Ralph Quinones, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Business Law, College of Business Administration | Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Biography
You can contact Ralph Quinones at Ralph.Quinones@lmu.edu.
Before retiring as of June 1, 2018, Ralph Quiñones was an associate professor of business law at Loyola Marymount University. Professor Quiñones is an expert in business law application and cases, the legal environment of business, and marketing law. In 1991, he designed and introduced the College of Business Administration’s Marketing Law course which is currently an integral part of the business curriculum. Prior to joining LMU in 1986, Quiñones handled franchise fraud cases at the law offices of Gibson & Laun in Madison, Wisconsin, and worked in the Office of Operations for the Mayor of New York City. He also taught at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh for four years.
In his 28 years at LMU, Quiñones has received a total of 21 teaching awards, including 11 College of Business Administration Professor of the Year Awards, six Order of Omega Outstanding Professor Awards, one Beta Gamma Sigma Professor of the Year Award, and one Delta Sigma Pi Professor of the Year Award. In 2012, Quiñones was invited for inclusion in The Princeton Review’s Best Professors publication. Also in 2012, Quiñones was an Honorary Faculty Inductee into Alpha Sigma Nu, the highly prestigious Jesuit Honor Society. In Fall 2013, he was selected to serve as the first Honors Faculty Fellow in LMU's Honors Program. He is also a member of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business and the American Marketing Association.
Quiñones was the 2014 recipient of the President's Fritz B. Burns Distinguished Teaching Award, which is the highest academic honor at LMU. Only 22 professors have received the award in the University’s history. He will also be the recipient of the Teacher Eddy Award in 2015. The Westchester-LAX Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles bestows this honor on the top educators in the community. The Eddy Awards are generally regarded as the "Teaching Oscars."
Education (3)
New York University: MBA, Marketing 1981
New York University: J.D., Law 1980
Vassar College: B.A., Psychology
Areas of Expertise (3)
Marketing Law
Business Law Application and Cases
The Legal Environment of Business
Industry Expertise (3)
Research
Training and Development
Education/Learning
Articles (1)
The Regulation of Dietary Supplements Within the United States: Flawed Attempts at Mending a Defective Consumer Safety Mechanism
Journal of Consumer Affairs2013-07-02
The use of dietary supplements in the United States has escalated in the past decade, driven by the public's desire to exert control over their health and by the mistaken belief that the safety of dietary supplements is assured by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In fact, the marketing of largely unregulated supplements presents significant risks to public health.
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