Institute for China Studies

Faculty – Gary Keller

Dr. Gary Keller, Ph.D.

Dr. Gary Keller is the founder of Keller Management Services, a boutique international consulting practice that assists clients ranging from governmental units to for-profit and not-for-profit enterprises in the areas of strategy, project management, and process improvement. Dr. Keller has had consulting and teaching assignments on 6 continents.

Dr. Keller is also an active university practitioner, offering traditional and adult learners more than 25 years of global teaching experience in both face-to-face and online formats. He also has more than 45 published articles, including 5 Best Research Paper awards from international conferences. Keller joined the Carthage College School of Business in 2022. Prior to teaching at Carthage College, he taught at Eastern Oregon University, where he was promoted to Full Professor, specializing in Management, Strategy, creativity, innovation, and Leadership.

He has also taught in the international programs of several universities in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Switzerland, France, and Latvia. He is a recipient of a national teaching excellence honor from the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) and several other distinctions, including membership in Phi Kappa Phi Keller.

Experience

  • Founder, Keller Management Services, 1996 – present
  • Professor, Eastern Oregon University, 2012 – 2021
  • Board of Trustees of Eastern Oregon University, Appointed by the Governor of Oregon, 2018 – 2020
  • Adjunct Professor at several universities, including Monarch Business School, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Continuing Education.
  • President and Chief Executive Officer, Milwaukee Ballet Company
  • Executive Director University Advancement and Executive Director UWSP Foundation, Inc., University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point)
  • Several leadership positions at not-for-profit organizations

Educational Background

  • Doctoral degree (Ph.D.), Business Administration, Northcentral University, With honors
  • Master’s Degree (M.S.), Management, Cardinal Stritch University
  • Master’s Degree (M.A.), History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.), History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Cum Laude

Key Academic Publications

  • Examining If Grading Bias Exists in a Professor of Business Courses: An Individual Study.
  • Determining if there is a relationship between how much time a faculty member spends assessing student assignments and final grades at a rural university: A one-year analysis.
  • Comparing the total activity rates and grade outcomes of students at a rural university: A one-year analysis. 
  • The importance of ISO certification for academic institutions.
  • Proposing alternative masters degrees models for small colleges/schools of business.
  • Linkages between ceo compensation, net income and stock prices.
  • Comparing differences between the learning outcomes of adult learners, traditional learners, and online learners: A quantitative methodology.
  • Assessing a faculty member’s role in changing writing outcomes of undergraduate capstone papers: A quantitative study.
  • Examining if there is a relationship between CEO compensation and the stock price and net income of publicly traded corporations in the state of Wisconsin, USA.
  • Amenity conflicts between urban port facilities and communities in Australia.
  • Defining and describing optimal management practices and their effects on agency performance of not-for-profit organizations in southeast Wisconsin.
  • Comparing the affects of management practices on organizational performance between for-profit and not-for-profit corporations in southeast Wisconsin.
  • The impact of management practices on the economic performance of family and privately owned firms entering the recession.
  • Comparing the five factors of production of for-profit firms and not for profit organizations in southeast Wisconsin.
  • Assessing the management practices of not-for-profit corporations in southeast Wisconsin and their effects on organizational performance.
  • Do management practices affect the economic performance of firms located in southeast Wisconsin, USA
  • Assessing the impact of management on the performance of metropolitan Milwaukee, Wisconsin firms: A preliminary investigation.
  • The influence of military strategies on business planning.

Language

  • English (native)