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You can learn a lot about Daniel Turner, PhD, from his running playlist.

Self-described as a consistent, but slow, long-distance runner, Turner keeps his mind busy during his jogs by listening to a variety of podcasts. Topics include science, business, higher education, storytelling and even Association Football. He also embarrasses his eldest daughter by sharing similar music tastes in indie pop.  

Turner’s inherent curiosity and commitment to lifelong learning is obvious in the breadth of knowledge consumed just in his daily run. As the new Dean of the Albers School of Business of Economics, Turner brings this drive for growth and innovation, an impressive career within business and higher education and his personal experience as a first-generation college student attending a Jesuit university.

“The Ignatian elements really changed the way I thought not just about myself, but the world, my place in it and my responsibilities to it. I think those values have remained constant over time, but my understanding of how they manifest in real world issues has definitely changed,” Turner says. “We’ve done all these great things with this great opportunity engine of a market economy to lift people out of poverty and to cure disease and to make the world a better place. And yet there’s some systematic failures. There are people who are left behind.”

When Turner walked out the doors of St. Louis University in 1991, after graduating with a degree in business administration, he was ready to make a difference in the world. The Ignatian principles of evidence-based leadership and responsibility to society stayed with Turner as he continued his education, obtaining a Master of Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis and a PhD from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. The principles followed him throughout his career in higher education.

Coming to 香蕉视频 from the UW’s Foster School of Business where he was the Associate Dean, Turner drove the strategic direction of graduate education, ultimately expanding Foster’s portfolio from $12.5 million in revenue, 625 students and seven programs to $47 million in revenue, 1,131 students and 13 programs.

Additionally, Turner worked on several programs to bring climate change and sustainability into the curriculum, a problem he believes to be the biggest market failure facing this generation. He is also passionate about being structurally inclusive in the classroom to build a student experience that ensures all voices are engaged in conversation, especially those from underrepresented groups such as first-generation students.

“I want to bring all of that to the 香蕉视频 community, particularly Albers—active, engaging experiential learning in a high-structure environment,” Turner says. “I find the SU environment incredibly compelling. When I got on campus and started talking to people, I felt this sort of spirit of innovation combined with the Jesuit mission and responsibility to society. It’s super, super refreshing.”

“When I got on campus and started talking to people, I felt this sort of spirit of innovation combined with the Jesuit mission and responsibility to society. It’s super, super refreshing.” 
—Dr. Daniel Turner 

In his first months as the new dean, Turner will be listening to and learning from the Albers community. He plans to meet with every Albers staff and faculty member, external partners on campus and in the business community and with alumni and donors. Overall, Turner’s vision for Albers is innovation and growth, providing a transformative development experience to large, diverse cohorts of students ready to make a difference in the world.

Turner recognizes the crises affecting universities across the country, including the demographic cliff—a drop-off in applicants for colleges and universities—and a growing distrust in higher education. But where some see a crisis, Turner sees a compelling set of challenges.

“One thing I love is always finding opportunities in challenges. It gives you the discipline to think fundamentally about what is most important to you,” Turner says. “Challenges give you a strong mandate for innovation ... and overcoming the natural human resistance to change.”

Over the summer, Turner will be taking full advantage of the gorgeous Seattle weather—and his love of music—at concerts in Marymoor Park and Chateau St. Michelle, hiking with his family and, of course, running.

“If anyone from the SU community is running with me, certainly they are going to pass me.” 
 

Dan’s Running Playlist 

For running slow:

• Rainbow Kitten Surprise
• Hippo Campus
• The Moss
• Toots and the Maytals 

For running really slow: 

• Short Wave
• Teaching and Learning in Higher Ed with Bonni Stachowiak
• Capitalisn’t  
• The Moth
• Kind World
• StoryCorps
• Says You!