Johann Ducharme
Biography
Johann Ducharme, Ph.D., teaches and conducts research at the cross-section of entrepreneurship, leadership and intellectual virtues as assistant professor of entrepreneurship in the Department of Business Administration. He also serves as faculty director for the Siegfried Fellows in Horn Entrepreneurship that offers undergraduates from across the University of Delaware academic and extra-curricular opportunities to develop as leaders. Dr. Ducharme also oversees the Entrepreneurial Leadership Certificate, (9-credits) open to all undergraduate students.
Previously, Dr. 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. He taught courses in entrepreneurship as well as leadership theory and practice. 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.
Education
- Ph.D., College of William & Mary
- M.A., University of Maryland, College Park
Selected Publications
- Ducharme, J. F. (In Press 2025). Discomfort as an entrepreneurship professor: Modeling empathy and intellectual humility. Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy.
- Ducharme, J. F. & Allman, K. R. (In Press 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