Tom Turner

• Ph.D., Consumer, Apparel and Retail Studies, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
• MBA, Global Business Strategy, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
• B.S., Industrial Management, Clemson University

Tom Turner, an assistant professor in the College of Business and Economics, has been at Lenoir-Rhyne since 2017. He serves as the program coordinator for the marketing, professional sales and supply chain management programs. He teaches courses in marketing principles, marketing research, sales management, integrated marketing communications, marketing strategy and supply chain management.

His research interests focus on innovative business models, the experience economy, agile supply chain practices and consumer behavior. He has published research in refereed journals such as "Leisure/Loisir," the "Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management" and the "Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal." He has delivered multiple peer-reviewed research presentations at conferences held by the American Marketing Association, International Textiles and Apparel Association, American Collegiate Retailing Association, Academy of Marketing and the Marketing Management Association.

Previously, Turner worked for more than 20 years in a variety of progressive leadership roles in industrial engineering, supply chain management, operations and sales and marketing with multiple Fortune 500 companies, including VF Corporation, First Horizon Bank, JC Penney Company and Masco Corporation.