Areas of Expertise

Leadership, teams, community, and global consulting

Academic Degrees

• PhD – Organizational Leadership

Professional Experience

• Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Faculty Lecturer
• Kelley School of Business, MBA Core Coordinator
• City of Bloomington , Director of Community and Family Resources
• City of Bloomington , Personnel Director
• Monroe County Community Corrections , House Arrest Coordinator
• United States Marine Corps, Computer operations/Water Survival Instructor
• St. Paul’s Methodist Church, Finance Committee
• St. Paul’s Methodist Church, Administrative Council – Former Chair
• United Methodist Blue Ribbon Task Force on Outdoor Ministries
• Walnut Creek Neighborhood Group
• Community Development Block Grant (Citizen Advisory Committee) , Former Chair
• Bloomington Hospital , Advisory Board
• Chamber of Commerce , Diversity Team
• Citizens for Jail Improvement/Juvenile Justice Task Force
• Hoosier Alliance for Consumer Rights , Former Board President
• Consumer Credit Counseling Advisory Board
• Regional School-to-Career Committee
• South Central Private Industry Council
• Bank One Community Action Council
• Stone Belt/Human Rights Committee
• Partners in Education Task Force
• Society for Human Resource Management, Member
• Academy of Management, Member

Awards, Honors & Certificates

• Alpha Kappa Psi's Teacher's Excellence Award, 2021
• Honors I-Core Most Influential Teacher Award, 2020
• Co-Awarded Regional Resiliency Award from Indiana Uplands Regional Opportunity Initiatives for Project Hope, 2020
• Awarded CEO of Kelley 5K for Robert Liu Memorial Scholarship, 2019
• Ambassador of Excellence CET (Havana, Cuba), 2018
• Nominated for Latino Faculty and Staff Council Awards – Indiana University, 2018
• Most Inspirational Teacher – (Pre-I-Core) – Kelley School of Business, 2015
• Professor Appreciation Dinner hosted by the Phi Gamma Delta, 2015
• Inducted as Honorary Member of IU Chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta (ALD) and Phi Eta Sigma (PES), two honor societies at IU, 2014
• Alpha Kappa Psi Teaching Excellence Award, 2013
• Student Choice Award for Outstanding Faculty Member, 2012
• Civic Leadership Development "Pie-a-Professor," 2012
• Indiana University Athletic Department Scholastic Achievement Award Favorite Professor, 2010
• Civic Leadership Development "Pie-a-Professor" (Professor "pied"), 2010
• MBA Faculty Member Most Likely to Enter a Wii Contest & Most likely to Win a Wii Tournament, 2009
• Selected as Professor Who Goes Above & Beyond - Alpha Kappa Psi - Kelley School of Business, 2008
• Memorable Faculty Award by our Kelley graduating senior students, 2008
• Student Alumni Association Homecoming Judge, 2008
• Indiana University Student Choice for Outstanding Faculty, 2007
• MBA Big Ten Case Competition Coach, Big Ten Winning Team, 2007
• Recognition of Outstanding Teaching and Positive Impact by the 2007 Kelley Senior Class, 2007
• Teacher's Excellence Award – Teacher Who Cares Most About Students - Alpha Kappa Psi, 2005
• Named Honorary Member of the Indiana University Residence Halls Alumni Association, 2004
• Favorite Faculty Award Spring - Delta Gamma Theta, 2003
• Alpha Kappa Psi – Teacher's Excellence Award – Teacher Who Cares Most About Students, 2003
• Teaching Excellence Recognition Award Finalist – Indiana University, 2002
• Most Dedicated Professor (Spring Semester) - Delta Sigma Pi, 2002
• Most Supportive Professor (Fall Semester) - Delta Sigma Pi, 2002
• Teacher Who Cares Most about His Students - Alpha Kappa Psi, 2002
• Teaching Excellence Recognition Award (School of Continuing Studies), 2000
• Schuyler F. Otteson Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1999
• Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, Kelley School of Business, 1999
• Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, Kelley School of Business, 1998

Selected Publications

• Ryan, K. C., and and Dayton, K. G. (2023). In Their Own Words: A Classroom Exercise to Expose Gender Bias in Student Teams. Management Teaching Review, 8(4), 348–359. https://doi.org/10.1177/23792981221104080.
• Dayton, K. G. (2022). An Inception of Scriptural Work Instruction: An Analysis of Colossians 3:23–24. In Henson, J.D. (Ed.) Biblical Organizational Spirituality: Christian Faith Perspectives in Leadership and Business. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04006-1_15.
• Dayton, K. G., Koster, K., Prenkert, J. D., and Ridlon, R. (2018). Short-Term International Business Immersion Courses: Short-Term Program, Long-Term Effects? Business Horizons, 6(61), 903-911. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2018.06.003.

Edited on June 21, 2023