Jean D. Kabongo serves as associate dean for academic affairs and accreditation and as chief diversity officer. Kabongo has been the campus dean for the Muma College of Business in Sarasota-Manatee since July 2020. He is a professor of strategic management and entrepreneurship in the School of Marketing and Innovation and students have chosen Kabongo to receive the campus’ Outstanding Professor Award four times since 2015. Prior to joining USF in 2010, he was an assistant professor at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. He also taught at Virginia State University.

His current research focuses on the analysis and promotion of sustainable practices in organizations, sustainable entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education in developing economies. His recent papers have been published in the Journal of Business Ethics, Business Strategy & the Environment, the International Journal of Sustainable Strategic Management, the Journal of the World Business, the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research and the Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development.

Kabongo earned a PhD in management from the Université Laval, Canada; an MBA from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and a bachelor's degree from the Institut Saint Augustin in the Democratic Republic of Congo.