Professional Activities

Jack Hopkins is a lecturer in the management department in the Harbert School of Business at Auburn University. His previous faculty positions were as a lecturer in management or marketing at Coastal Carolina University, Clemson University, and in the University of North Carolina system.

His primary focus is on strategic management, entrepreneurship and international business. Hopkins' corporate experience covers a wide range of global business activities, including the introduction and marketing of millions of units of products such as cellular phones, pagers, chips, and consumer electronics among others. On the academic side, Hopkins holds a bachelor's and master's in international relations from the University of Notre Dame, and an MBA in marketing from the University of Rhode Island.

He was a Fulbright scholar to Denmark in 2005 and on the Fulbright Specialist Program roster from 2013–2018. He is the author of the books: 10 Essential Keys to Strategic Planning (2021) and The International Management Reader (2021) at Cognella Publishing, and The Forgotten P: A Real-Life Guide to Practical Marketing (2018) at Kendall Hunt Publishing.