Charles Eesley

Chuck Eesley is an Associate Professor and W.M. Keck Foundation Faculty Scholar in the Department of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University. As part of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, his research focuses on the role of the institutional and university environment in high-growth, technology entrepreneurship. His research focuses on rethinking how the educational and policy environment shapes the economic and entrepreneurial impact of university alumni. His field research spans China, Japan, Chile, Bangladesh, Thailand and Silicon Valley and has received awards from the Schulze Foundation, the Technical University of Munich, and the Kauffman Foundation. He is a faculty affiliate at the Stanford Center for International Development, the Woods Institute for the Environment and the Stanford King Center on Global Development. He is also a member of the Editorial Board for the Strategic Management Journal. Before coming to Stanford, Prof. Eesley completed his Ph.D. at the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management. He started his first company while earning a Bachelor's degree from Duke University in 2002. His work has been published among other places in Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Research Policy, and Biological Psychiatry. He has also been an advocate and mentor for immigrants and historically under-represented groups in STEM, academia and the tech sector via programs such as Diversifying Academia, Recognizing Excellence (DARE), AAAS - Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST), and SURF among others.

Academic Appointments

• Associate Professor, Management Science and Engineering

Administrative Appointments

• Research Committee, STR Division. Academy of Management (2022 - 2024)
• Chair, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, Department of Management Science & Engineering, Stanford. (2020 - Present)
• Organizer, Social Science & Technology Seminar (SIEPR) (2009 - 2018)
• Research Committee, ENT Division, Academy of Management (2012 - Present)
• Research Committee, TIM Division Academy of Management (2015 - Present)
• Lead Steering Committee, West Coast Research Symposium Doctoral Consortium (2011 - 2016)
• Advisory Board, United States Department of State - Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST Network) (2014 - Present)

Honors & Awards

• Stanford Teagle Fellow in Liberal Education, Stanford University (2022)
• Third Annual IACMR-RRBM Responsible Research in Management Award, IACMR-RRBM (2020)
• Institute for Advanced Studies Visiting Fellowship, Technical University of Munich (2019)
• Finalist, Best OMT Published Paper, Academy of Management (2018)
• TUM Research Excellence Award, Technical University of Munich (2018)
• Faculty Affiliate, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment (2017-2019)
• Undergraduate Teaching Award, MS&E (2017)
• Richard Schulze Inaugural Distinguished Professorship Award, Richard Schulze Foundation (2015)
• Faculty Affiliate, Stanford Center for International Development (SCID) (2014-present)
• Kauffman-Nesta Research Grant winner - Randomized Controlled Trials in Entrepreneurship, Kauffman-NESTA (2014)
• Batten Institute Fellow, University of Virginia (UVA) Darden School of Business (2012)
• Research Fund for International Young Scientists, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (2012)
• Lillie Award, Stanford University (2011, 2012)
• Technology and Innovation Management, IEEE International (2011)
• Best Dissertation Award Winner (Business Policy and Strategy Division), Academy of Management (2010)
• Dissertation Fellowship Award, Kauffman Foundation (2007)
• Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management (2005, 2006, 2010, 2012)

Professional Education

• PhD, MIT, Sloan School of Management (2009)
• BS, Duke University, Biological Basis of Behavior (2002)