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Dr. Larson received her B.A. with honors and her M.A. from Stanford University and holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from New York University. She has been honored with special grants and fellowships, including appointments at Harvard, Stanford, and the University of California, Berkeley.  She has also been a visiting scholar at the Freie University in Berlin and Goethe University in Frankfurt, and an Affiliate at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. In conjunction with her scholarship, which has been funded by organizations such as the National Science Foundation, Dr. Larson has worked with diverse partners to establish new research labs and centers at NYU, Stanford, and Rice.  She currently directs the Entrepreneurship Initiative at the Rice University Graduate School of Business and .teaches courses in the Schools of Social Science and Business.