Meet the Instructor

Donald J. “DJ” Schepker is an Associate Professor of Strategic Management and Moore Distinguished Fellow in the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina, where he also serves as the Research Director in the Center for Executive Succession. His research focuses on executive succession planning, the causes and consequences of executive succession, corporate governance, board decision making, and dynamics between executives and boards. His research has appeared in outlets such as the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, and Journal of Management Studies. Dr. Schepker currently serves as an Associate Editor for The Leadership Quarterly. He received his Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the University of Kansas and B.S. from Babson College.