Johann Ducharme
Biography
Johann Ducharme, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of entrepreneurship in the Department of Business Administration at the Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics. His teaching and research focus on the intersection of entrepreneurship, leadership and intellectual virtues, exploring how qualities such as humility, curiosity and creativity shape entrepreneurial ecosystems and organizational leadership.
Dr. Ducharme serves as Faculty Director of the Siegfried Fellows in Horn Entrepreneurship, a selective leadership program that provides undergraduates with immersive academic and co-curricular opportunities. He also directs the entrepreneurial leadership certificate, a nine-credit credential available to students across the university.
As principal investigator, Dr. Ducharme is leading a major educating character initiative grant through Wake Forest University’s Program for Leadership and Character. These multi-year projects position UD as a national leader in embedding character development into undergraduate education, engaging faculty, athletics, student life and the Honors College to align teaching, assessment, and institutional strategy.
His recent scholarship advances pedagogical approaches to cultivating intellectual humility as a cornerstone of entrepreneurial and organizational leadership.
Education
- Ph.D., College of William & Mary
- M.A., University of Maryland, College Park
Selected Publications
- Ducharme, J. F. (2025). Teaching for intellectual humility: A grounded theory analysis of tenured faculty pedagogy. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 36(3).
- Ducharme, J. F. (2025). Discomfort as an entrepreneurship professor: Modeling empathy and intellectual humility. Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy.
- Ducharme, J. F. & Allman, K. R. (2024). Fostering intellectual humility among undergraduate students: Integrating the seven strategies of character development. Human Flourishing and Higher Education.
- Ducharme, J. F. (2023). “I don’t know”: Humanizing academia by modeling intellectual humility. Zeal: A Journal for the Liberal Arts, 2(1), 42-48.
Awards & Honors
- Longenecker Fellows Mentoring Program, 2024
- Entrepreneurial Mindset Profile Certified Coach, 2022
- Truist Emerging Leader Certificate, 2022