{"id":6075,"date":"2025-03-13T14:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/school-of-business\/?p=6075"},"modified":"2025-03-17T14:05:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T18:05:42","slug":"john-dobson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/faculty-research-areas\/john-dobson\/","title":{"rendered":"John Dobson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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