Dr. Marylou Shockley joined the CSUMB College of Business in 2006 as Business Department Chair. She brings her passion for leadership, international business, and organizational behavior to her role as Interim Dean. She is the author of several books and her work in the fields of diversity and social application of network technologies is well-known and is based on her significant business experience with AT&T and Pacific Bell.

Dr. Shockley earned her doctorate in management from Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford in England.