Oscar Jerome Stewart, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Management

Office Hours: Contact for appointment
Phone: 843.953.5580
E-mail: stewartj4@cofc.edu
Curriculum Vitae: Download
Oscar Jerome Stewart earned his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina Charlotte’s Interdisciplinary Organizational Science Program. He is an Assistant Professor of Management in the College of Charleston’s School of Business. Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor of Management and Sustainable Business at San Francisco State University.
As a scholar, Dr. Stewart is concerned with power within organizations and power of organizations, and how to create more equitable and cooperative power structures that bind members together in a beneficent mutuality. Currently, Dr. Stewart is working on projects on corporate misconduct, discrimination in higher education, and critical management pedagogy.
Professor Stewart has been recognized globally for his teaching innovation and taught a range of courses including Business Ethics, Business & Society, Management & Organizational Behavior, Strategic Management, and a JEDI course (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion). https://www.ideasworthteachingawards.com/2020-course-winners/seminar-business-society
Education
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Ph.D., Organizational Science (AACSB) - 2016
Masters degree included prior as part of Doctoral program
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
B.A., Finance and African American Studies (double major) - 2007
Research Interests
- Interrogating power: Context of how organizations shape economic, environmental, political, and social outcomes
- Business ethics
- Business strategy
- Organizational Theory
- Corporate misconduct
Courses Taught
- Management and Organizational Behavior
- Organizational Diversity (Management)
- Business Ethics, Society, and Sustainability
- Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Honors and Awards
- 2021 - Nominated, Academy of Management Fellows Responsible Research in Management Award
- 2020 - Ideas Worth Teaching Award, The Aspen Institute Business & Society Program
- 2020 - CEETL High Impact Teaching Award
- 2019 - SF State Affordable Instructional Materials (AIM) Grant
Publications
Arnold, D.G., Stewart, O.J, & Beck, T.E. (2020). Financial Penalties Imposed for Illegal Activities on Large Pharmaceutical Firms. Journal of American Medical Association.
Arnold, D.G., Beck, T.E. & Stewart, O.J. (2020). Whistle-Blowing and Misconduct at Large Pharmaceutical Firms. Journal of American Medical Association (Follow up invited article).
*Minefee, I., Rabelo, V., Stewart, O., & Young, N. (2018). Repairing Leaks in the Business School Pipeline: A Social Closure Perspective on Underrepresented Racial/Ethnic Minority Recruitment and Retention. (2018). Academy of Management Learning & Education
*equal author contribution, names alphabetically
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters
Speights, S., Stewart, O., Ruggs, E.N., Rogelberg, S.R., & Long, S.D. (2018). The Organizational Science Summer Institute: Community Outreach to Diversify the Graduate Education Pipeline. In J. Allen & R. Reiter-Palmon (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Organizational Community Engagement and Outreach.
Blanchard, A., Stewart, O., & Medaugh, M. (2018). The Paradox of Change: How Nurses use Professional Virtual Communities to Navigate their Careers. Research in Careers: Seeking Challenge in Career, Vol. 4.
For a comprehensive list of Dr. Stewart's research, please see his CV.