May 14, 2008
Alexander Receives Fulbright Award
Belmont University announces that Dr. Joe Alexander, associate dean of The Jack C. Massey Graduate School, will spend part of this summer in Japan through an award from the Fulbright Scholar Program, the U.S. government’s flagship academic exchange program. Administered by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), the Fulbright program includes a network of bi-national Fulbright Commissions in 50 countries and 90 U.S. diplomatic posts around the world, as well as international universities and higher education associations.
Alexander’s award is part of the U.S.-Japan International Education Administrators Program, an initiative designed to familiarize participants with higher education, society and culture in Japan. It consists of briefings, campus visits, appointments with selected government officials, cultural activities and meetings with Japanese international education professionals. Other 2008 award recipients joining Alexander include administrators from the University of Minnesota, Pace University, Pennsylvania State University, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Rochester and Webster University.
"As one of the world’s largest national economies, Japan continues to play a significant role in shaping global business practice," Alexander said. "I hope to further strengthen Massey’s graduate business programs through this experience." Belmont maintains one of the few graduate business programs in the U.S. to require an international study-abroad experience for each of its graduate students.
Prior to his Belmont administrative appointment in July 2007, Alexander served as dean of the Kenneth W. Monfort College of Business at the University of Northern Colorado (2001 – 2007) where he led the program to receipt of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award—the first college to ever earn that recognition from the President of the United States. He currently serves as chair-elect of the board of directors for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Foundation and also serves on the boards of directors for the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence and the Monfort Institute.
Alexander’s research has been published in a variety of journals, including the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management and Journal of Marketing Education. He has also received numerous teaching awards over the years, and in 2006, received the University of Northern Colorado’s overall Award for Academic Excellence Leadership. Alexander earned his doctorate and master’s degrees in business administration from what is now the University of Memphis and a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Harding University.
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