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Daniel Auguste

  • Assistant Professor
Academic Division: Entrepreneurship
Daniel Auguste, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Entrepreneurship division. Prior to Babson, he was an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Management (by courtesy) at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and an MLK Visiting Assistant Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management in 2022-2023. He is also a faculty affiliate at the Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis. Daniel earned his BA in Economics from Covenant College and his MA and PhD in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
His research agenda incorporates stratification theory into the study of entrepreneurship and organizations to bring new insights to questions about how the opportunity structure shapes the nature of the entrepreneurial ecosystem and the strategies that founders use to launch and grow their ventures. His current research examines the consequences of wealth and labor market inequality for new venture creation and growth. His research has won nationally competitive awards from the Russell Sage Foundation in 2022 (20 awards made nationwide), and from the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2022 (5 awards made nationwide).
At FAU, Daniel served on the faculty council for the Blackstone Charitable Foundation?s entrepreneurial skills-building program, supporting students in launching successful ventures. He has also mentored early-stage entrepreneurs through the National Science Foundation?s Innovation Corps (I-Corps?) program at FAU. He has advised small and medium businesses on scaling strategies and assisted non-profit organizations in achieving poverty reduction and inclusive prosperity goals through entrepreneurship in Haiti. Daniel co-founded a non-profit organization that cares for orphan children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Academic Degrees

  • Ph D, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • MA, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • BA, Covenant College

Courses

  • Degree Courses 2026

    • FME 1001 FOUNDS MGMT & EPS

  • Degree Courses 2025

    • FME 1001 FOUNDS MGMT & EPS
    • FME 1000 FOUNDATIONS OF MGMT & ENTREPRENEURS

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Addo, F.R., Auguste, D. (2025). Black and White Wealth Differentials in the United States: Explaining and Recreating Persistent Inequality. Annual Review of Sociology. Vol: 51, Issue: 1, Page: 253-270. Annual Reviews. link
  • Auguste, D., Roll, S., Despard, M. (2024). Democratizing the Economy or Introducing Economic Risk? Gig Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Work and Occupations. Vol: 51, Issue: 4, Page: 550-606. SAGE Publications. link
  • Jabbari, J., Zheng, H., Roll, S., Auguste, D., Heller, O. (2024). How Did Reskilling During the COVID-19 Pandemic Relate to Entrepreneurship and Optimism? Barriers, Opportunities, and Implications for Equity. Journal of Family and Economic Issues. Vol: 45, Issue: 2, Page: 410-429. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. link
  • Browne, I., An, W., Auguste, D., Delia-Deckard, N. (2023). Race, State Surveillance, and Policy Spillover: Do Restrictive Immigration Policies Affect Citizen Earnings?. Social Forces. Vol: 102, Issue: 2, Page: 681-705. Oxford University Press (OUP). link
  • Auguste, D., Roll, S., Despard, M. (2023). The Precarity of Self-Employment among Low- and Moderate-Income Households. Social Forces. Vol: 101, Issue: 3, Page: 1081-1115. Oxford University Press (OUP). link
  • Auguste, D. (2022). Unpacking the Mechanisms Linking Religion and Socioeconomic Standing of Individuals: An Empirical and Cross-national Analysis.. Sociological Forum. Vol: 37, Issue: 4, Page: 1083-1107. Wiley, Wiley-Blackwell. link
  • Auguste, D. (2022). Varieties of Gendered Capitalism: Status Beliefs and the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship. Social Currents. Vol: 9, Issue: 4, Page: 311-342. SAGE Publications. link
  • Auguste, D. (2021). The Impact of Economic Inequality on Entrepreneurship: Does a Society’s Stage of Development Make a Difference?. Sociological Perspectives. Vol: 64, Issue: 2, Page: 176-195. SAGE Publications. link
  • Auguste, D. (2020). Who Becomes a Business Owner in High-inequality Regimes? The Conditioning Effect of Economic Inequality on the Impact of Individual Educational and Financial Endowment on Entrepreneurship. Social Currents. Vol: 7, Issue: 2, Page: 131-154. SAGE Publications. link
  • Auguste, D. (2019). Exclusive Religious Beliefs and Social Capital: Unpacking Nuances in the Relationship between Religion and Social Capital Formation. Issues in Race & Society: An Interdisciplinary Global Journal. Vol: 8, Issue: 1. University of Cincinnati Press. link
  • Auguste, D., Auguste, D. (2018). Income Inequality, Globalization and the Welfare State: Evidence from 23 Industrial Countries, 1990-2009. Sociological Forum. Vol: 33, Issue: 3, Page: 666-689. Wiley, Wiley-Blackwell. link

Reports

  • Kelley, D.J., Shay, J.P., Majbouri, M., Brush, C.S., Corbett, A.C., Daniels, C., Hechavarria, D.M., Auguste, D. (2025). Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2024/2025 United States Report. Babson College.
  • Fox-Dichter, S., Auguste, D., Despard, M., Grinstein-Weiss, M. (2022). Disparate Financial Assistance Support for Small Business Owners. Social Policy Institute. link

Presentations

  • The Mark of Unemployment, and Racial and Gender Disparity on Entrepreneurial Returns Auguste, D. The European Group for Organizational Studies, Athens, Greece (2025)
  • Understanding Inequality in Access to Economic Mobility Through Entrepreneurship Auguste, D. Equitable Opportunity Conference, MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA (2025)
  • Where You Start and Your Race Matter: Labor Market Inequality and the Entrepreneurship Earnings Penalty Puzzle Auguste, D. Hoarding Opportunities: Entrepreneurship and Inequality, Cologne, Germany (2024)
  • Transnationalism and Social Cultural Exchange: New Theoretical Insights on Sources of Organizational Change Auguste, D. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA (2023)
  • Entrepreneurship, Social Mobility, and the “American Dream”: How Economic Inequality Undermines It All Auguste, D. MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (2023)
  • Democratizing the Economy or Introducing Economic Risk? Gig Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic Auguste, D. MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Research Seminar, Cambridge, MA (2022)
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