Andrew Hoffman

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Andrew J. Hoffman
Born (1961-10-18) October 18, 1961 (age 63)[ citation needed ]
Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationProfessor
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Website andrewhoffman.net

Andrew John Hoffman (born 1961) is a scholar of environmental issues and sustainable business. He is the Holcim Professor in Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan. [1]

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Career

After graduating, Hoffman worked as a carpenter on construction jobs in Nantucket, working his way up to project manager on new builds in Connecticut. His 2010 memoir "Builder's Apprentice" covers these years. [2] [3]

Since 2004, he has been Holcim Professor in Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan, [4] with joint appointments at the Ross School of Business [5] and the School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS). [6] He has also served as Faculty Director and Associate Director of the Frederick A. and Barbara M. Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, [7] and as Education Director at the Graham Sustainability Institute. [8]

Prior to the University of Michigan, he completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and served on the faculty of the Boston University School of Management (now the Boston University Questrom School of Business). [9]

He earned his BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, his MS in Civil & Environmental Engineering from MIT, and his PhD in both Management and Civil & Environmental Engineering from MIT. [10] For his PhD, he studied under John Ehrenfeld, Fred Moavenzadeh, David H. Marks, Willie Ocasio, William F. Pounds and Robert Thomas. [11]

Selected works

Books

Hoffman has published nineteen books. Some notable ones include:

Papers

Hoffman has published over a hundred articles and book chapters. [14] Some notable ones include:

References

  1. ↑ "Andy Hoffman". Holcim Foundation. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Choosing a Hammer Over Harvard". Fine Homebuilding. 2 April 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "Builder's Apprentice: A Memoir - Book - Faculty & Research - Harvard Business School". Harvard Business School. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  4. ↑ University of Michigan Board of Regents. Proceedings of the Board of Regents July 2004 - June 2005. University of Michigan. p. 56. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "Andy Hoffman". Michigan Ross. University of Michigan. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "Andy Hoffman". Michigan SEAS. University of Michigan. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "Andrew Hoffman". Curiosity U. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "Andrew J. Hoffman". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "Andy Hoffman". Holcim Foundation. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  10. ↑ "Andrew Hoffman". ORCID. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  11. ↑ Hoffman, Andrew J. (1995). The environmental transformation of American industry : an institutional account of organizational evolution in the chemical and petroleum industries, (1960-1993). MIT Libraries (Thesis). hdl:1721.1/11744 . Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  12. ↑ Martin, Sheila A. (15 December 2022). "Hoffman, A. J. (2021). The Engaged Scholar: Expanding the Impact of Academic Research in Today's World. Stanford University Press. 184 pp". Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. 26 (3): 219–223. ISSN   2164-8212.
  13. ↑ "2002-2011 Connecticut Book Award Winners". ctcenterforthebook.org. Retrieved 23 December 2024. Andrew J. Hoffman for "Builder's Apprentice: A Memoir"
  14. ↑ Andrew Hoffman publications indexed by Google Scholar
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