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Dean of the Business School
University of Colorado Denver
Denver, CO · Posted 2026-09-24
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The chair you’re filling
Scott Dawson
2020–present
- Education
- Ph.D. Marketing Arizona 1984, MBA Arizona 1981, B.S. business Oregon 1978
- Career path
- LSU faculty → Portland State (1985) → Assoc. Dean PSU (1995–2000) → Dean PSU (2000–2014) → Dean Cal Poly Orfalea (2014–2019) → Dean CU Denver (from July 2020)
- Known for
- Materialism-as-consumer-value scale (Richins & Dawson 1992, Journal of Consumer Research); held Virgil M. Miller Professorship at PSU
- The seat
- Serial dean hired across institutions; came to CU Denver externally from Cal Poly. End date not documented in profile.