John B. Duggan
Dean, Leo J Meehan School of Business
Biography
As Dean of the Leo J. Meehan School of Business, John B. Duggan provides academic and strategic leadership for Stonehill College’s undergraduate and graduate business programs. He was appointed to his current role in April 2024 after serving in various faculty and administrative roles since joining Stonehill in 2014.
Duggan works with faculty, staff, students, alumni and external partners to advance business education, anchored in the mission of Stonehill, with a focus on teaching excellence, student mentorship, professional preparation and community engagement.
Duggan has been closely involved in the Meehan School’s Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation, including Stonehill’s reaccreditation in 2017 and 2022. His research interests focus on business law and compliance with scholarship appearing in Business Law Review.
Duggan maintains bar admission in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Education
- M.B.A., University of Southern Indiana
- J.D., Suffolk University School of Law
- B.A., Political Science & Philosophy, Assumption College
Courses Taught
- First-Year Business Experience
- Legal Environment of Business
- Duggan, J. B., Marsland, K., Baxter, H., & Jones, M. (2019). Gauging the Effectiveness of the Massachusetts Benefit Corporation. Business Law Review.
- Duggan, J. B., Baxter, H., & Jones, M. (2019, January). The Model Benefit Corporation Act - A Regional Approach to Compliance. University of Pennsylvania Law School -Journal of Business Law Symposium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Duggan, J. B., Marsland, K., Baxter, H., & Jones, M. (2019). Regional Effectiveness of the Model Benefit Corporation Statute - A Best Practices Approach. Southeastern Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Montgomery, Alabama.
- Duggan, J. B., Marsland, K. R., Baxter, H. M., & Jones, M. (2019). Massachusetts Benefit Corporations: An Evaluation of Compliance. North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.
- 2023: Privacy in Non-profits: An Analysis of Residential Address Disclosure in the Formation of Non-Profit Entities in Massachusetts, Stonehill College Undergraduate Research Experience (S.U.R.E). Project selected as Pohlad SURE Scholar distinction.
- 2018: Who Benefits? Assessing the Effectiveness of M.G.L. 156E - Massachusetts Benefit Corporation, Stonehill College Undergraduate Research Experience (S.U.R.E.).