Sarah Fisher Gardial

Sarah Fisher Gardial
Born	Sarah USA
Alma mater	University of Arkansas University of Houston
Occupation	Academic
Employer	Belmont University Massey College of Business
Known for	University of Iowa Tippie College of Business dean, 2012–2020
Title	Dean
Successor	Amy Kristof-Brown
Board member of	GreenState Credit Union, United Fire Group, Learning Tree International

Sarah Fisher Gardial is an American academic and teacher. She became dean of Belmont University Massey College of Business in March 2020. She is also the former dean of Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa.

Early life

Sarah Fisher Gardial graduated from the University of Arkansas, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration in 1980 and an MBA in 1981.^[1] She earned a PhD from the University of Houston in 1986.^[1]

Career

Gardial taught at the University of Tennessee from 1986 to 2012.^[1]

Gardial was dean of Tippie College of Business during 2012 - 2020,^[1] where she was also a professor of marketing. She encouraged faculty to use real-life corporate situations rather than the traditional case method.^[2] She has also encouraged more women to enroll in the school's MBA program,^[3] and advocates for a shift in implicit cultural patterns that hamper equity for women.^[4][5]

In October 2019, she was named dean of Belmont University Massey College of Business, effective March 1, 2020.^[6]

Gardial serves on the boards of GreenState Credit Union, the United Fire Group, and Learning Tree International.^[7]

She co-authored marketing textbook Know Your Customer: New Approaches to Understanding Customer Value and Satisfaction.^[8]

References

1. "SARAH FISHER GARDIAL". Tippie College of Business. University of Iowa. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
2. Simons, John (November 2, 2016). "Business Schools Tackle 'Messy' Real-Time Corporate Issues". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
3. Wiggins, Kaye (March 2, 2017). "Women still balk at risk of investing in MBAs". Financial Times. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
4. Peckman, Charles "Tippie Dean Sarah Fisher Gardial reflects on tenure at the UI, role of women in business" The Daily Iowan, March 1, 2020.
5. Tilley, Rebekah "Dean Gardial shares pivotal life moment at Iowa Homecoming Dear World event" University of Iowa, Oct. 4, 2017.
6. Miller, Vanessa "Two University of Iowa administrators take jobs at other schools" The Gazette, Iowa, Oct. 23, 2019.
7. Tilley, Rebekah "Dean Sarah Fisher Gardial announces departure" University of Iowa, Oct. 23, 2019.
8. Woodruff, Robert B. and Gardial, Sarah F. Know Your Customer: New Approaches to Understanding Customer Value and Satisfaction Blackwell Business, Cambridge, Mass., 1996.