaging in both policy work and producing academic publications. In 2017 she received the Fab 40 Under 40 Award from the New Pittsburgh Courier and two years later, as an 2019 Aspen Scholar of the renowned Aspen Institute’s Ideas Festival.  She sits on the board of several organizations supporting and working with entrepreneurs including the New Sun Rising social innovation accelerator, Amandla Development based in Cape Town and New York, and the Pittsburgh Venture Capitalist Association.