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Ethan Mollick

Co-Founder and Faculty Director

Wharton Interactive

Professor Ethan Mollick is Faculty Director and Co-Founder of Wharton Interactive. He studies innovation and entrepreneurship, and has published award-winning papers in top academic journals on topics ranging from crowdfunding to entrepreneurial strategy. He also co-authored Changing the Game: How Video Games Are Transforming the Future of Business, which was named one of the American Library Association’s top ten business books of the year. He has studied the way that games can be used to motivate performance and to educate. His award-winning entrepreneurship simulations and games are used globally.

“Our goal is to think about how we can take ideas from pedagogical research, and the world of games, and apply those ideas to make teaching more effective and easier.”