{"id":1477,"date":"2024-04-09T10:34:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T14:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/?page_id=1477"},"modified":"2024-06-28T00:17:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T04:17:52","slug":"about-dean-fournier","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/about\/about-dean-fournier\/","title":{"rendered":"About Dean Fournier"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-amp-picture--cover alignfull hero-image-banner wp-block-amp-picture\">\n\t<picture\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-amp-picture__picture\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%;\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Dean-Susan-Fournier-6797-scaled-1920x795.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1920px)\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Dean-Susan-Fournier-6797-scaled-1440x596.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1080px)\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Dean-Susan-Fournier-6797-scaled-1080x609.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\tid=\"wp-block-amp-picture-6a1a374962cf4\"\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Dean-Susan-Fournier-6797-scaled-768x609.jpg\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-amp-picture__image wp-block-amp-picture__image--cover\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Dean Susan Fournier standing in front of bookshelf\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-amp-picture__overlay\" style=\"opacity: 0.5\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull hero-image-banner__group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hero-image-banner__columns is-content-justification-left is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12f0d32a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1322f107 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1f8ac0a3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading hero-image-banner__heading has-white-color has-text-color has-h-1-font-size\" style=\"line-height:0.9;text-transform:uppercase\">About Dean Fournier<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<style>\n\t#wp-block-amp-picture-6a1a374962cf4 {\n\t\tobject-position: 50% 50%;\n\t}\n\t\t@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {\n\t\t#wp-block-amp-picture-6a1a374962cf4 {\n\t\t\tobject-position: 50% 50%;\n\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\t\t\t\t@media screen and (min-width: 1080px) {\n\t\t#wp-block-amp-picture-6a1a374962cf4 {\n\t\t\tobject-position: 50% 50%;\n\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\t\t\t\t@media screen and (min-width: 1920px) {\n\t\t#wp-block-amp-picture-6a1a374962cf4 {\n\t\t\tobject-position: 50% 50%;\n\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--300)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Susan Fournier, Allen Questrom Professor and Dean<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull hero-slider has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hero-slider__container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull hero-slider__copy is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Susan Fournier is Allen Questrom Professor and Dean of the Questrom School of Business at Boston University and Professor of Marketing. Under her leadership, the school pursues a mission of developing business leaders who leverage the power of business to create value for the world.<br><br>Susan is in her 30th year as a marketing academic, 19 of these at Questrom. She is the school\u2019s first woman dean and its first academic dean in over 40 years. Prior to Questrom, Susan served on the faculties of Harvard Business School and Dartmouth Tuck School, and prior to her academic career, spent 10 years in industry as VP at Young &amp; Rubicam Advertising and in market research and management roles at Polaroid Corporation and Yankelovich Clancy Shulman. She earned her PhD from the University of Florida, Master\u2019s from Penn State University, and Undergraduate from UMass Amherst. She is President and Founder of the Institute for Brands &amp; Brand Relationships and remains active in the consulting space.<br><br>Susan is a member of the 30-member board of AACSB International, the accrediting organization for business schools. In 2022 she was honored with the Association for Consumer Research (ACR) Fellow Award, the highest honor recognizing the career contributions of consumer researchers. She is also recognized by the Society of Consumer Psychology for her Distinguished Scientific Contributions to the field. Susan\u2019s research on brands, brand communities, and the relationships consumers build with brands is among the most cited and respected research in the marketing academic community. Her seminal 1998 publication, \u201cConsumers and their Brands,\u201d has been cited over 12,000 times and forms the foundation for modern work on branding and consumer behavior. Susan received five best article awards for her work. Her collection of published research on topics including customer satisfaction, consumer\u2019s conflicted relationships with technology, the creation of shareholder value through brand building, the management of person-brands, and brand management in an era of heightened socio-political risks registers over 34,000 citations, ranking her among the top 2% of all scientific researchers on this impact metric. Susan has also authored dozens of best-selling case studies that bring her research into the business schools across the globe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Susan Fournier, Allen Questrom Professor and Dean Susan Fournier is Allen Questrom Professor and Dean of the Questrom School of Business at Boston University and Professor of Marketing. 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