Sadek Showkat

Background

About Sadek Showkat

Sadek Showkat is an Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at Loyola University Chicago’s Quinlan School of Business. Grounded in theories from the sociology of emotions and informed by over a decade of management and entrepreneurial experience in China, India, and Bangladesh, his research explores how entrepreneurship operates as a mechanism for adaptation in vulnerable and extreme contexts.Sadek is the recipient of the 2023 RRBM Dare to Care Dissertation Proposal Award, a prestigious global recognition for responsible research. His dissertation—centered on the lived experiences of refugee entrepreneurs—was selected by a panel of distinguished scholars and past award winners. He also received the 2024 John Richards Binford Memorial Award, honoring outstanding scholarship and disciplinary contributions. His dissertation is also a finalist for the Academy of Management (AOM) ONE Division’s Best Dissertation Award, and his co-authored research has been selected as a finalist for Best Paper at AIB 2025. Sadek has been recognized as a Student Champion multiple times for his teaching excellence, and he received the Best Reviewer Award from the AOM ONE Division, acknowledging his contributions to peer reviewing. At Quinlan, Sadek advises the Next-Founders Club, a student initiative focused on social impact-driven entrepreneurship, and serves as a faculty advisor for the Minority-Owned Business Project in Chicago.