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Department
Management and Entrepreneurship
College
College of Business
Start Year at LSUS
2023
Terminal Degree/Yr
PhD/2018
Office Location
BE 318
318-797-5106
Curriculum Vitae

Biography

Dr. David S. Fowler is an Assistant Professor of Management and Associate Director of the MBA Program in the College of Business at LSU Shreveport. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in management, organizational strategy, and human resource management.

Dr. Fowler joined LSU Shreveport in Fall 2023 after serving on the faculty at Lander University, where he taught undergraduate and graduate courses in management, leadership, entrepreneurship, and hospitality. Previously, he served as Chair of the Department of Business Administration and Assistant Professor of Management at Newberry College. While at Newberry, he helped develop the institution's first graduate degree offering in nearly a century, an M.S. in Organizational Development and Leadership.

Before transitioning to a full-time academic career, Dr. Fowler accumulated more than two decades of professional and managerial experience across several industries. He managed teams ranging from small workgroups to more than 100 employees in information technology, customer service, and hospitality settings. His information technology career included organizational transitions, large-scale deployments, and change-management initiatives within a global Fortune 500 company. He also taught organizational change to business professionals in a corporate environment and served as adjunct faculty teaching management and information systems in a culinary, hotel, and restaurant management program.

Before entering the corporate and academic worlds, Dr. Fowler worked professionally in the hospitality industry, including service as an executive chef in hotels, casinos, restaurants, and country clubs throughout the southern United States. This combination of management, hospitality, information technology, and academic experience continues to inform his teaching and research.

Dr. Fowler's scholarship focuses broadly on organizational leadership, organizational change, management education, workforce and employee issues, and the application of management theory to historical and institutional contexts. His research has examined leadership and social networks, employee burnout and occupational stress, organizational strategy, faculty engagement and online education, and organizational responses to periods of disruption and change. He is particularly interested in research that connects management theory with practical organizational problems and interdisciplinary settings.

At LSU Shreveport, Dr. Fowler instructs over 900 MBA students annually and has been recognized for his teaching and student engagement. He was named LSU Shreveport's Professor of the Year in 2026 after being selected as a finalist for the honor in both 2024 and 2025.

Dr. Fowler earned his Ph.D. in Human Resource Development with a concentration in Organizational Development and Change from the University of Texas at Tyler, an M.B.A. in Management from Mississippi State University, an M.S. in Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management from New Mexico State University, and a B.B.A. in Management from the University of Louisiana at Monroe. He also holds vocational training in Culinary Arts from Bossier Parish Community College. His doctoral research examined transitional and transformational leadership within organizational change.

Degrees

Research Interests

Organizational Leadership, Organizational Change and Development, Strategic Management, Management Education, Employee Well-Being and Occupational Stress, Organizational Resilience, Social Network Analysis, Stakeholder Relationships and Influence, Leadership in Historical and Religious Contexts, Hospitality Management, Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Research

Selected Publications

  1. Fowler, D. (2027). From Leadership Bottleneck to Values-Based Distributed Governance: A Social Network Analysis of Moses and Jethro. Journal of Values-Based Leadership, In press.
  2. Fowler, D. (2027). Scaling Faculty Presence in Large Asynchronous Online Courses. Journal of Educators Online, In Press.
  3. Fowler, D. (2026). The Strait of Hormuz as a Supply Chain Resilience Stress Test: Maritime Chokepoints, Energy Logistics, and Sustainability Policy. Logistics, Supply Chain, Sustainability, and Global Challenges, In press.
  4. Fowler, D., & Hertzman, J. (2026). The Hospitality Labor Strain Cycle: A Thematic Review of Workforce Instability in the Post-Pandemic Hospitality Industry. Research in Hospitality Management, Latest articles. 
  5. McCoy, T., & Fowler, D. (2026). Faith, Dependency, and the As-Is Economy: Nonprofit Saturation and Economic Stagnation in Shreveport, Louisiana. HOLISTICA – Journal of Business and Public Administration, 17(1), 84-102. 
  6. Fowler, D. (2026). Barnabas as Networked Developmental Leader: Sponsorship, Social Capital, and Talent Rehabilitation in the Early Church. Open Journal of Business Theology, 6(2). 
  7. Fowler, D. S. (2025). From Militaristic Discipline to Collaborative Pedagogy: Anarchist and Pacifist Alternatives in Education. Journal of Ethics in Higher Education, 7(1), 77-97. 
  8. Fowler, David., Musgrave, J., & Zinn, D. (2025). Remembering the Titans: A Cinematic Pedagogy for Enhancing Understanding and Improving Performance in Tuckman's Stages of Group Development in Management Education. International Journal for Business Education, (167)1, 1-25.
  9. Fowler, David., Musgrave, J., & Musgrave, J. (2025). Exploring Ethical Revenue Dimensions: Insights from Undergraduate Management Students on Utilizing Private Customer Information. Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and Organization Studies, (30)1, 20-27. 
  10. Musgrave, J., Fowler, D., & Musgrave, J. (2025). Incivility, harassment, and bullying at discount spectacle. In Sage Business Cases. SAGE Publications, Ltd. 
  11. Musgrave, J. D., Fowler, D., & Musgrave, J. (2025). My wife’s sister’s sister’s son: The ethics of nepotism in the workplace. In Sage Business Cases. SAGE Publications, Ltd. 
  12. Macauley, D., Stevenson, R. T., Mitchell, H., & Fowler, D. S. (2025). Organizational change, servant leadership, and Christian perspective. Servant Leadership: Theory & Practice, 12(1), Article 2. 
  13. Jon Musgrave, David Fowler, Jill Musgrave. (2025). A framework for aligning training to learner preferences in support of organizational objectives. Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal, 39(1), 22–24. 
  14. Fowler, D. S., Musgrave, J., & Musgrave, J. (2024). Publish-or-Perish in Business Academia: Ethical Considerations. Journal of Ethics in Higher Education, (5), 35–50. 
  15. Fowler, D. (2024). Macaroni and Management: Producing Culinary Demonstrations to Teach the Four Functions of Management and Facilitating Classroom Performance Improvement. Performance Improvement, 63(3), 102-113. 
  16. Fowler, D., Musgrave, J. (2024). Embracing Christian Values: Positive Relationships and Academic Achievement in Higher Education. Diligentia: Journal of Theology and Christian Education, 6(3), 81-108. 
  17. Fowler, D., Zinn, D., & Musgrave, J. (2024). Knowledge Management’s Impact on Customer Experience and Consumer Satisfaction in the Hospitality Sector: A Literature Meta-Analysis to Identify Common Qualitative Themes. International Journal of Knowledge Management in Tourism and Hospitality, 3(4), 334–346. 
  18. Fowler, D. (2024). Plugging in the Pentateuch: A Biblical Framework for Effective Managerial Strategies. Journal of Biblical Integration in Business, 27(1), 70-81. 
  19. Zinn, D., Houston, M., & Fowler, D. (2024). Street Racing in the Windy City: Dreamscape or Logistical Nightmare? Journal of Business Cases and Applications, 44(243833), 1-12. 
  20. Fowler, D., Musgrave, J., & Musgrave, J. (2024). A Tale of Two 'Sities' (Universities): Navigating Organisational and Operational Strategies in Higher Education Institutions. Management and Economics Review, 9(2), 346-360. 
  21. Zinn, D., & Fowler, D. (2024). Performing at the Highest Level: Does Stadium Elevation Play a Role in Home Field Advantage in FBS College Football? Journal of New Studies in Sport Management, 5(2), 1081-1088. 
  22. Fowler, D. (2024). Experiential Learning, Graduation, and Job Placement: Perspectives of Culinary Arts Education Programs Using Dining Room Service Curriculum in the United States of America. Journal of Hospitality Application and Research, 19(1), 13-30. 
  23. Fowler, D. (2023). AI in Higher Education: Academic Integrity, Harmony of Insights, and Recommendations. Journal of Ethics in Higher Education, 2023(3), 127-140. 
  24. Fowler, D. (2023). Sysco Foodservice Distribution Company: An Analysis of Supply Chain Operational Competitive Advantage. Journal of Supply Chain Management Systems, 12(3), 12-22. 
  25. Fowler, D. S. (2023). Ethical Implications of Deceptive Earnings Management Practices. Business Ethics and Leadership, 7(3), 83–95. 
  26. Fowler, D. (2023). A Dialogue Concerning the Importance of Service Recovery in Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty in the Hospitality Industry: Utilizing Technology for Improvement. International Journal of Financial Studies, Economics and Management, 2(3), 17-24. 
  27. Fowler, D. (2023). Impact of Poor Service on Hospitality Industry Organizations: A Viewpoint. Tourism and Hospitality International Journal, 20(1), 95-102. 
  28. Fowler, D., Cheraghi, F., & Valverde, B. (2022). Ethical Leadership Concerning the Establishment and Promotion of Sustainable Tourism in the Hospitality Industry: A Review of Literature and Qualitative Analysis. Hotel and Tourism Management, 10(2), 121-136. 
  29. Fowler, D. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 on the Global Hospitality Industry: A Brief Review of Current Academic Literature and Meta-Analysis to Determine Congruent Primary Qualitative Themes. Research in Hospitality Management, 12(1), 29-34. 
  30. Fowler, D., & Musgrave, J. (2021). Revisiting Carr’s Business Bluff: Opinions on the Ethics of Playing the Game. Journal for Markets and Ethics, 8(2), 1-3. 
  31. Fowler, D. S. (2021). Square Peg in a Round Hole: Are Small Liberal Arts Higher Education Institutions Prepared to Implement Lean Operational and Organizational Methodologies to Survive? Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 25(4), 8-10. 
  32. Fowler, D. (2021). Immorally and Unethically Facilitating the Divine: Medical Assisted Suicide, Dr. Death, and Playing God. International Journal of Advanced Research, 9(5), 960-962. 
  33. Fowler, D. (2020). A Case Study of Organizational Performance and Improvement Suggestions Within the Non-Profit Religious Services Sector: A Human Resource Development Approach. Performance Improvement, 59(8), 6-11. 
  34. Fowler, D., Musgrave, J., & Musgrave, J. (2020). A Traditional Protestant Church Experiencing Substantial Membership Decline: An Organizational Strength Analysis and Observations to Attend or Leave the Institution. International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior, 23(3), 207-223. 
  35. Fowler, D., Stevenson, R., & Wilson, A. (2019). Customer Service Training and its Effect on Employee-to-Employee Relationships and Work Climate: A Case Study. Journal of Management and Marketing Research, 2019(23), 1-12. 
  36. Fowler, D. (2018). The Search for Effective Church Senior Leadership During Organizational Transition: Parishioner Perceived Qualifiers for an Effective Senior Pastor. Theology of Leadership, 1(2), 76-95. 

Teaching Assignments

MADM 301 - Principles of Management
MADM 320 - Human Resource Management
MADM 429 - Training and Development
MBA 705 - Organizational Strategy and Policies