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Name Department Topics of Expertise
Dr. Bill Belski Accounting and Management Information Systems Accounting Standards/Financial Accounting Issues; Accounting Ethics/Business Ethics; Capital Market Research/Earning Management; Not-For-Profit Accounting and Reporting
Dr. Chad Carson Entrepreneurship, Management and Marketing Group Dynamics/Teamwork; Absenteeism; Family Business Issues; Production/Factory Worker Motivation and Management; Entrepreneurship; Supervisory Styles; Effective Teaching Methods
Dr. Betsy Bugg Holloway Entrepreneurship, Management and Marketing Retailing; Services Marketing; Survey Research Methods; Customer Relationship Management; Complaint Management; Performance Measurement Systems;
Larry Harper Entrepreneurship, Management and Marketing Managerial Values/Business Ethics; International Business; Utilities; Regulation;Energy; Finance; Graduate Business Education; International Business
Dr. Sara Helms Economics, Finance and Quantative Anaylsis Philanthropy; Volunteering and Policy Related to Service Learning and Community Service; Education Policy; Religion and Giving; Behavioral Economics; Experimental Economics; Health Policy (as it relates to illegal drug policy); Labor Economics
Dr. Steve Jones Economics, Finance and Quantitative Analysis Bankruptcy Statistics; Credit Scoring; Identity Theft; Internet Banking; Financial Services; Corporate Finance; Life Insurance; Finance Theory
John D. Kottmeyer Economics, Finance and Quantative Analysis Financial Markets; Banking Issues; Federal Reserve Policy/Actions; Economic Outlook
Dr. John Knapp University Professor and Director, Frances Marlin Mann Center for Ethics and Leadership Business Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility; Crisis Management; Professional Ethics; Leadership; Corporate Governance; Ethics Education; Religious Issues in Business
Dr. Archie Lockamy, III Entrepreneurship, Management and Marketing Manufacturing/Service Operations; Quality Management; Supply Chain Management; Performance Measurement Systems; Process Improvement in Health Care Organizations
Dr. Cynthia Lohrke Accounting and Management Information Systems Computers, technology, systems topics; financial planning and retirement; Income taxes; Fraud; Investments and Estate Planning
Dr. Franz T. Lohrke Entrepreneurship, Management and Marketing Organizational Decline and Turnaround; Business Plan Writing; Inter-Organizational Alliances; Social and Not-For-Profit Entrepreneurship; New Venture Start-Up Process; Managing Organizational Slack Resources; E-Commerce and Internationalization Issues; Business History
Dr. Jennings Marshall Economics, Finance and Quantitative Analysis Wrongful Death and Injury; Personal Finance; Statistics
Dr. James Reburn Accounting and Management Information Systems Financial Accounting; Accounting Education; General Banking Issues; Financial Reporting; Stock Ownership Reporting and Nonprofit Management
Dr. Doug Smith Accounting and Management Information Systems Auditing
Dr. Beck A. Taylor Economics, Finance and Quantitative Analysis Oil and Gasoline Markets/Pricing; General Business and Economic Issues; Child Development and Poverty; Economic Development; Industry Studies
Dr. Jeremy Thornton Social Entrepreneurship Coordinator, Economics, Financial and Quantitative Analysis Nonprofit Organization/Philanthropy; Public Policy/Tax Policy; Economics of Religion; Competition/Pricing Strategy
Dr. Darin White Entrepreneurship, Management and Marketing Strategic Planning; Competitive Reconnaissance; Marketing Strategy Development; Retailing; Leadership & Business Coaching; Marketing Research; Political, Sports, Nonprofit, & International Marketing; Franchising; Advertising; Branding; Pricing; New Product Development; Sales & Sales Management Training
 
Dr. Melissa Woodley Economics, Finance and Quantitative Analysis Corporate Bonds; Corporate Finance (Executive Compensation, Dividend Policy, Capital Structure); Corporate Bond Liquidity
Dr. Thomas W. Woolley Economics, Finance and Quantitative Analysis Statistics and its Applications; Research Design, Analysis, and Interpretation (Business and Medical Applications); Science and Religion; Chance and Christianity; Statistical Education/Literacy; Thomas Aquinas and the Role of Contingency; Bayesian Analysis and Outlier Methodology