John Ferguson, J.D.

Field: Laws, Politics, Religion
Areas of Focus: Business Ethics, Business Law, First Amendment, Interdisciplinary Education, International Business, Politics in the Workplace, Religion in the Workplace

Expertise

• Business law
• Ethics/business ethics
• Politics in the workplace
• Religion in the workplace
• Honor's education/administration
• First amendment
• Interdisciplinary education
• International business

Bio

John Ferguson is a graduate of Vanderbilt University’s Law and Divinity schools, where he earned his Juris Doctor and Master of Theological Studies degrees. He has been a member of the Tennessee, Washington, D.C., and Supreme Court bars. After graduation, Ferguson spent the next decade on the front lines of the culture wars as the First Amendment Education Coordinator and Attorney for the First Amendment Center in Nashville, TN. In that time he worked in 35 states, providing training and guidance to school districts and community groups on First Amendment issues of concern.

Prior to coming to Utah State he served as associate professor of Political Science and associate director of the University honors' program at Howard Payne University. He then served as a lecturer in the political science and management programs as well as pre-law coordinator at Baylor University. He also consulted around the country on First Amendment issues.

Since coming to USU, Ferguson has served as the associate director of the 2014-2017 Huntsman Scholar Program and as a senior lecturer in the Management Department of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business. During his time at USU he started the ethics course for the college as well as undertaking an 18-month process resulting in the creation of the nationally recognized, interdisciplinary course Proscholium: Introduction to Business in the World. This later course pulled from literature, science, art, psychology, and a number of humanities disciplines to introduce students to the role of business in the world.

He is the author of the textbook Business Law and Ethics and the co-author of the textbooks Proscholium and Business Law. He has taught Business Law and Ethics, Business Ethics, International Business Law, Proscholium, Negotiation, International Management, and Introduction to Business.