Paul Dishman, Ph.D. is the Chair of the Marketing Department.  He holds an MBA degree in Marketing and a doctorate in Marketing Research (University of North Texas).  Before returning to academia he served on the marketing staffs of both Apple Computer and IBM. He has taught for over twenty five years and has conducted industry research and projects for over two decades.  Dishman is a Past-president of the international Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) based in Alexandria, Virginia and has been named a Fellow of the Society.  He has also been named a Fellow of the Academy of Marketing Science.  He has spoken and conducted training programs for the American Marketing Association, Microsoft, 3M, IBM, Amgen, American Airlines, KPMG, professional groups, SCIP chapters, various government agencies, and in Beijing and Shanghai as part of a United Nations invitation.  He has published numerous articles in academic, scientific, and practitioner journals on the subjects of Marketing, Sales, Market Intelligence, and Strategy.  In 2010 he was named a Fulbright Scholar by the U.S. State Department and taught at the University of Donja Gorica in Montenegro.

He teaches Principles of Marketing, Market Intelligence, and the undergraduate research classe.