M. Merrill Johnson

  • Title: Associate Professor
  • College: College of Business
  • Email Address: [email protected]
  • Office Phone: 1.402.557.7810
  • Office Location: #200-H, Humanities Building
  • Subject(s):
    • International Consumer Behavior
    • Sales Management
    • Integrated Marketing Communications
    • Introduction to Business
    • Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship
    • Business Marketing
    • Marketing Management
    • Segmentation
    • Customer Behavior and Relationship Management
    • Capstone Marketing Strategy
    • Creating Brand Image and Relationships in Business
    • Principles of Marketing
    • Marketing
    • New Media Strategy
  • Degrees Awarded:
    • M.P.A. University of Nebraska-Omaha, 1985
    • Drake University, Specialization in Education, 2001
    • Southern New Hampshire University, Graduate Certificate in Marketing, 2014
  • Experience:
    • Marketing/Product Manager, Telecommunications Industry (17 years)
    • Family Farm Ownership and Management (25 years and counting)
    • Senior Vice President, Chamber of Commerce (3 & ½ years)
    • Board of Director (10 years), not-for-profit 501 (c)(3), non-denominational organization
    • Director of Gift Planning (2 years), not-for-profit 501 (c)(3), non-denominational organization
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Product Management
  • Not-For-Profit Marketing
  • American Marketing Association Professional Certified Marketer (Marketing Management) designations, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2021, and 2024
  • Burkholder, Kent & Johnson, M. Merrill. (2013). Study Outline for the Professional Certified Marketer Exam. Bellevue University. Retrieved from ebrary.com
  • Cronin-Gilmore, J., Johnson, M. (2017). Learning marketing strategy through case analysis. Position Paper. Marketing Educators’ Association Spring Conference. 97-98. marketingeducators.org (Presented April 2017).
  • Johnson, M., Cronin-Gilmore, J., Zalman, R. (2020). Changing a Course Assessment to Measure Program Learning Outcomes. Marketing Educators’ Association Spring Conference. 15. Changing a Course Assessment to Measure Program Learning Outcomes. Marketing Educators’ Association Spring Conference
  • Zalman, R., Cronin-Gilmore, J., Johnson. M. (2020). Creative Teaching Methods to Prepare Capable Students in Challenging Times. Position Paper. 93-94. Marketing Management Association Fall Conference proceedings. ISSN 2325-3533 mmaglobal.org
  • Johnson, M., Cronin-Gilmore, J., Zalman, R., (2021). What are the best practices for keeping Curriculum Relevant? (2021). Working Paper. Marketing Management Association Virtual Spring Conference. 83-84. mmaglobal.org (Presented March 26, 2021).
  • Rozengard, M.A., Zalman, R., & Johnson, M.M. (2022, September 23). Graduate student mentoring to improve retention [Position Paper]. Marketing Management Association Fall Educators’ Conference, San Antonio.
  • Johnson, M.M., Zalman, R., & Skutt, T. (2022, October 28). Fostering business growth through the Tom and Annie Pratt Entrepreneurial Award program [Session Presentation]. Nebraska Economics and Business Association, Lincoln. (Presented October 28, 2022).
  • Cox Communications, Vision Award - Internet self-install program – 2001
  • Retained System Project Award - Idaho 2005-2006
  • Marketing Excellence Development Program - 2007