Memphis Chapter September Meeting

Dr. Bobby Garrett has been named dean of the Fogelman College of Business & Economics at the University of Memphis, effective August 1, 2023.

Garrett is the Brown & Williamson Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Louisville, associate dean for Faculty Affairs and the director of the Forcht Center for Entrepreneurship. In his nine-plus years at Louisville, he grew rapidly through a series of constantly changing administrative roles.

At Louisville, Garrett was assistant professor of Entrepreneurship (2013-16); associate professor of Entrepreneurship (2016-18); Entrepreneurship Undergraduate Minor Coordinator (2016-19); Brown & Williamson associate professor of Entrepreneurship (2018-21); department chair, Entrepreneurship (2019-21); Director, PhD program in Entrepreneurship & Innovation (2019-21); director, Forcht Center for Entrepreneurship (2019-present); department chair, Management & Entrepreneurship (2021-22); Brown & Williamson Professor of Entrepreneurship (2021-present); interim associate dean for Graduate Programs (2022-present); and associate dean for Faculty Affairs (2022-present).

From 2008-13, Garrett taught at Oregon State University where he was named Family Business Researcher of the Year. He was the assistant professor of Management-Entrepreneurship (2008-13) and discipline director, Strategy & Entrepreneurship (2012-13).

Garrett's primary research focus is Corporate Entrepreneurship, and his articles on the topic of internal corporate venturing have appeared in elite Entrepreneurship journals including Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice and Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal.

He was a visiting professor at Aarhus University in Denmark in the summers of 2012 and 2015-18. He has 22 refereed publications and nine book chapters and conference proceedings.

Garrett earned his PhD in Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship from Indiana University, his Master of Science in Business Administration from Indiana University and his Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, in Chemical Engineering from the University of Mississippi.