Dr. Doug Ross is a Professor of Marketing and Program Chair, Business Administration for Franklin University. He brings extensive experience in the marketing field, both from a corporate and academic background. Additionally, he brings consulting experience in both large and small corporate settings as well as in goods and services marketing. He is an internationally known speaker, making presentations on a variety of topics.
Dr. Ross has earned the distinction of being the only educator to receive the Columbus American Marketing Association (AMA) Marketing Professor of the Year honor a record five times (1999, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2014). Also, in 2006, he won an AMA Achievement in Marketing Award for his innovative “Faces of Franklin” campaign. In 2012 the PRSA Central Ohio Chapter awarded him with an Award of Excellence Prizm Award in the category of Speeches, Non-Profit, and received the award again in 2014. Executive Women International, Columbus Chapter, presented Dr. Ross with Executive of the Year in 2013 and again in 2014. In addition, Dr. Ross is the only full-time Franklin University professor to win the Robert L. Bailey Teaching Award at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, a distinction voted on by Franklin students each term to acknowledge the professor who was most influential in their programs.
Dr. Ross earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (concentration Accounting), a Master’s of Science degree in Business Administration (concentration Marketing), and a Doctorate degree in Business Administration specializing in Marketing. Dr. Ross has taught full or part-time at Colorado State University, University of Northern Colorado, University of Colorado (Denver Branch), New Mexico State University, University of the Cumberlands, and Chadron State College. Publications are included in the Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing, and Business Horizons.
Dr. Ross has earned the distinction of being the only educator to receive the Columbus American Marketing Association (AMA) Marketing Professor of the Year honor a record five times (1999, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2014). Also, in 2006, he won an AMA Achievement in Marketing Award for his innovative “Faces of Franklin” campaign. In 2012 the PRSA Central Ohio Chapter awarded him with an Award of Excellence Prizm Award in the category of Speeches, Non-Profit, and received the award again in 2014. Executive Women International, Columbus Chapter, presented Dr. Ross with Executive of the Year in 2013 and again in 2014. In addition, Dr. Ross is the only full-time Franklin University professor to win the Robert L. Bailey Teaching Award at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, a distinction voted on by Franklin students each term to acknowledge the professor who was most influential in their programs.
Dr. Ross earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (concentration Accounting), a Master’s of Science degree in Business Administration (concentration Marketing), and a Doctorate degree in Business Administration specializing in Marketing. Dr. Ross has taught full or part-time at Colorado State University, University of Northern Colorado, University of Colorado (Denver Branch), New Mexico State University, University of the Cumberlands, and Chadron State College. Publications are included in the Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing, and Business Horizons.