Contact

316 Mervis Hall
E-Mail: ashley.chavez@pitt.edu

412-648-0116

Profile

Ashley Chavez, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research focuses on entrepreneurial well-being and the role it plays in shaping ventures, a central thread across her work. She also investigates how entrepreneurs navigate resource constraints and how entrepreneurial ecosystems shape access to support and opportunity over time. She brings experience working with government agencies, nonprofits, and community organizations to promote healthy communities, economic development, and small business growth.

Awards and Honors

Pitt Momentum Funds Priming Grant, 2024

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholars, 2020 

Hazeltine Fellowship, 2020 

Nora Kahn Piore Award, 2020 

Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America Research Grant, 2020 

Degrees

• PhD, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health 
• MPH, Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University 
• BA, Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Los Angeles  

Academic Area

Organizations and Entrepreneurship