James David Hart
James (Jim) David Hart serves as Director of Arts Entrepreneurship at Southern Methodist University. He is the author of Classroom Exercises for Entrepreneurship: A Cross-disciplinary Approach, published by Edward Elgar Publishing. Hart is an award-winning educator and often recognized for innovation in pedagogy. He is the recipient of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship’s (USASBE) Special Recognition for Entrepreneurship Education award, and the Sharon T. Alpi Award for Innovative Arts Entrepreneurship Pedagogy, and others.
As a theatre artist, Hart’s work has been seen in America, Taiwan, Norway, Denmark, Iran, Russia, and Turkey. He is the founder of The International Theatre Academy Norway, the first full-time conservatory for arts entrepreneurship and a co-founder of the Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education. He is a graduate of Southern Methodist University and holds an MFA in Acting from the Yale School of Drama.