• Ph.D.  Management, University of Georgia
• B.B.A. Management, Virginia Tech

• Professor, James Madison University, Management Department, 2013 - present
• Faculty Director of MBA Programs, 2015 - present
• College of Business B.B.A. Core Curriculum and Assurance of Learning Coordinator, James Madison University, 2011 - 2015
• Associate Professor, James Madison University, Management Department, 2008 - 2013
• Assistant Professor, James Madison University, Management Department, 2002 - 2008

Cavazos, D. & Rutherford, M. (2017). Assessing the external antecedents of firm participation in regulatory processes. Review of Managerial Science, 11 (2): 395-410. 

Shahzad, A., Rutherford, M. & Sharman, M. (2016). In good times but not in bad: The role of managerial discretion in moderating the stakeholder management and firm performance relationship. Business and Society Review, 121(4): 497-528. 

Mousa, F., Kim, S. & Rutherford, M. (2016). Top management team characteristics and boundary expansion during the post-IPO period. Management Decision, 54 (3): 664-682. 

Rutherford, M., Parks, L., Cavazos, D. & White, C. (2012). Investigating the factors that impact AACSB-accredited business schools’ decisions to require a Business Ethics course in the undergraduate core curriculum. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 11(2): 174-186.

• College of Business Madison Scholar Award
• College of Business Distinguished Teacher Award
• College of Business Foundation Faculty Fellow
• College of Business Dean’s Impact Award
• Paul E. Bierly Memorial Best Publication Award
• Best Educational Publication Award, JMU College of Business
• Faculty Member in Residence, Semester in Antwerp