Scott Borden

Scott Borden is formally an Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas; Assistant Professor; and, the Director of the Outdoor Industry MBA program in the School of Business at Western Colorado University.

His research and lectures are informed by the real world experiences of: publishing children’s books on rock climbing and skiing; being a senior contributor for a climbing magazine; working as the marketing director of an international outdoor education company; serving on the board of directors for a Benefit Corporation Certified investment bank, which has consulted on mergers and acquisitions for socially driven companies; supervising educators at the largest non-profit outdoor environmental science education organization in our National Parks, which receives over 36,000 students annually; running sales for the largest whitewater festival in the U.S.; and owning his own business which has consulted with organizations such as the business certifying organization B-Lab and the conservation non-profit organization The Access Fund.

Corporate Experience

• Benefit Director and Member of the Board of Directors, Keene Advisors, MA, USA, 2015 – Present

• Marketing Director, Haven Banks Outdoor Education Program, Exeter, UK, 2013 – 2014

• Mentor Teacher, NatureBridge, Yosemite National Park, CA, USA, 2008 – 2013

Academic Experience

• Assistant Professor, Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Venture Innovation in the Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas, AR, USA, 2022 – 2023

• Assistant Professor and Director, Outdoor Industry MBA, School of Business, Western Colorado University, CO, USA, 2019 – 2023

• Full-time Lecturer; Sustainable and Resilient Communities Masters Track Coordinator; and, Resilience Studies Consortium Coordinator, School of Environment and Sustainability, Western Colorado University, CO, USA, 2017 – 2019

• Researcher/Adjunct Lecturer, University of Exeter, Business School, Exeter, UK, 2014 – 2017

Academic Background

• University of Exeter, PhD in Business Management- Social Marketing, 2017. Dissertation: Application of Social Marketing to Promote Water Efficiency in the Tourism Accommodation Industry of South West England 

• Prescott College, M.A in Outdoor EnvironmentaL Education, 2007. Thesis: Ecological Literacy Requirements: A Case Study of Western State College of Colorado 

• Western Colorado University, Biology, Ecology (B.A.) and Environment and Sustainability (B.A.), 2005 (Cum laude)