Jennifer Madden Ph.D.
Dean, School of Business & Society
University Leadership
About Dr. Jennifer Madden
Jennifer Madden, H. Jess and Donna Colton Senecal Endowed Dean of the School of Business & Society
Dr. Jennifer Madden is a nationally recognized academic leader with a strong record of innovation and a deep commitment to socially responsible business education. She most recently served as the inaugural Dean of the School of Business and Paul S. Barber Chair of Design and Innovation at Linfield University. There, she led the creation and accreditation of leading-edge graduate programs such as Design and Innovation and Sport Leadership, including a distinctive international consulting capstone.
She brings a strong academic foundation, having held faculty appointments at Carthage College, Case Western Reserve University, and Cleveland State University. Her book, Inter-Organizational Collaboration by Design, is in the Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management Series. Throughout her career, she has championed community engagement, innovation, and collaborative solution-finding in both her teaching and scholarship.
Dr. Madden holds dual bachelor’s degrees in Economics and American Studies from Case Western Reserve University, where she also earned a Master of Nonprofit Organizations and later, a Ph.D. in Management.
Dean, School of Business & Society
The dean provides leadership for high quality business education through faculty teaching, research, and service efforts. She is responsible for all academic and outreach efforts by the School, which include enhancing corporate relations, developing a robust and participatory alumni network, extending the connections between the School of Business & Society and alumni and business communities, and developing business leaders in the liberal arts tradition, including core themes of the purposeful and ethical leadership, sustainable and global practices, and spatial analytics and technologies. The dean also provides leadership for professional and continuing business education opportunities and collaborates closely with enrollment management and operations in pursuing the School's strategic plans for continuing enrollment growth among working professionals throughout California and online.