Dr. Scott Carson

Professor

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Biography

A. Scott Carson is an emeritus professor at Smith School of Business, Queen’s University, specializing in governance and strategy. He was formerly the Stauffer-Dunning Chair of Policy Studies and an executive director at the Queen's School of Policy Studies. Professor Carson’s career spans business, government, and academia, having served as the head of corporate finance for a major Canadian bank, CEO of an Ontario government secretariat, and dean of two Canadian university business schools. Carson has held various leadership roles on several boards, including Kingston General Hospital, the Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce, and the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario. He has published extensively on Canadian healthcare governance, co-editing several influential books on the subject. Carson obtained his PhD in education from University College London, UK, and has degrees in education and commerce from Dalhousie and Mount Allison Universities. He has been actively involved in the academic community through teaching and program administration, providing strategic leadership and contributing to numerous research initiatives within healthcare policy and management.

Research Interests

Governance Strategy Healthcare Business Ethics Public-Private Partnerships

Experience

Professor Emeritus

2021-01-01 — Present

Smith School of Business, Queen’s University • Kingston, ON

Specializes in governance and strategy.

Director

2011-01-01 — 2015-01-01

Monieson Centre for Business Research in Healthcare • Kingston, ON

Strategy Area Coordinator

2009-01-01 — 2012-01-01

Smith School of Business, Queen’s University • Kingston, ON

Director

2007-01-01 — 2011-01-01

Queen’s MBA Program • Kingston, ON

Professor

2006-01-01 — 2020-01-01

Strategy & Organization • Smith School of Business, Queen’s University

Executive Director

2015-01-01 — 2016-01-01

Queen’s School of Policy Studies • Kingston, ON

Stauffer-Dunning Chair of Policy Studies

2015-01-01 — 2016-01-01

Queen’s School of Policy Studies • Kingston, ON

Dean/Professor of Business Policy

1996-01-01 — 2006-01-01

Lazaridis School of Business & Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University • Waterloo, ON

Dean/Professor of Management

1993-01-01 — 1996-01-01

Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary’s University • Halifax, NS

Assistant Professor

1982-01-01 — 1984-01-01

Faculty of Education, Queen’s University • Kingston, ON

Seminar Tutor

1975-01-01 — 1978-01-01

UCL Institute of Education, University of London • London, UK

Requirements for Queen's University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:24
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:88
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Honours Bachelor degree Background in Computing, Mathematics, Statistics, or Engineering
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Statement of Research Interest
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Two academic references
  • Transcripts
Specialization Notes

Department of Computing offers research-based, project-based, and course-based patterns.