About

Dr. Eisenstein is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in Technology Entrepreneurship and Professional Development at the University of British Columbia Okanagan’s School of Engineering, which is situated on the ancestral, traditional and unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation. Since joining the UBC School of Engineering in 2021, Dr. Eisenstein has introduced and taught several courses on the topics of entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership, applying experiential learning pedagogy throughout. 

For close to a decade, Dr. Eisenstein has been developing, studying and advancing the use of Work-Integrated Learning pedagogy within entrepreneurship education. He has authored several papers and book chapters on the topic of Entrepreneurial Work-Integrated Learning (EWIL), and hosted the first national symposium on EWIL in 2019. Supporting Work-Integrated Learning across BC, Dr. Eisenstein serves on the board of the Association for Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning of BC/Yukon. In 2023 Dr. Eisenstein launched a bi-monthly WIL community of practice, and is currently serving on the association’s research committee working on a Nudge project.

As an active champion for teaching and learning, Dr. Eisenstein is a UBC Okanagan’s Centre for Teaching and Learning fellow, representing the School of Engineering on the centre’s advisory committee. Dr. Eisenstein is passionate about, and is involved with, the school’s reconciliation efforts, and is currently leading a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning project to study the impact that a course intervention, within the second year Technical Communication course, has on students. Dr. Eisenstein is one of the two Equity Diversity and Inclusion advisors to the School of Engineering’s leadership, working collaboratively with EDI leads across the Faculty of Applied Science and UBCO campus.

Starting in January 2024, Dr. Eisenstein is the Marshall Bauder Chair in Experiential Learning and Leadership for UBC Okanagan campus, collaborating with his UBC Vancouver counterpart create and implement novel ideas that provide a superior digital and experiential learning experience for students across both UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan campuses.