Johann Ducharme Ph.D. '21
Johann Ducharme Ph.D. '21 works as an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Lerner College of Business & Economics at the University of Delaware. Ducharme teaches and conducts research at the cross-section of entrepreneurship, leadership and intellectual virtues. He also serves as a Faculty Director for the Siegfried Entrepreneurial Leadership Fellows in Horn Entrepreneurship that offers undergraduates from across the University of Delaware academic and extra-curricular opportunities to develop as leaders. Previously, Ducharme held a postdoctoral fellowship in the Program for Leadership & Character and Center for Entrepreneurship at Wake Forest University and worked as a program manager at the Institute of International Education in Washington, D.C. As a researcher, he is a trained, grounded theorist interested in generating new, empirical theory on how to foster intellectual humility in entrepreneurs & future organizational leaders.
"William & Mary - the leaders, scholars, and friends I made - contributed to the sharpening and confidence building of my career. I knew I wanted to be a professor at the end of my Ph.D. but I didn't know how I was going to get there," says Ducharme. "My mentors across the School of Education and Mason School of Business, Ph.D. advisor Jim Barber, and many colleagues all opened doors to the diversity of professional experiences I was afforded while at William & Mary and beyond. My four years at William & Mary were an exceptional and life-giving time of my career."
