Dennis Karney is a professor emeritus of international business at the University of Kansas School of Business. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and his master’s and doctoral degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

During his career, Karney has lectured in France, China, Ukraine, and Mexico. He spent the fall semester of 2005 in Ukraine as a Fulbright Scholar. He led 11 MBA study abroad courses to France, Germany, and China. From 2002 to 2005, Karney served as the associate faculty director of the KU Center for International Business Education and Research. In addition, he developed and delivered more than 260 days of executive education to executives in the U.S. and in China, and assisted numerous regional and national organizations, both profit and nonprofit, with their improvement efforts.