Joined University of Maryland Spring 2007.

W. Christian Buss, Ph.D. left  the School of Business at the State University of New York/University at Albany to concentrate full-time on executive education. Prior to his departure, the UAlbany President named him to the rank of Professor Emeritus. He is an adjunct professor at the Smith School of the University of Maryland and a member of the core faculty at the Graduate School of Business Administration in Zurich , Switzerland . He teaches in executive programs with the Rotterdam School of Management, Leiden University, Institute of Banking Studies ( Kuwait ), the Levin Institute and private companies.

His Ph.D. in Marketing is from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania . He is an active international consultant and trainer. Buss has received a total of thirteen different teaching awards for his programs at various schools. He received a Special Recognition Award from the Capital Region World Trade Center for his support of international initiatives in the Capital Region of New York in 2004. His Ph.D. dissertation won first-place as the best Marketing dissertation from the American Marketing Association in 1980.