Dayle Smith, dean of the College of Business Administration at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, recently received the 2025 Patricia M. Flynn Distinguished Woman in Business Education Award at the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International Conference and Meeting in Vienna, Austria.
Established in 2016, the annual award recognizes women whose leadership, research, and educational initiatives have profoundly impacted other women and the field of business education.
Before joining the Loyola Marymount faculty in 2018, Dr. Smith was the Elmer D. Gates Endowed Professor of Innovative Business Culture and dean of the David D. Reh School of Business at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York. Earlier, she spent two decades on the faculty at the University of San Francisco, serving in roles such as department chair, associate dean, and director of the business honors program.
In her research, Dr. Smith primarily focuses on leadership, communication, and organizational behavior. She has authored numerous articles and books, including Women at Work (Pearson, 1999) and Winning With Difficult People (Barrons Educational Series, 2004). She also frequently serves as a consultant and gives presentations around the world on topics related to higher education, entrepreneurship, and women in leadership.
Dr. Smith earned her bachelor’s degree in communications studies from the University of Texas at Arlington and her Ph.D. in organizational communication from the University of Southern California.