Kevin Dickson, Ph.D.
Interim Dean, Professor — Harrison College of Business and Computing and Management
Kevin Dickson joined the university in 2004. He is a professor of management and serves as the interim dean for the Donald L. Harrison College of Business and Computing. Dr. Dickson has a Ph.D. in management from the University of Texas at Austin. He also received a Master of Organizational Behavior and a Bachelor of Arts from Brigham Young University.
Dr. Dickson served as chairperson of the Department of Management, moderator of the Chairpersons' Forum, director of the Jane Stephens Honors Program, chairperson of the Faculty Senate, and chairperson of the academic affairs and compensation committees of the Faculty Senate.
Dr. Dickson received the following awards from the Donald L. Harrison College of Business and Computing: the Students’ Choice Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2007 and 2016, the Outstanding MBA Teaching Award, and a Copper Dome Faculty Fellow in Teaching. He received an Outstanding Faculty Member award from the Student Government Association, the Faculty Exempli Gratia award from the Jane Stephens Honors Program, and a Provost's Award for Teaching Excellence. Dr. Dickson has traveled with students to Great Britain, Belgium, France, and Washington, D.C. He also taught in Ribe, Denmark, and Belo Horizonte, Brazil, for brief trips as a visiting professor.
He is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi. He is also a member of the Society for Human Resource Management. He serves as the chairperson of the scholarship committee for the Cape Area Personnel Association. He has been a member of the Academy of Management and received an Outstanding Reviewer Award from the OB Division of the Academy of Management, and served on the OB Division’s best competitive paper award committee.
He most recently taught Principles of Management, Foundations of Human Resource Management, and Improving Team Performance at the undergraduate level. He has taught at the MBA level and is part of the graduate faculty and honors faculty of Southeast Missouri State University.
Dr. Dickson has publications in the Journal of Management Inquiry, the Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management, the Journal of Management in Engineering, the Journal of Organizational Culture, Communications, and Conflict, and others. He was awarded a competitive summer research grant from the provost’s office at Southeast Missouri State University, and he received a distinguished research award from the Allied Academies.
Dr. Dickson served as chairperson of the Department of Management, moderator of the Chairpersons' Forum, director of the Jane Stephens Honors Program, chairperson of the Faculty Senate, and chairperson of the academic affairs and compensation committees of the Faculty Senate.
Dr. Dickson received the following awards from the Donald L. Harrison College of Business and Computing: the Students’ Choice Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2007 and 2016, the Outstanding MBA Teaching Award, and a Copper Dome Faculty Fellow in Teaching. He received an Outstanding Faculty Member award from the Student Government Association, the Faculty Exempli Gratia award from the Jane Stephens Honors Program, and a Provost's Award for Teaching Excellence. Dr. Dickson has traveled with students to Great Britain, Belgium, France, and Washington, D.C. He also taught in Ribe, Denmark, and Belo Horizonte, Brazil, for brief trips as a visiting professor.
He is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi. He is also a member of the Society for Human Resource Management. He serves as the chairperson of the scholarship committee for the Cape Area Personnel Association. He has been a member of the Academy of Management and received an Outstanding Reviewer Award from the OB Division of the Academy of Management, and served on the OB Division’s best competitive paper award committee.
He most recently taught Principles of Management, Foundations of Human Resource Management, and Improving Team Performance at the undergraduate level. He has taught at the MBA level and is part of the graduate faculty and honors faculty of Southeast Missouri State University.
Dr. Dickson has publications in the Journal of Management Inquiry, the Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management, the Journal of Management in Engineering, the Journal of Organizational Culture, Communications, and Conflict, and others. He was awarded a competitive summer research grant from the provost’s office at Southeast Missouri State University, and he received a distinguished research award from the Allied Academies.
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