Dr. Carolyn Yauyan Woo is Martin J. Gillen Dean and Ray and Milann Siegfried Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame. 

Dr. Woo assumed the deanship of the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame in 1997.  Before then, she served as Associate Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Purdue University.  She joined Purdue as an Assistant Professor in 1981, became a Full Professor in 1991 and directed the Professional Master’s Programs in the Krannert School of Management from 1993 to 1995.   

Dr. Woo’s research focuses on strategy, entrepreneurship, and organizational systems.  She received the International Council for Small Business Distinguished Scholar Award, Best Paper Award (Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management, 1991, 1992) and the Salgo-Noren Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Master’s Programs.  In 1997, she was inducted into the Order of the Griffin by Purdue University for exceptional service and commitment.  In 1998, Change magazine, a publication of the American Association for Higher Education, named Dr. Woo one of forty Young Leaders of the Academy.  She received the 2002 Excellence Award for Education from the Asian American Alliance and the 2003 John S. Day Distinguished Alumni Academic Service Award from Purdue University.

Dr. Woo currently serves on the boards of AON Corporation, Circuit City and NiSource Incorporated. She is a member of the Board of Regents, University of Portland. In 2003, Dr. Woo was elected chair of AACSB International, the accreditation association for business schools and she was also elected to the Board of Catholic Relief Services.  She is a member of the Committee of 100, an organization of Chinese American leaders devoted to enhancing U.S.-China relations and the full participation of Chinese Americans in American life.

Dr. Woo is married to David E. Bartkus and they have two sons, Ryan and Justin.

Publications:
Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Harvard Business Review, Management Science, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Business Venturing, Advances in Strategic Management, Organizational Science, Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, Frontiers of Entrepreneurial Research.

Education:
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1979
M.S.I.A., Purdue University, 1976, named Krannert Scholar
B.S., Purdue University, 1975, with honors and highest distinction.