Julian Schuster

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President St. Louis Main Campus, Missouri julianschuster@webster.edu Office: (314) 246-8242
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Bio/Research

In his role as President of Webster University, Julian Schuster serves as chief academic officer, chief operating officer and chief advisor to Chancellor Elizabeth (Beth) J. Stroble, and has direct involvement in the strategic and day-to-day leadership of the institution.

Schuster was hi...


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Bio/Research

In his role as President of Webster University, Julian Schuster serves as chief academic officer, chief operating officer and chief advisor to Chancellor Elizabeth (Beth) J. Stroble, and has direct involvement in the strategic and day-to-day leadership of the institution.

Schuster was hired as Provost at Webster in July 2010, after serving as Founding Dean of the Hamline School of Business at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Prior to that, he served in several capacities at the University of New Haven from 1996 to 2006, including chair of the Department of Economics and Finance, director of the doctoral program, director of the Executive MBA Program, and associate dean and dean of the School of Business. He was named President in September, 2019.

Over the course of his career, Schuster has pioneered global alliances and promoted strategic investment in academic excellence, strengthening and expanding collaborations with more than a dozen international partner institutions.

Schuster received bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in economics from the University of Belgrade, one of the oldest and largest universities in the western Balkans. He currently serves on the Board of Governors of the University Avenue Business Association and on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Pluralism and Economic Education. Schuster's professional memberships include the American Economic Association, the Eastern Economic Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies.


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Public Relations

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