program leaders

Dr. Lou. E. Pelton   |  Dr. Dee Knight   |   Dr. Lynn Johnson

LOU E. PELTON, Ph.D.

An award-winning marketing author and scholar at the University of North Texas, Dr. Pelton's principal research interests include marketing channels, relationship marketing and international distribution.

Dr. Pelton is Senior Author of the textbook titled Marketing Channels: A Relationship Management Approach (Irwin/McGraw Hill/1e, 2e) and Marketing Channels: Managing Supply Chain Relationships (Irwin/McGraw Hill/1e). His latest collaborative book is titled Rights, Relationships & Responsibilities: Business Ethics and Social Impact Management. Pelton has a forthcoming book addressing resource advantage and information utilization.

He has published more than 90 research articles in prominent journals and inter/national conference proceedings. His contributions appear in Advances in Marketing, Business Horizons, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Healthcare Marketing, Journal of Macromarketing, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Channels, Journal of Marketing Management, Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, Journal of Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management, Research in Marketing, among others.

Dr. Pelton has delivered educational programs and keynote addresses for governments, firms and tertiary institutions in Asia, Europe, South America and the U.S. Dr. Pelton has also served in a multitude of leadership roles in the Federation of Business Disciplines, Academy of Marketing Science, American Marketing Association and the World Marketing Congress.

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DEE KNIGHT, Ph.D.

Dr. Dee K. Knight spent over 20 years in the retail industry before returning to the classroom to earn her Ph.D. and ultimately joining the merchandising faculty at the University of North Texas.

Dr. Knight teaches retail related courses including merchandising, promotions, entrepreneurship, and internship. Her research area is retail related and includes service quality issues, antecedents and consequences of contact employees’ job performance, and cross national consumer shopping behaviors.

She has published five research articles and 28 abstracts in refereed publications. Dr. Knight along with the other UNT Merchandising faculty received the American Textile Manufacturers Institute’s (ATMI) 2000 Award for Excellence for innovative programming. Dr. Knight also is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

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J. LYNN JOHNSON, Ph.D.

Dr. Johnson's teaching field includes graduate and undergraduate courses in Organizational Behavior and Management Concepts. He has received departmental and university teaching awards while providing instruction for a variety of courses.

Dr. Johnson is the author of Management, published by Dame Publishers of Houston, Texas and Building A Professional Life, published by Delmar Publishers of New York, NY. These books are supported by a research record consisting of articles in both academic and practitioner journals. Research questions involving environmental scanning, work teams, and occupationally injured employee have appeared in such journals as Business Communication, Small Business Management, Regional Business Review, The Journal of Business Ethics, and Business Horizons.

Dr. Johnson's consulting and practitioner experience involve metroplex and national organizations such as Dallas-Fort Worth Airport Board, General Electric Credit Corp. KVIL-Radio, Texas Utilities, Sally Beauty Supply, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and Mrs Baird Inc. These consulting assignments involve activities from training supervisors to redesigning organizational structure and rewards.

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