Beggs Jeri

Beggs Jeri serves as the Interim Director of Athletics at Illinois State University since April 2023, having held various academic positions at the same institution since 2012, including Professor and Associate Professor of Marketing. Jeri specializes in teaching within the Integrated Marketing Communications sequence, with research interests focused on ethical decision-making, ethics education, and religiosity in advertising. Prior to Illinois State University, Jeri was an Assistant Professor of Marketing at Indiana University from 1999 to 2002. Jeri holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Marketing from Saint Louis University and an MBA in Non-profit organizations and marketing, along with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Speech Communication with a specialization in Public Relations, both from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.