Diana Lawson, Ph.D. is Dean of the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University. With extensive experience leading business programs and a wealth of international practice, she is widely published on topics ranging from the value of a liberal arts education to masculinity and femininity in business negotiations and designing an international business curriculum.
Lawson’s research has been included in publications like the Journal of Financial Services Marketing, Marketing Education Review, International Business Review, Journal of Euromarketing, and Journal of Teaching in International Business. She is also author of a textbook, Communicating in Global Business Negotiations: A Geocentric Approach. Lawson earned her Ph.D. from Kent State University in 1993, as well as her M.B.A. and Master’s degree, and a bachelor’s degree from State University of New York College at Cortland.
