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Kristie Seawright to discuss entrepreneurship at a Women’s Studies Colloquium Jan. 19

Kristie Seawright, an associate professor in the Romney Institute of Public Management at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management, will present her research on international entrepreneurship at a Women’s Studies Colloquium Thursday, Jan. 19, at noon in 4188 Joseph F. Smith Building.

Admission is free and the public is welcome.

Seawright’s research included the examination of effective entrepreneurship in the informal economies of developing countries. She will discuss advantages of microcredit programs as well as some of the challenges participants currently face in these programs.

The Women's Studies Colloquium is a scholarly forum for discussion, intellectual development and collaboration among students, faculty and others interested in participating in an interdisciplinary community of Women's Studies scholars.

For more information, contact Joanali Evans at (801) 422-4605.

Writer: Brian Rust

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