Bruce Kingma is an American economist and academic entrepreneur.
His work covers topics ranging from academic entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship and religion, information economics, online education, community engagement, and nonprofit and library management.
He is currently Professor of Entrepreneurship at Syracuse University, with joint appointments in the Martin J.
Whitman School of Management and School of Information Studies.
Kingma has worked to foster and promote entrepreneurship in Syracuse and the Central New York area.
Professor Kingma is a pioneer in experiential entrepreneurship education and community engagement.
Under his leadership, Syracuse University developed seven academic entrepreneurship centers, six student clubs, over 150 student ventures a year, and achieved top-10 national ranking in entrepreneurship education from US News, Businessweek, and Entrepreneur Magazine.