Daniel Stewart, Ph.D.

Dan Stewart is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director of the Hogan Entrepreneur Center at Gonzaga University. His research appears in leading social science journals such as American Sociological Review, Organization Science, Research in the Sociology of Organizations, and American Indian Culture and Research Journal. He has co-edited two of the leading volumes in Native American business and economics: Creating Private Sector Economies in Native America (Cambridge University Press) and Principles of American Indian Business (UW Press). His work on American Indian entrepreneurship has been featured on NPR and Indian Country Today. Dan also serves as Director of the Indigenous Student Seminar for the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He received his Ph.D. (Organizational Behavior) and M.A. (Sociology) from Stanford University

In addition to his academic work, Dan is small business owner (dardaninc.com) and a member of the Spokane Angel Alliance, an angel investor group focused on investing in emerging companies in the Inland Northwest USA. He has served on the boards of various commercial and non-profit organizations. Recently, Dan was selected to be a member of the CNBC Disruptor 50 Advisory Board, “a group of leading thinkers in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship from around the world.”

In his spare time, Dan enjoys playing old-time fiddle music and spending time with his friends and family.