Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. Josh Daspit

Professor at Department of Management, McCoy College of Business

Service Activities

Ongoing

Editor, Associate Editor of Family Business Review. 2021 - Present.
Editorial Review Board Member, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice. 2020 - Present.
Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Entrepreneurship. August 2026 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Entrepreneurship Research Journal. 2024 - Present.
Member, Global Family Business Think Tank. January 2024 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Research Policy. 2023 - Present.
Faculty Expert for Media, Division of Marketing and Communications. September 2023 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Accounting Historians Journal. May 2023 - Present.
Member, Minor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Advisory Committee. January 2023 - Present.
Editorial Review Board Member, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development. 2022 - Present.
Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Family Business Management. 2021 - Present.
Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Managerial Issues. 2021 - Present.
Editorial Review Board Member, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research. 2021 - Present.
Member, Lamar University Reaud Honors College Advisory Council Student-Alumni Mentorship Sub-Committee. 2021 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Revue de l'Entrepreneuriat. December 1, 2021 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development. August 2021 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Enterprising Communities (special issue on family business). 2020 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Small Business Economics (special issue on family business). 2020 - Present.
Founding Director, SCALEUP (Sustainable Cultivation and Advancement of Local Enterprises with University Partnerships). October 2020 - Present.
Advisor, TrustedPeer Entrepreneurship. 2019 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Baltic Journal of Management. 2019 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Business Venturing. 2019 - Present.
Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Family Business Strategy. 2018 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, European Management Review. 2018 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Managerial Issues. 2018 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Small Business Management. 2018 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, European Management Journal. 2017 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research. 2017 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Technology Management. 2017 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies. 2017 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Business Environment. 2016 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Family Business Strategy. 2016 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Management Studies. 2016 - Present.
Editorial Review Board Member, Family Business Review. 2015 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Asia Pacific Education Review. 2015 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice. 2015 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, International Small Business Journal. 2015 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Business Research. 2015 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Family Business Management. 2015 - Present.
Editorial Review Board Member, International Journal of Social Science and Management. 2014 - Present.
Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Leadership and Management. 2014 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Journal of World Business. 2014 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Team Performance Management. 2014 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Family Business Review. 2013 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Product Innovation Management. 2013 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Management Learning. 2013 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Academy of Management. 2011 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Southwest Academy of Management. 2011 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Southern Management Association. 2010 - Present.
Reviewer / Referee, Academy of Management Learning & Education. 2010 - Present.

2027

Editor, Guest Editor: Special Issue, Family Business Review. 2024 - 2027.

2026

Member, Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching Selection Committee. November 1, 2023 - 2026.
Chair, Department of Management Curriculum Committee. October 2024 - September 2026.
Presenter, "Understanding the nature of family enterprises." Presented at the Lunch, Learn, and Connect workshop hosted by the Center for Family Enterprise. McCoy College of Business, Texas State University. September 30, 2026.
Participant, Foundation Forum (hosted by Texas State University Development Foundation). September 25, 2026.
Lead Divisional Judge & Division Judge, Schlesinger Global Family Enterprise Case Competition, Grossman School of Business, University of Vermont. January 7, 2026 - January 10, 2026.

2025

Undergraduate Advisor, Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization. August 2019 - May 2025.
Member, Advisory Council, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. February 2025 - December 2025.
Member, Programming Subcommittee, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Advisory Council. February 2025 - December 2025.
Member, Nontenure Personnel Promotion Policy Task Force. September 2025 - November 2025.
Reviewer / Referee, External reviewer of candidate for promotion to Associate Professor with tenure from Michigan Tech. July 15, 2025 - September 15, 2025.
Reviewer / Referee, External reviewer of candidate for promotion to Full Professor from Indiana University Southeast. July 2025 - August 2025.
Member, McCoy College of Business Dean’s Faculty Advisory Board. January 2024 - August 2025.
Member, University Library Open Education Committee. 2023 - August 2025.
Coordinator / Organizer, Special Interest Group: Family Entrepreneurship & Family Entrepreneuring; Family Enterprise Research Conference (FERC). July 22, 2025.
Adjudicator, Best Paper Committee; Family Enterprise Research Conference (FERC). July 22, 2025.
Organizer, Future Ready Family Business Summit. January 2025 - May 2025.
Coordinator / Organizer, 2025 Theories of Family Enterprise Conference (Hosted by Florida State University’s Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship). May 2024 - May 2025.
Judge, Business Plan Presentations for doctoral-level Commercialization and Entrepreneurship course (MSEC 7302; Materials Science, Engineering, & Commercialization program). April 16, 2025.
Speaker, Texas State University's Scholarship & Teaching Excellence Program (STEP). February 7, 2025.

2024

Editor, Guest Editor of Special Issue, Family Business Review (5th Review Issue). August 2021 - January 2024.
Member, Department of Management Personnel Committee's Subcommittee on Policy Evaluation. 2024.
Co-Developer, Course Design (BA 7360: Dissertation Design and Proposal) for the McCoy College of Business DBA program. 2023 - 2024.
Member, Department of Management Chair Search Committee. August 2024 - November 2024.
Participant, Future of Commerce and Leadership executive education program. October 3, 2024.
Chair, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Director Search Committee. January 2024 - July 2024.
Co-organizer and presenter, Future Ready Family Business Summit. February 2024 - May 2024.
Host, co-organizer, and co-developer of the Business Owners Online Support & Training (BOOST) workshops, Translational Health Research Center at Texas State University. May 2023 - May 2024.
Discussant, Theories of Family Enterprise Conference. April 5, 2024.
Panelist, “Starting Your Own Business,” Business Leadership Week, McCoy College of Business. February 15, 2024.
Speaker, McCoy College of Business Dean's Leadership Council Meeting. February 15, 2024.
Participant, Texas State University Innovation Series. February 6, 2024.

2023

Social Media Editor, Family Business Review. September 2016 - August 2023.
Member, Lamar University Reaud Honors College Advisory Council. 2017 - 2023.
Member, Search Committee for Digital Marketing Strategist. August 2023 - November 2023.
Speaker, Featured Webinar Speaker, "The Heterogeneity of Family Firm Heterogeneity," for the International Family Enterprise Research Association. October 6, 2023.
Reviewer / Referee, External reviewer of candidate for promotion to Associate Professor with tenure from University of New Haven. September 2023.
Participant, Elevate Your Family-Owned Business Series: Career Alternatives in Franchise Business Ownership hosted by the Texas State SBDC (on the Round Rock campus). September 2023.
Presenter, "What You Need to Know about Starting a Business”, Black Men United (student organization) at Texas State University. September 28, 2023.
Member, McCoy College Dean’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Council (Dean’s Inclusive Excellence Advisory Council). October 2022 - August 2023.
Developer, Course Proposal (BA 7360: Dissertation Design & Proposal) for Doctorate in Business Administration program (Developed in collaboration with Dr. Jake Waddingham). July 2023.
Attendee / Participant, Micro, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) Day organized by the International Council for Small Business. June 28, 2023.
Session Leader, Family Enterprise Research Conference Paper Development Workshop. June 15, 2023.
Member, Search committee for Administrative Assistant III. March 2023 - May 2023.
Chair, Faculty Search Committee. January 2023 - May 2023.
Member, McCoy College Dean’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Council (Dean’s Inclusive Excellence Advisory Council) Sub-Committee on Communication. October 2022 - May 2023.
Member, Undergraduate Scholarship Committee. August 2020 - May 2023.
Member, Search Committee for Assistant Vice President of Innovation & Commercialization. November 2022 - May 25, 2023.
Co-host of GRIT Awards Showcase, with Dr. Melinda Villagran, honoring the top small businesses across the state that displayed Great Resilience in Texas, Translational Health Research Center & SCALEUP. April 2023.
Best Conference Paper Judge, Theories of Family Enterprise Conference. March 2023 - April 2023.
Member, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Minor Implementation Committee. August 2022 - April 2023.
Speaker, Presentation on "Community Network Building through Research" at the Translational Health Research Center's Health + Resilience Research Network. April 5, 2023.
Representative, SCALEUP at SXSW Innovation Lab. March 12, 2023.

2022

Associate Editor, Journal of Family Business Strategy. 2020 - December 31, 2022.
Chair, New Course Development Sub-Committee, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Minor Implementation Committee. August 2022 - November 2022.
Member, Curriculum Review Sub-Committee, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Minor Implementation Committee. August 2022 - November 2022.
Panelist (Judge), Student presentations in BA 2310: Introduction to Business in the Global Environment. November 3, 2022.
Speaker, Pre-Doctoral Student Consortium, Southern Management Association. October 19, 2022.
Panelist, SBDC Entrepreneurship Roundtable, “Challenges of Entrepreneurship: Moving on from COVID-19”. October 8, 2022.
Evaluator, External teaching review for faculty member from the College of Applied Arts at Texas State University. September 2022.
Representative and Participant at Professional Development Workshop: "Accelerating Research in Family Entrepreneurship for the Creation of a Better World", Academy of Management. August 2022.
Reviewer / Referee, External reviewer of candidate for promotion to Associate Professor with tenure from Purdue University. August 2022.
Reviewer / Referee, Dossier for promotion to Associate Professor with tenure at Purdue University. June 2022 - August 2022.
Judge, Materials Science, Engineering, & Commercialization (MSEC) and Computer Science doctoral student “Entrepreneurship Bootcamp” Business Plan Competition. May 20, 2022.
Reviewer / Referee, Elgar Encyclopedia of Family Business. April 2022.
Participant, Entrepreneurship Roundtable with the Small Business Development Center (SBDC). March 26, 2022.

2021

Co-Chair, Family Enterprise Research Conference (Academic Program). June 2020 - May 2021.
Reviewer / Referee, Peer Observation Course Report for Graduate course at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. September 2021.
Reviewer / Referee, Career Development and Job Satisfaction (book). July 2021.
Session Leader, Family Enterprise Research Conference Paper Development Workshop. June 2021.
Service Learning Fellow, Service-Learning Excellence Program. January 2021 - May 2021.
Judge, MBA Presentation Competition (McCoy College of Business). April 2021.
Panelist, Women in Business Association Panel Discussion on "Opportunities in Business Management". April 21, 2021.
Presenter, "What’s the Difference?: Understanding Family Firm Heterogeneity and the Scholarly Opportunities Ahead", Management Department Brown Bag Research Forum. March 5, 2021.
Mentor, Writing Workshop for Management Doctoral Students at University of North Texas. March 5, 2021.
Organizing Committee Member and Workshop Presenter, Texas State University Ignite Entrepreneurship Workshop. January 2021 - February 2021.
Judge, Business Plan Presentations for doctoral-level Commercialization and Entrepreneurship course (MSEC 7302; Materials Science, Engineering, & Commercialization program). February 2, 2021.
Speaker (Topic: "Words of Wisdom: Pivotal Moments on the Faculty Career Path"), Texas State University Scholarship and Teaching Excellence (STEP) Program. January 28, 2021.

2020

Co-Chair, Family Enterprise Research Conference (Academic Program). 2019 - 2020.
Editor, Guest Editor: Special Issue, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. 2017 - 2020.
Member, Best Doctoral Student Paper Selection Committee, Southern Management Association, Entrepreneurship & Family Business Track. 2020.
Member, Best Track Paper Selection Committee, Southern Management Association, Entrepreneurship & Family Business Track. 2020.
Reviewer / Referee, Family Enterprise Research Conference. 2017 - 2020.
Evaluator, Small Business Institute® Project of the Year for Comprehensive and Specialized Projects. October 2020 - November 2020.
Session Chair, Southern Management Association. October 2020.
Organizing Committee Member and Workshop Presenter, Texas State University Ignite Entrepreneurship Workshop. September 2020 - October 2020.
Facilitator, Texas State University Materials Science, Engineering, & Commercialization (MSEC) and Computer Science doctoral student “Entrepreneurship Bootcamp”. August 21, 2020.
Speaker, New Faculty Orientation Roundtable Session: Let’s Talk Tenure-Track at Texas State. August 19, 2020.
Organizing Committee Member and Workshop Presenter, Texas State University Virtual Entrepreneurship Boot Camp (EBC)/Ignite. June 2020 - July 2020.
Offered Program Development Assistance to Dan Roy, Materials Science, Engineering, & Commercialization (MSEC) and Computer Science doctoral student ‘Entrepreneurship Bootcamp’. April 2020 - May 2020.
Service Learning Fellow, Service-Learning Excellence Program. January 2020 - May 2020.
Organizing Committee Member and Workshop Presenter, Texas State University Virtual Entrepreneurship Boot Camp (EBC)/Ignite. March 2020 - April 2020.
Case Team Coach, Texas State University South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Innovation Lab Reception Pitch Competition. February 2020 - March 2020.
Organizing Committee Member and Workshop Presenter, 3 Day Startup (3DS) Deep Dive Innovation Weekend. February 2020 - March 2020.
Track chair, International Conference on Entrepreneurship and Family Business. September 2019 - January 2020.

2019

Presenter, Department of Management Faculty Brown Bag Meeting. 2019.
Mentor, Paper Development Workshop for Family Enterprise Research Conference. 2019.
Lead Applicant Referee, The British Academy Small Research Grant (SRG) Funding Proposal. 2019.
Co-Chair, Family Enterprise Research Conference (Academic Program). 2018 - 2019.
Track Chair, Southern Management Association, Entrepreneurship and Family Business Track. 2018 - 2019.
Service Learning Fellow, Service-Learning Excellence Program. August 2019 - December 2019.
Judge, Business plan presentations, MGT 4351: Applied Entrepreneurship. November 2019.
Representative, Bobcat Days. October 2019 - November 2019.
Organizing Committee Member and Workshop Mentor, 3 Day Startup (3DS) Deep Dive Innovation Weekend. September 2019 - October 2019.
Presenter, Materials Science, Engineering, & Commercialization (MSEC) and Computer Science doctoral student ‘Entrepreneurship Bootcamp’. August 2019.
Roundtable Presenter, Texas State University New Faculty Orientation. August 2019.
Organizing Committee Member and Workshop Mentor, 3 Day Startup (3DS) Deep Dive Innovation Weekend. March 2019 - April 2019.
Case Team Coach and Event Host, Texas State University South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Innovation Lab Reception Pitch Competition. March 2019.
Judge, Net Impact Student Group Food Solutions Challenge. March 2019.

2018

Editor, Guest Editor of Special Issue, Journal of Business Research. 2016 - 2018.
Judge, Mississippi State University Entrepreneurship Course (MGT 3323) Business Plan Pitches. 2018.
Focus group leader, Theorizing for Family Entrepreneurship Workshop at Audencia Business School. 2018.
Reviewer / Referee, Textbook: Strategic Management (4th edition) by Rothaermel. 2018.
Reviewer / Referee, External reviewer of candidate for promotion to Associate Professor with tenure from University of Wisconsin Green Bay. 2018.
Co-Chair, Family Enterprise Research Conference (Academic Program). 2017 - 2018.
Track chair, R&D Management Conference. 2017 - 2018.
Track chair, International Conference on Entrepreneurship and Family Business. 2017 - 2018.
Scientific Committee Member, Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise Research International Conference. 2017 - 2018.
Member, Mississippi State University College of Business Undergraduate Assessment of Learning Committee. 2016 - 2018.
Course Coordinator, Mississippi State University Business Policy/Capstone Course. 2016 - 2018.
Graduate Advisor, Mississippi State University Southeastern Conference (SEC) MBA Business Case Competition Team. 2012 - 2018.
Member, Mississippi State University Department of Management Doctoral Students. 2012 - 2018.
Service Learning Fellow, Service-Learning Excellence Program. August 2018 - December 2018.
Organizing Committee Member and Workshop Mentor, 3 Day Startup (3DS). October 2018 - November 2018.

2017

Editor, Guest Editor: Special Issue, Journal of Managerial Issues. 2015 - 2017.
Session chair, Southern Management Association. 2017.
Member, Southern Management Association Best Paper Selection Committee for Entrepreneurship and Family Business/ Technology and Innovation Track. 2017.
Judge, Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise Research Conference. 2017.
Reviewer / Referee, International Conference on Entrepreneurship and Family Business. 2017.
Reviewer / Referee, External reviewer of candidate for promotion to Associate Professor with tenure from Indiana University Southeast. 2017.
Reviewer / Referee, Asia Pacific Journal of Management (special issue on Familial Organizations and International Business in and Beyond Asia). 2017.
Member, Mississippi State University Ottilie Schillig Special Teaching Project Grant Review Committee. 2016 - 2017.
Research Coordinator, Academy of Management, Management Education and Development Division. 2016 - 2017.
Faculty Mentor, Mississippi State University Department of Management. 2012 - 2017.

2016

Selection committee member, Best overall paper, Southern Management Association. 2016.
Session chair, Southern Management Association. 2016.
Session leader, Mid-South Management Conference. 2016.
Reviewer / Referee, Textbook: Strategic Management: Text and Cases (8th edition) by Dess, McNamara, and Eisner. 2016.
Reviewer / Referee, Book: Heterogeneity among Family Firms. 2016.
Coordinator / Organizer, Southern Management Association Family Business Research “Speed Dating" Session. 2016.
Research Coordinator-Elect, Academy of Management, Management Education and Development Division. 2015 - 2016.
Member, Mississippi State University Department of Management Doctoral Student Admission Committee. 2013 - 2016.
Speaker, Mississippi Society of CPAs. May 2016.

2015

Organizer, Mississippi State University MBA student developmental workshop titled, “The Art of Networking with Potential Employers". 2015.
Advisory Board Member, Family Enterprise Research Conference Career Academy. 2014 - 2015.
Organizer, Mississippi State University Junior Faculty Consortium (with Staci M. Zavattaro). 2013 - 2015.
Member, Mississippi State University Department of Management Faculty Selection Committee. 2013 - 2015.

2014

Speaker, Mississippi State University New Faculty Orientation. 2014.
Evaluator, Mississippi State University Graduate Teaching Assistant Micro-Teaching Certification. 2014.
Evaluator, Mississippi State University Sport Administration class business plan presentations. 2014.
Analyst, Mississippi State University MBA program for the Office of Graduate Studies in Business. 2014.
Speaker, Mississippi State University Department of Management Doctoral Student Orientation. 2014.
Discussant, Southwest Academy of Management. 2014.
Session chair, Southwest Academy of Management. 2014.

2013

Speaker, Mississippi State University Mississippi Scholars Program. 2013.
Presenter at workshop on "Theory & practice: Wikis and clickers", Mississippi State University Center for Teaching & Learning. 2013.

2012

Session chair, Southwest Academy of Management. 2012.
Discussant, Southern Management Association. 2012.
Member, Best doctoral paper selection committee for Entrepreneurship/Information Technology/Innovation track, Southern Management Association. 2012.
Member, Southern Management Association Best Doctoral Student Paper Selection Committee for Management History/Management Education Track. 2012.
Local Arrangements Committee Member, Academy of Management. 2012.
Mentor, Academy of Management New Member. 2012.
Co-Advisor, University of North Texas Society of Human Resource Management. 2010 - 2012.

2011

Committee member, Best paper selection committee for Management History/Management Education track, Southern Management Association. 2011.
Reviewer / Referee, Textbook: Human Resource Management. 2011.
Chair, Session Chair for "Investigating ethics, motivation, and performance with multi-level analyses of organizational climate" session at Academy of Management. 2011.
Judge, University of St. Thomas Business Case Competition. 2011.

2010

Session chair, Decision Sciences Institute. 2010.
Discussant, Southwest Academy of Management. 2010.
Reviewer / Referee, Decision Sciences Institute. 2009 - 2010.
Alumni Liaison, Texas State University System. 2008 - 2010.
Board Member, Lamar University Alumni Advisory Board. 2007 - 2010.

2009

Session chair for Innovative Education Session, Decision Sciences Institute. 2009.
Session chair for Marketing & Management Strategy Session, Decision Sciences Institute. 2009.

2005

Board of Directors, Beaumont American Cancer Society. 2002 - 2005.

2004

Co-Chair, City of Beaumont's BSAFE (Beaumont's Safe Air for Everyone) Clean Air Coalition Campaign. 2003 - 2004.