Dr. Scott D. Johnson is Dean of the College of Business at Illinois State University. He received a Ph.D. in Marketing at Michigan State University, an MBA and a BA degree from the University of Minnesota.
Prior to Illinois State University, Dr. Johnson served as Dean of the College of Business at Minnesota State University, Mankato and had earlier served on the faculty in the College of Business at the University of Louisville. Johnson has taught MBA courses in the United States and internationally. Additonally, he has given numerous seminars in the area of customer, client and patient satisfaction.
Johnson's research interests include recommendation-based decision making in the selection and evaluation of professional service providers. He has published in journals such as the Journal of Financial Planning, Journal of Education for Business, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, The International Executive, and The CPA Journal.
Dr. Johnson has also served as an expert witness in the area of trademark dilution and as a marketing consultant to a variety of companies. He worked in retail management prior to his academic career. He is married and has four grown children.
The College of Business is recognized by BusinessWeek magazine as a top 100 undergraduate program. The College of Business has over 130 faculty and staff members, has approximately 3500 students, has 10 different majors, and offers an MBA degree and a Master of Professional Accounting degree.
