Instructor: Charles Keller

No image available Biography:

Charles "Chick" Keller is a retired senior executive and retired professor. He worked 15 years each at Sprint and Black & Veatch in strategic planning and strategic marketing, rising to VP level both times. In 2000, he began a career as a professor in the University of Kansas engineering management program where he taught finance and strategic planning.

Classes by this instructor


Three Big, Long-Lasting Changes: The World Issues Discussion Series

This unique class will give us insight into worldwide issues affecting modern society - and a platform for lively discussions related to them. (Come ready to share your ideas and engage your peers!) Each week we'll focus on a topic:
  • How the world structure is changing from the post-World War II rules-based structure to one of "might makes right."
  • How emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence may spark the fourth industrial revolution.
  • 80 percent of Americans believe climate change is real, and its impacts are growing. Yet we refuse to change our lifestyle to alleviate the effects. Why do we wait for the free market or the government to solve the problem?

Instructor bio: Charles "Chick" Keller is a retired senior executive and retired professor. He worked 15 years each at Sprint and Black & Veatch in strategic planning and strategic marketing, rising to VP level both times. In 2000, he began a career as a professor in the University of Kansas engineering management program where he taught finance and strategic planning.


October 16-30, 2025, KU Edwards Campus, Regnier Hall & Online