Dr. Susan Taylor
Associate Dean
Professor of Marketing
Dr. Susan Taylor, Professor of Marketing and Associate Dean of the Undergraduate School of Business, earned a B.S. in Marketing and an M.B.A. from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, LA. She taught for two years in the Marketing and Management Department at Nicholls State University before returning to school to earn her D.B.A. degree from Mississippi State University. She spent seven years in the Georgia System of Higher Education prior to accepting a faculty position at Belmont University in 2000.
A native of Kentucky, Dr. Taylor worked as a Field Accountant for Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, a division of Tenneco Inc. She then transferred to the company headquarters in Houston, Texas, where she gained business expertise as an Analyst/Developmental Business Relations Specialist. These experiences provided her with insight into practical business applications and laid the foundation for the advanced development of her marketing expertise.
Currently an administrator for the Undergraduate School of Business Administration, Dr. Taylor has taught a variety of courses in both The Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business and in the Undergraduate School of Business Administration. Her teaching experience includes: Principles of Marketing, Advertising, Market Research, Direct Marketing, Personal Selling, Consumer Behavior, and Strategic Marketing Management.
Dr. Taylor's research interests lie in the areas of international education, nonprofit marketing, e-commerce, collaborative teaching practices, health care marketing, and internal marketing. She has published in such scholarly journals as the Journal of Teaching in International Business, Journal of Education for Business, Journal of the Academy of Business Education, Journal of Consumer Marketing, Journal of Health Care Marketing, Marketing Health Services, Health Care Management Review, Business Forum, Nonprofit World, Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing, Supervision, HRfocus, Journal of Transportation Management, Journal of Professional Services Marketing, and International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration.
During her academic career, Dr. Taylor received the College of Business Administration Scholarly Activity Award in 2004 and 2005. She has also received innovative teaching and quality research awards from her prior institutions.
