Her research interests include entrepreneurship, human capital, relational capital, and social cognition. Dr. Ko previously taught entrepreneurship courses and received the Dr. Torpey Teaching Award at Syracuse University. She holds her MBA from MIT Sloan and a BA in Business Administration & French Literature at Seoul National University in Seoul, South Korea. Her papers have been published in Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings and Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, and presented at the AOM, BCERC, and FERC. She also brings to FDU her eight years of professional experience as a management consultant and strategist, specialized in new business developments, in the United States and Asia — in South Korea, Hong Kong, and India. Her experience includes consulting with top managements in major telecommunication and financial companies listed in Fortune 500s.