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Maha Tantawy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Strategy & Entrepreneurship
mtantawy@uwindsor.ca
519-253-3000 ext. 3102
Office: OB 428

Academic Degrees 

  • Ph.D.  University of New Brunswick, Entrepreneurship and Creativity, 2020.
  • M.B.A.  Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Business School, UK, 2008.
  • B.A.  American University in Cairo, Egypt, Bachelor of Arts with High Honors, 2000.

Employment Experience 

  • MITACS Accelerate Post Doctoral Fellow, University of New Brunswick Faculty of Management (March 2021-June 2023), Fredericton, New Brunswick.
  • Instructor, University of New Brunswick (September 2019-December 2020), Fredericton.
  • Research Assistant/Project Coordinator, University of New Brunswick (November 2016-August, 2018), Fredericton.
  • Credit Analyst, Exxon Mobil Canada (February 2015-May 2017), Moncton, New Brunswick.
  • Lecturer, Al-Yamamah University (September 2008-June 2010), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Marketing Manager and Co-Founder, Runway Company (Food & beverage developer) (August 2002-August, 2007), Cairo, Egypt.
  • Business Consultant, Nationale Societe Generale Bank (ONB Bank) (September 2000-August 2002), Cairo, Egypt.

INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Journal Articles 

  • Pittaway, L.; Brush, C., & Tantawy, M. (2023).  Doctoral programs in entrepreneurship: building cognitive apprenticeships.   Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy. [January] https://doi.org/10.1177/25151274231153487.

  • Pittaway, L., Tantawy, M., Corbett, A. C., & Brush, C. (2023).  Improving doctoral educator development: A scaffolding approach.   Journal of Management Education, 47 (6), 618-648. [September] https://doi.org/10.1177/10525629231197219.

  • Tantawy, M.; Herbert, K., McNally, J., Mengel, T., Piperopoulos, P.Y. & Foord, D. (2021).  Bringing creativity back to entrepreneurship education: Creative self-efficacy, creative process engagement, and entrepreneurial intentions.   Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 15. [June] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2021.e00239.
  • McNally, J. J.; Piperopolous, P., Welsh, D. H., Mengel, T., Tantawy, M. & Papageorgiadis, M. (2019).  From pedgagogy to andragogy: Assessing the impact of social entrepreneurship course syllabi on the millennial learner.   Journal of Small Business Management, 58 (5), 871-892. [November] https: //doi.org/10.1080/00472778.2019.1677059.

Chapters

  • Mengel, T., Tantawy, M., & McNally, J. J. (2018). Social Entrepreneurship Education in Canada. As Chapter 6 in B. Sharma & M. Wielemaker (Eds.), Aspects of Entrepreneurship: Passion and Practice. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.   ISBN: 978-1-5275-0824-8.

Proceedings and Presentations, Refereed

  • Tantawy, M., Foord, D., & McNally, J. (2023, August).  Origins of ambidexterity: Entrepreneurial orientation and continuous improvement. Academy of Management Proceedings, Ed. Sonia Taneja.  Academy of Management Annual Conference, Boston, 2023 (1), 13673. ISSN: 2151-6561. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2023.13673abstract.

  • Pittaway, L.; Brush, C., Corbett, A. & Tantawy, M. (2023, January). Socialization of doctoral students in entrepreneurship education.  United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), Tallahassee, Florida.
  • Tantawy, M. & Foord, D. (2022, June). The social construction of smart grids: Policy mixes in the Atlantic Canadian Technology Innovation System, 2009 to 2022.  Energy and Climate Transformations: 3rd International Conference on Energy Research & Social Science, Manchester, United Kingdom.
  • Foord, D.; Tantawy, M. & Dandridge, A. (2021, October). Unsustainable homes: Residential energy efficiency programs in Canada.  International Sustainability Transitions (IST) conference, 12th, Germany.
  • Tantawy, M. (2018, May). Can we teach 'growth' mindsets in our entrepreneurship courses and programs?  Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE), Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • Mcnally, J. J.; Mengel, T., Welsh, D. H., Tantawy, M., Piperopolous, P. & Papageorgiadis, N.N. (2017, November). Assessing changes in and impact of social entrepreneurship course syllabi on attitude formation.  Research in Entrepreneurship & Small Business (RENT), Lund, Sweden.
  • Tantawy, M.; Mcnally, J. J., Mengel, T., Welsh, D. H. & Piperopolous, P. (2017, June). Social entrepreneurship education on a global scale: Where do we stand and what lies ahead?  Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) conference, Monteal.
  • Mengel, T.; Tantawy, M. & McNally, J. J. (2015).  Social entrepreneurship education in Canada: Passion and practice.  In Patrick Bruning (Ed.)   Atlantic Schools of Business Annual Conference (Proceedings).

Presentations, Invited

  • Mcnally, J. J. & Tantawy, M. (2017). Building evidence-based social entrepreneurship course outlines for adult learners. Global Consortium Entrepreneurship Centres, Halifax, Nova Scotia.