Teacher Profile

David A. Dayton MBA PhD was most recently the Dean's Executive in Residence at UVU's Department of Organization and Strategic Management. He developed the "Doing Business in…" program, focusing on international business strategies and cultures. He established partnerships with universities, businesses, and governments across 11 Asian countries, creating student learning and business opportunities. At UVU, he also designed and taught courses such as Business Anthropology, Doing Business in China, Doing Business in ASEAN, Qualitative Research Methods, Introduction to Anthropology, Survey of International Business, and Intercultural Communications, blending theory with real-world applications to prepare students for global challenges. Recently, he was also a Visiting Professor at Shanghai Normal University, teaching International Strategy.

David’s Curriculum

International Marketing Fundamentals and Practices

Multinational Company Management and Practice

Research Areas

Chinese Corporate Culture; Thai Corporate Culture

Representative Achievements

PhD Dissertation

Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics: Transnational Chinese Identities and Corporate Cultures in ASEAN (FIU, 2021).

MA Thesis

Sacred Spaces: Hybridized daily Religious Habitus at Two Shrines in Bangkok (FIU, 2016).

MA Thesis

Thai Corporate Culture: A Case Study in a Bangkok Law Firm (NIU, 2001).

Recent Publications

“When Face is your FICO Score: Informal Behaviors of a Micro-lender in a Bangkok Neighborhood,” Vol 43 of REA (May 2024).

Review: “Intimate Economies of Development: Mobility, Sexuality, and Health in Asia,” TCHS, Culture, Health and Sexuality (Dec 1, 2016).

Teaching or Research Projects

“The 7 Labors of Hercules: Measuring the Impact of NGO Work in Ghana,” IAFOR, Japan (April 2024).

“Sacred Spaces and Urbanism in Bangkok Thailand,” National Endowment for the Humanities, Miami (June 2016).

Reflections on My Work

David has a PhD in Anthropology, an MBA from ESSEC in Singapore, and two Masters Degrees in Thai urban and corporate culture. He has taught multi-disciplinary courses for both business schools and humanities departments in multiple universities with consistently high student feedback ratings.