Douglas Schuler is professor of business and public policy. His main research interests are corporate political activity, public policy, corporate social responsibility and non-profit organizations. Schuler has published many research articles in top-tier academic outlets, including the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Business & Society, Business and Politics, Business Ethics Quarterly, California Management Review, Journal of Management, and PLoS-ONE. A member of the Rice Business faculty since 1992, he has taught many courses, most recently Business-Government Relations, Corporate Social Responsibility, International Trade & Business Strategy, and Innovation for Social Impact. Schuler has received several teaching and service awards at Rice, including the 1997 JGS Award for Teaching Excellence, 1997 Rice Graduate Students Association Teaching Award, the 2006 Rice Graduate Students Association Faculty/Staff Service Award, the 2018 Teaching Award for Inquiry-Based Learning, and Poets and Quants, Favorite MBA Professors of the Class of 2020.

Schuler studied at the University of California, Berkeley (B.S., Business Administration) and the University of Minnesota (Ph.D., Strategic Management, School of Management).