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Brian D. Till, Ph.D.

James Keyes Dean College of Business Administration, Marquette University

Brian D. Till is the James Keyes Dean of the College of Business Administration at Marquette University, a position he has held since July 2013.  He is responsible for the academic and professional leadership of the College.

Prior to coming to Marquette, Dr. Till was Dean of the Williams College of Business, Xavier University.  He has also held marketing faculty positions at Drexel University, Loyola University-Chicago and Saint Louis University, where he spent his last seven years as Chair of the Marketing Department.  He has received numerous awards for teaching excellence and was named one of the Top Ten Marketing Teachers in the U.S.

He has published in Journal of Advertising, Journal of Advertising Research, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Consumer Marketing, Journal of Current Issues and Research in Advertising, Sport Marketing Quarterly, Journal of Product & Brand Management, and Psychology & Marketing.  Dr. Till serves on the editorial review board of Journal of Advertising and Psychology & Marketing.

Prior to his academic career, he worked at Purina as a brand manager.  He has served as a marketing strategy, branding and advertising consultant for a variety of organizations including Monsanto, Energizer, Medicine Shoppe International, Growmark and AT&T.  He is co-author of the book The Truth About Creating Brands People Love.  He has also served on the boards of several non-profits including Forest Releaf of Missouri and Stella Maris Child Center, where he served as board president for 4 years.

Dr. Till holds a Bachelor of Science in Advertising and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and a Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of South Carolina.