She joined the faculty at Appalachian in 2009 and has previously served as director for the center for entrepreneurship. She has taught a variety of entrepreneurship courses and has developed and led study-abroad programs to Vietnam, Cambodia and Panama and co-led trips to Spain and Malawi. Dixon-Fowler's research is primarily focused on sustainable business, social entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility and firm governance. She earned a PhD in Business Administration with an emphasis in corporate strategy from the University of Arkansas where she also worked as part of the founding team at the Applied Sustainability Center.