Nathalie Duval-Couetil, MBA, PhD

Professor, Human Resource Development & Director, University Entrepreneurship Education Initiatives (Office of the Provost)

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Nathalie Duval-Couetil is a Professor in the Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation at Purdue University, and the director of University Entrepreneurship Education Initiatives (Office of the Provost / Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship). She is responsible for the launch and development of the Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, a university-wide program enrolling over 2000 students per year. Through her leadership, the program has won the Excellence in Entrepreneurship Education Model Program Award from the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, the Deshpande Award for Excellence in Curriculum Innovation in Entrepreneurship, and became ranked among the Princeton Top 50 Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Programs. Prior to her work in academia, Nathalie spent several years in the field of market research and business strategy consulting in Europe and the United States with Booz Allen and Hamilton and Data and Strategies Group. She received a BA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, an MBA from Babson College, and MS and PhD degrees from Purdue University.

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SELECT PUBLICATIONS

Duval-Couetil, N., Epstein, A., Huang-Saad, A. (2024). Examining the minimal combined effects of gender and minoritized racial/ethnic identity among academic entrepreneurs. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, 16(3), 367-401.

Zappe, S., Huang-Saad, A., Duval-Couetil. N. & Simmons, D. (2023) Teaching for creativity, entrepreneurship, and leadership in engineering. The Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research (CHEER).

Yi, S. & Duval-Couetil, N. (2022). Standards for evaluating impact in entrepreneurship education research: Using a descriptive validity framework to enhance methodological rigor and transparency. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 46(6), 1685–1716.

Duval-Couetil, N., Huang-Saad, A. & Wheadon, M. (2020). Training Faculty in Entrepreneurship and Innovation: An Evaluation of the National Science Foundation Innovation-Corps™ Program. Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy. 4(4) 583-608.

Duval-Couetil, N., Ladisch, M., & Yi, S. (2020). Addressing academic researcher priorities through science and technology entrepreneurship education. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 46(2), 288-318.

Wheadon, M. & Duval-Couetil, N. (2019). The gendering of entrepreneurship on reality television. Journal of Small Business Management. 57(4), 1676-1697.

Wheadon, M. & Duval-Couetil, N. (2019). Token entrepreneurs: A review of gender, capital, and context in technology entrepreneurship. International Journal of Entrepreneurship Behavior and Research, 31(3-4), 308-336.

Yi, S., Duval-Couetil, N. (2018). What drives engineering students to be entrepreneurial?: Validation of an entrepreneurial motivation scale for engineering students. Journal of Engineering Education. 107(2), 91-317.

Wheadon, M.† & Duval-Couetil, N. (2017). Entrepreneuring gender diversity in entrepreneurship through critical theory and reflexivity. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship. 9(2), 188-202.

Duval-Couetil, N., Pilcher, J., Weilerstein, P. & Gotch, C. (2014). Undergraduate involvement in intellectual property protection at universities: Views from technology transfer professionals. International Journal of Engineering Education, 30(1), 1-12.

Duval-Couetil, N. (2013). Assessing entrepreneurship education programs: Challenges and approaches. Journal of Small Business Management, 51(3), 394-409.

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Weilerstein, P. & Duval-Couetil, N. Creating a Culture of Invention: Fostering Student Innovation and Invention through Proactive Intellectual Property Policy, Technology & Innovation 17 (4), 205-210. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/cog/ti/2016/00000017/00000004/a...

Duval-Couetil, N. & Wheadon, J., (2017). Elements of Entrepreneurially Minded Learning: KEEN White Paper. Journal of Engineering Entrepreneurship, http://www.jeenonline.com/Vol7/Num3/Paper_02-web.pdf

Duval-Couetil, N. & Taylor, K. Entrepreneurial consulting courses: increasing benefits to students in the new economy. Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy–2016, 393.

Duval-Couetil, N., Shartrand, A. & Reed-Rhoads, T. (2016). The role of entrepreneurship program models and experiential activities on engineering student outcomes. Advances in Engineering Education.

Duval-Couetil, N. & Gotch, C.†, Yi, S. (accepted). The characteristics and motivations of contemporary entrepreneurship students. Journal of Education for Business.

Duval-Couetil, N. & Wheadon, M & (2014). (in press). Enhancing the employability of doctoral students through entrepreneurship education. Annals of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Barrow, A., Batchelor, L., Breger, A., Duval-Couetil, N., Scott, L., Skinner, J., Speser, P. & Weilerstein, P. (in press) Managing Student Intellectual Property Issues at Institutions of Higher Education: An AUTM Primer.

Wheadon, J.† & Duval-Couetil, N. (2014, June) Business plan development activity as a pedagogical tool in entrepreneurship education, Journal of Engineering Entrepreneurship, (5)1, 31-48.

Duval-Couetil, N., Pilcher, J.†, Weilerstein, P. & Gotch, C. (2014, February). Undergraduate involvement in intellectual property protection at universities: Views from technology transfer professionals. International Journal of Engineering Education, 30(1), 1-12.

Duval-Couetil, N. (2013, July). Assessing entrepreneurship education programs: Challenges and approaches. Journal of Small Business Management, 51(3), 394-409.

Duval-Couetil, N. & Dyrenfurth, M. (2012, September) Teaching students to be innovators: Examining competencies and approaches across disciplines. International Journal of Innovation Science. 4(3), 143-154.

Duval-Couetil, N., Reed-Rhoads, T. & Haghighi, S.† (2012). Engineering students and entrepreneurship education: Involvement, attitudes and outcomes. International Journal of Engineering Education 28(2), 425-435.

Duval-Couetil, N., Reed-Rhoads, T. & Haghighi, S.† (2011, December). The Engineering Entrepreneurship Survey: An assessment instrument to examine engineering student involvement in entrepreneurship education. Journal of Engineering Entrepreneurship. 2(2), 35-56.

Duval-Couetil, N. & Mikulecky, L. (2011, March). Immigrants, English, and the workplace: Evaluating employer demand for language education in manufacturing companies. Journal of Workplace Learning. 23(3), 209-223.

Select Conference Proceedings and Presentations

Wheadon, M. † & Duval-Couetil, N. (2014). Student perspectives on developing more relevant Ph.D. programs in STEM disciplines through professional skills training. Proceedings of the American Association of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

Duval-Couetil, N., Kisenwether, E., Tranquillo, J., Wheadon, J. (2014, June). Catalyzing the Adoption of Entrepreneurship Education in Engineering by Aligning Outcomes with ABET. Proceedings of the American Association of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

Kisenwether, E., Duval-Couetil, N., Tranquillo, J. (2014, March). Exploring how engineering entrepreneurship competencies align with ABET Criterion 3a-k. National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance Conference. San Jose, CA.

Wheadon, J.† & Duval-Couetil, N. (2014, March). Are Business Plans So Bad? National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance Conference. San Jose, CA.

Weilerstein, P., Speser, P., Barrow, A., Duval-Couetil, N. & Sedam, M. (2014, March). Encouraging Emerging Inventors: A new look at intellectual property and students. National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance Conference. San Jose, CA.

Wheadon, M.† & Duval-Couetil, N. (2014, March). Exploring the Value of Entrepreneurship Education to Ph.D Students in the STEM Disciplines. National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance Conference. San Jose, CA.

Wheadon, M.† & Duval-Couetil, N. (2014, January). Increasing the employability of doctoral students through entrepreneurship education. United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference, Fort Worth, TX.

Duval-Couetil, N., Kisenwether, E., Tranquillo, J. & Wheadon, J.† (2013, October). Entrepreneurship and ABET accreditation: How and where does it fit? Paper presented at ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Oklahoma City, OK.

Duval-Couetil, N. & Wheadon, J.† (2013, October). The value of entrepreneurship to recent engineering graduates: A qualitative perspective. Paper presented at ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Oklahoma City, OK.

Wheadon, J. & Duval-Couetil, N. (June, 2013). Analyzing the expected learning outcomes of entrepreneurship business plan development activities using Bloom’s Taxonomy. Proceedings of the American Association of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Duval-Couetil, N., Barrett, B. (2012, October). Differentiating undergraduates from graduate student and faculty inventors. Paper presented at ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Seattle, WA.

Dohrman, R., Buzzanel, P. & Duval-Couetil, N. (October, 2012). The Material Reality of the Contemporary Archetypal Entrepreneur: Connections between Feminism and Entrepreneurialism in the Role of Bodies at Work, Proceedings of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender Conference, Tacoma, WA.

Duval-Couetil, N. (2012, January). Characteristics and Attitudes of Students Participating in a Multidisciplinary Entrepreneurship Program. United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Duval-Couetil, N., Barrett, B. (2011, October) Work in Progress: Undergraduates and Intellectual Property: Trends, Policies, and Practices. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Rapid City, SD.

Duval-Couetil, N., Reed-Rhoads, T., Haghighi, S. (2011, October). Work in Progress: Entrepreneurship Literacy for Engineering Students. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Rapid City, SD.

Duval-Couetil, N., Reed-Rhoads, T., Haghighi, S. (2011, May). Engineering Students and Entrepreneurship Education: Involvement, Attitudes and Outcomes. Design Education: Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Harvey Mudd College Design Workshop VIII, Claremont, CA.

Duval-Couetil, N., Reed-Rhoads, T., Haghighi, S. (2011, March). Investigating the Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Engineering Students. National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance Conference, Washington, DC.

Duval-Couetil, N., Reed-Rhoads, T., Haghighi, S. (2011, March). Investigating the Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Engineering Students. National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance Conference, Washington, DC. http://nciia.org/network/conference/2011/papers

Duval-Couetil, N., The Assessment of Entrepreneurship Education: A Status Report. (January, 2011). United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) Conference, Hilton Head.

Duval-Couetil, N., Reed-Rhoads, T., Haghighi, S. (2010, October). Developing an Assessment to Examine Multiple Outcomes of Entrepreneurship Education on Engineering Students ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Washington, DC.

Duval-Couetil, N., & Goonewardene, J. (2009, September). Innovate/Create: Building Business from University Research. International Entrepreneurship Forum, Istanbul, Turkey.

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