Sheila Danko

Associate Professor
College of Human Ecology
E316 Martha Van
College of Human Ecology
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: 607-255-3165
FAX: 607-255-0305
Email: sd32@cornell.edu
Associate Professor Sheila Danko is a J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship and will develop scholarly case studies and a strategic story database, "Values-Led Entrepreneurship by Design: Strategic Stories of Growing a Socially Responsible Business." The goal is to create a compendium of teaching cases and strategic stories that reveal the inherent creative tensions and special challenges unique to values-led entrepreneurship. Danko's work will also examine the role of design as a tool for leadership and social change. The project will create new linkages and opportunities in entrepreneurship for students at Cornell; reach students not typically reached in undergrad business programs and lead to more research prominence for EPE.

Danko has a multi-disciplinary design background with training in graphic design from the Center for Creative Studies, a B.S. in Architecture from the University of Michigan and an M.I.D. in Industrial Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. She has received significant industry and fellowship grants and has won numerous teaching awards. Danko is a member of the Foundation for Interior Design Education and Research Council and a former Associate Editor for The Journal of Interior Design. She is the author of many scholarly publications and has delivered several international keynotes and presentations on the role of design as a tool for leadership all over the world.