Aberdeen (Leila) Borders

Professor Emeritus
Marketing & Professional Sales

Dr. Aberdeen (Leila) Borders holds a Ph.D. and MBA in Marketing from Georgia State University and a BBA in Accounting from the University of Georgia. Her teaching and research have primarily focused on sales and sales management, as well as business-to-business marketing. Before joining Kennesaw State University, Dr. Borders taught at Georgia State University, Clark Atlanta University, and the University of New Orleans. Prior to academia, Dr. Borders held the position of senior auditor with the Department of Defense (Defense Contract Audit Agency) and later, senior systems analyst with BellSouth Telecommunications.
 
Dr. Borders is professor emerita at Kennesaw State University; however, before retiring from Kennesaw, she served as a professor of marketing and sales and the assistant chair of the Department of Marketing and Professional Sales. She was an editorial board member for the Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science (JGSMS), Journal of Emerging Knowledge on Emerging Markets (JEKEM), and Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing (JBIM). Dr. Borders also served many terms with the Coles College Hughes Leadership and Career Program (HLCP) as a career coach, the Symposium of Asia-USA Partnership Opportunities (SAUPO) as a program organizer, the National Collegiate Sales Competition (NCSC) as an orchestrator, and the American Marketing Association (AMA) Relationship Marketing Strategic Interest Group (RMSIG) as the president.
 
Dr. Borders is currently a member of the board of directors of the Dorm to C-Suites Career Coaching program. Some of Dr. Borders’ most recent honors and awards include the PhD Project Hall of Fame, Coles College Service Award, KSU Collaborative Award, and the Atlantic Marketing Association R. Keith Tudor Service Award.