Dr. Nicole Flink

Dr. Nicole Flink is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Professional Sales at Weber State University. She currently teaches courses in Advanced Selling and Sales Personalities and Profiling.  She has a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Oklahoma State University.  As a proud graduate of the Professional Sales program, formerly known as Technical Sales at Weber State University, Nicole returned to Weber State University as a faculty member in 2018. She loves teaching sales while continuing to advance sales education and connecting students with real-world applications for their classroom learning. Before pursuing her Ph.D. and academic career, Nicole worked for several years as a sales representative for leading pharmaceutical companies. 

She truly enjoys coaching WSU sales students for national sales competitions and has been a past recipient of the NCSM Best Practices in Sales Education Award. In the greater academic sales community, Nicole serves as a Board Member and Teaching Session Coordinator for the National Conference in Sales Management. Nicole’s current research interests include the B2B buyer-seller interaction, salesperson behavior in the early-stage sales process, salesperson communication effectiveness, and best practices for sales and marketing education classrooms.  Nicole's research has been published in the Journal of Marketing Education, Marketing Education Review, Journal of Marketing Analytics, and several other peer-reviewed outlets.  

Courses Taught:

• PS 2603 - Advanced Selling Techniques
• PS 3103 - Sales Personalities & Profiles