John G. Geier is an American psychologist and inventor of the DISC assessment

DISC assessment

DISC is a group of psychological inventories developed by John Geier, and others, and based on the 1928 work of psychologist William Moulton Marston and the original behavioralist Walter V. Clarke and others.-History:...

His academic career includes the following positions:

• Director of Behaviour Sciences at the University of Minnesota
  University of Minnesota
  The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
  
  
• Visiting Professor University of Wisconsin–Madison
  University of Wisconsin–Madison
  The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
  
  
• Dean of the Extended University of Arizona
• adjunct Professor Graduate School of Business, University of Michigan
  University of Michigan
  The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
  
  

Early years

John G. Geier was born in Michigan to John Geier Sr. and Irene E. Bock. His father John was of Volga-German extraction and Irene was the daughter of Jewish immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

John Jr. was a bright student and worked his way through college painting with his father, who was taught the trade by a fellow Volga-German.

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