Dr. Marlene Turner

Dear SJSU Community,

I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Marlene E. Turner as the interim dean for the Lucas College and Graduate School of Business, effective Nov. 16, 2015. Dr. Turner succeeds Dean David Steele who has accepted a position as president of Woodbury College in Burbank.

Dr. Turner has had an integral role in moving forward strategic initiatives in the college since becoming an associate dean in 2010 and has a long history with the college as a faculty member in the Department of Organization and Management, starting in 1987. She has shown her leadership and consensus building skills in her role as associate dean. She led faculty teams charged with enhancing the undergraduate curriculum, investigating the possibility of bringing business doctoral education to Silicon Valley professionals, and improving the use of strategic intelligence to support key college goals such as alumni engagement.

She also brings with her a strong understanding of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation process and a commitment to maintaining this elite accreditation that is bestowed to less than five percent of business programs worldwide.

Dr. Turner has maintained a strong research agenda throughout her career. Her findings have been presented in briefings to the United States Congress, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the California State Legislature and various civil rights groups. She is especially proud that her research was awarded a custom baseball bat from the Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball History and American Culture. She received the award in honor of her work on Branch Rickey, Jack Robinson and the integration of baseball.

She completed her Ph.D. in Industrial Administration from Carnegie-Mellon University’s Graduate School of Industrial Administration, with a major focus on organizational behavior and theory, and a minor focus on research methods and statistics. She also holds a bachelor’s in psychology and business administration from the University of Delaware; a master’s in dance from Ohio State University and a master’s from Carnegie-Mellon University’s Graduate School of Industrial Administration.

I am confident the students, faculty, staff, alumni, and supporters of our Lucas College and Graduate School of Business will find Dr. Turner to be a capable, enthusiastic and resourceful leader. Please join me in congratulating her on her interim appointment and thanking Dean David Steele for his many years of service to San Jose State.

Sincerely,

Andy Feinstein

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs