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2016 - 2017 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Walker College of Business Faculty


Walker College of Business

Department of Accounting

PENELOPE L. BAGLEY (2010)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Accounting
B.S., M.A., North Carolina State University
Ph.D., University of Georgia

WILLIAM M. BAKER (1991)
Professor in the Department of Accounting
B.S., M.A., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ph.D., Virginia Tech
CMA, CCE, CCA
Graduate Faculty

KENNARD S. BRACKNEY (2003)
Professor in the Department of Accounting
B.S.B.A., M.S., Old Dominion University
Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Graduate Faculty

RANDAL K. EDWARDS (1986)
Interim Vice Chancellor for University Advancement and Professor in the Department of Accounting
B.S.B.A., M.S., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

TIMOTHY B. FORSYTH (1989)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Accounting
B.S., University of South Alabama
M.B.A., University of Southern Mississippi
Ph.D., The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa)

MARY ANN HOFMANN (2006)
Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting
B.S., Union College
M.B.A., University of Nebraska
M.S., Grand Valley State University
Ph.D., Arizona State University. CMA
Graduate Faculty

REBECCA KAENZIG (1986)
Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting
B.A., Furman University
Ph.D., University of South Carolina

RACHEL KELLER (2005)
 Lecturer in the Department of Accounting
B.S., Duke University
M.S., Appalachian State University

CLAUDIA L. KELLEY (1994)
Professor in the Department of Accounting
B.S., Waynesburg College
M.S., University of Illinois
M.T.A., Ph.D., The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa).
Graduate Faculty

TAMARA K. KOWALCZYK (2005)
Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting
B.S.A., St. Edward’s University
M.B.A., The University of Texas
Ph.D., Texas A&M University.
Graduate Faculty

RONALD E. MARDEN (1995)
Professor in the Department of Accounting
B.A., M.A., Florida Atlantic University
Ph.D., University of South Florida.
Graduate Faculty

ALVARO MARTINELLI (1974)
Professor in the Department of Accounting
Laurea, University of Genoa, Italy
M.B.A., Ph.D., North Texas State University

KENNETH E. PEACOCK (1983)
Chancellor of Appalachian State University and Professor in the Department of Accounting
B.S., Mars Hill College
M.S., Ph.D., Louisiana State University

WILLIAM B. POLLARD (1981)
Professor in the Department of Accounting and Director of the Master of Science in Accounting Program
B.A., Mars Hill College
M.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Graduate Faculty

TRACY NELSON REED (2009)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Accounting
B.S., M.Acc., Eastern Michigan University
Ph.D., Virginia Tech

FORREST DOUGLAS ROBERTS (2002)
Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting
B.B.A., Southern Arkansas University
M.B.A., University of Arkansas
Ph.D., University of Tennessee.
Graduate Faculty

H. LYNN STALLWORTH (2006)
Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting
B.Accountancy, M.Accountancy, University of Mississippi
Ph.D., Louisiana State University.
Graduate Faculty
 
PHILIP R. WITMER (1992)
Professor in the Department of Accounting
B.A., Greensboro College
M.B.A., University of South Carolina
Ph.D., The George Washington University.

JANET L. WOODS (2001)
Lecturer in the Department of Accounting
B.S.B.A., M.S., Appalachian State University.

Department of Computer Information Systems and Supply Chain Management

TIMOTHY HUNTER BURWELL (1986)
Vice Provost for Resource Management, Office of Academic Affairs; and Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
B.A., Wofford College
M.S., Ph.D., Clemson University

JOSEPH CAZIER (2004)
Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Research in the Walker College of Business and Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
B.S., Washington State University, Richland
M.B.A., Brigham Young University
Ph.D., Arizona State University, Tempe
Graduate Faculty

CHIEN-HUNG CHEN (CHARLIE) (2003)
Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
B.S., Tamsui Oxford College
M.S., Fairleigh Dickinson University
M.B.A., American Graduate School of International Management
Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University
Graduate Faculty

JOHN K. CORLEY (2009)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
B.I.S., University of Georgia
M.B.A., Augusta State University
Ph.D., Auburn University
Graduate Faculty

DINESH S. DAVÉ (1988)
Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Gujarat University
M.S., West Virginia College of Graduate Studies
Graduate Faculty

SAMUEL K. FORMBY (2011)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
B.S., M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
Ph.D., University of South Carolina (Columbia)
Graduate Faculty

ALBERT LEWIS HARRIS (1989)
Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
B.S., Indiana University
M.S., George Washington University
Ph.D., Georgia State University
CISA, CDP, CSP, CMC, CCP
Graduate Faculty

REGINA HARTLEY (2015)
Lecturer in the Department of Computer Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
B.A., Appalachian State University
M.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., Regent University, VA

DARIN HODGES (2016)
Lecturer in the Department of Computer Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
B.S.B.A., Appalachian State University
M.B.A., Appalachian State University

SCOTT HUNSINGER (2005)
Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems and Supply Chain Management and Co-Director of the Center for Applied Research on Emerging Technologies (CARET)
B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Graduate Faculty

JOHN KOPWALCZYK (2014)
Lecturer in the Department of Computer Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
B.S., SW Texas State University
A.A.S., Southern Nevada
M.B.A., Appalachian State University

STEVEN LEON (2016)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
B.S., University of North Dakota
M.B.A., Loyola University
Ph.D., North Dakota State University

BEVERLY DAWN MEDLIN (1988)
Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems and Supply Chain Management and Co-Director of the Center for Applied Research on Emerging Technologies (CARET)
B.A., M.A., Appalachian State University
Ed.D., Virginia Tech
Graduate Faculty

BILL PHILLIPS (2012)
Lecturer in the Department of Computer Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
B.S., University of South Carolina
M.B.A., University of South Carolina

CAROL POLLARD (2005)
Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Graduate Faculty

CHRIS TAYLOR (2011)
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
B.S., Appalachian State University
M.B.A., Appalachian State University

SANDRA ANN VANNOY (1998)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
B.S.B.A., M.B.A., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Graduate Faculty

JASON (JIE) XIONG (2016)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
B.A., University of Electronic Science/Technology
M.A., Zhejiang University, China
M.S., University of Nebraska
Ph.D., Yale University

Department of Economics

DAVID MICHAEL BRUNER (2008)
 Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics
B.S., Virginia Tech
M.A. University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ph.D., University of Calgary
Graduate Faculty

TODD LINTON CHERRY (2001)
Professor in the Department of Economics
B.S.B.A., Appalachian State University
M.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Ph.D., University of Wyoming

JOHN WILLIAM DAWSON (2000)
Associate Professor in the Department of Economics
B.S., East Carolina University
M.A., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

DAVID L. DICKINSON (2004)
Professor in the Department of Economics
B.A., Western Washington University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Arizona
Graduate Faculty

PETER A. GROOTHUIS (2002)
Professor in the Department of Economics
B.S., Central Michigan University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Graduate Faculty

ONUR INCE (2011)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics
B.A., M.A., Bilkent University, Turkey
M.A., Ph.D., University of Houston
Graduate Faculty

JOHN G. LEHMAN (2012)
Lecturer in the Department of Economics
B.S., Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
M.S., Virginia Tech

TANGA M. McDANIEL (2003)
Associate Professor in the Department of Economics
B.S., Ph.D., University of South Carolina

DAVID M. McEVOY (2007)
Associate Professor in the Department of Economics
B.S., University of New Hampshire
M.S., University College London (UK)
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst
Graduate Faculty

MICHAEL J. McKEE (2007)
Professor in the Department of Economics
B.A., Ph.D., Carleton University
Graduate Faculty

TETYANA MOLODTSOVA (2013)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics
M.S., Odessa National University
Ph.D., University of Houston

OWEN ASHTON MORGAN (2008)
Associate Professor in the Department of Economics
B.A., University of Humberside
M.A., Ph.D., University of Delaware
Graduate Faculty

TIMOTHY JAMES PERRI (1980)
Professor in the Department of Economics
B.S., University of Kentucky
M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Graduate Faculty

JAYJIT ROY (2010)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics
B.S., Presidency College
M.A., Jawaharlal Nehrn University
M.A., Ph.D., Southern Methodist University
Graduate Faculty

MARK C. STRAZICICH (2004)
Professor in the Department of Economics
B.A., University of British Columbia
M.A., Simon Fraser University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington
Graduate Faculty

JOHN C. WHITEHEAD (2004)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Economics
B.A., Centre College
M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Graduate Faculty

JI YAN (2010)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics
B.A., M.A., Fudan University
M.A., Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis

Department of Finance, Banking & Insurance

JONATHAN ALLEN (2008)
Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance
B.S., University of Mississippi
M.S., Wake Forest University

JAMIE ANDERSON-PARSON (2012)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance
B.S., Nebraska Weslyan University
J.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law

BRYAN SCOTT BOUBOULIS (2012)
Lecturer in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance
B.S.B.A., M.B.A., Appalachian State University

ROBERT LEE CHERRY, JR. (1982)
Professor in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance
A.B., M.B.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
J.D., Wake Forest University

HARRY McLEMORE DAVIS (1977)
Professor in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance and Holder of the North Carolina Bankers Association Professorship
A.B., The University of North Carolina of Chapel Hill
M.A., Vanderbilt University
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Graduate Faculty

LEIGH E. DUNSTON (2002)
Executive-in-Residence in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance
B.S., St. Joseph’s University
J.D., Georgetown University

KAREN EPERMANIS (2006)
Associate Professor in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance; Director of the Brantley Risk and Insurance Center; and Internship Coordinator for Risk Management
B.B.A., University of Georgia
M.B.A., University of Tulsa
Ph.D., University of South Carolina

JOHN P. GEARY (1976)
Associate Professor in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance
A.B., The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa)
J.D., Samford University
M.A., Ph.D., George Peabody College for Teachers

DELBERT C. GOFF (1991)
Professor in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance
B.S.B.A., University of Florida
M.B.A., Ph.D., Florida State University

JEFF HOBBS (2005)
Associate Professor in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance
B.S., West Virginia University
M.S., Ph.D., Virginia Tech

JARROD JOHNSTON (2003)
Associate Professor in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance
B.A., Drake University
M.B.A., University of Kentucky
Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University

TERRILL RAY KEASLER (1987)
Professor in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance
B.S., Livingston State University
M.A., Ph.D., The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa)
Graduate Faculty

DAVID CRAIG MARLETT (2003)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance; and Holder of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) Distinguished Professorship
B.S., Ph.D., Florida State University

RICHARD E. MATTAR (1987)
Executive-in-Residence in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance
B.S., North Carolina State University
J.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

CHRIS R. McNEIL (2004)
Associate Professor in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance; and Internship Coordinator for Finance and Banking
B.S., Wake Forest University
Ph.D., University of South Carolina

HEATHER HULBURT NORRIS (2003)
Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Administration in the Walker College of Business and Professor in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance
B.B.A., James Madison University
M.S., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

IVAN CARL ROTEN (2001)
Associate Professor in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance
B.S., North Carolina State University
M.B.A., Ed.S., Appalachian State University
Ph.D., University of Kentucky

DAVID DORROH WOOD (1985)
Professor in the Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance and Joseph F. Freeman Distinguished Professor in Insurance
B.S.B.A., Delta State University
M.B.A., University of Mississippi
D.B.A., Louisiana Tech University
Graduate Faculty

Department of Management

STELLA E. ANDERSON (1992)
Professor in the Department of Management
B.A., North Carolina State University
Ph.D., Purdue University
Graduate Faculty

JACQUELINE Z. BERGMAN (2006)
Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Management
B.A., Dickinson College
M.S., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Graduate Faculty

ROBIN T. BYERLY (1997)
Associate Professor in the Department of Management
B.A., M.B.A., Tennessee Technological University
Ph.D., Florida State University

J. DANA CLARK (1991)
Professor in the Department of Management and Director of the Hospitality and Tourism Management Program
B.A., M.B.A., University of Georgia
Ph.D., Virginia Tech
Graduate Faculty

BETTY SMITH COFFEY (1992)
Professor in the Department of Management
B.A., Berea College
M.A., The University of Alabama at Birmingham
M.B.A., M.H.A., Xavier University
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Graduate Faculty

RICHARD D. COTTON (2010)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Management
B.S., Syracuse University
M.S., Ph.D., Boston College

JOSEPH P. DALY (1989)
Professor in the Department of Management
B.A., Columbia University
M.P.S., Cornell University
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Graduate Faculty

HEATHER DIXON-FOWLER (2009)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Management
B.A., Eckerd College
M.B.A., Wichita State University
Ph.D., University of Arkansas
Graduate Faculty

SCOTT D. HAYWARD (2009)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Management
B.B.A., University of Florida
M.B.A., Ph.D., Emory University
Graduate Faculty

DAN K. HSU (2011)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Management
B.S., M.S., Fu-Jen Catholic University
M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Ph.D., Syracuse University

CAROL S. KLINE (2014)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Management
B.A., Wake Forest University
M.S., Ph.D., North Carolina State University

MARK O. LEWIS (2011)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Management
B.B.A., University of Georgia
M.B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Georgia State University

MARTIN B. MEZNAR (2007)
Associate Dean for International Programs and Assessment in the Walker College of Business and Associate Professor in the Department of Management
B.A., B.S., Bryan College
M.S., The University of Texas at Dallas
Ph.D., University of South Carolina (Columbia)
Graduate Faculty

RICHARD W. POUDER (2000)
Professor in the Department of Management
B.S., M.S., State University of New York at Stony Brook
Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Graduate Faculty

BENJAMIN C. POWELL (2007)
Associate Professor in the Department of Management
A.B., Princeton University
M.B.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School
Graduate Faculty

RACHEL S. SHINNAR (2004)
Associate Professor in the Department of Management
B.A., Tel-Aviv University
M.S., Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas

ALAN E. SINGER (2008)
Holshouser Distinguished Professor in Ethics in the Department of Management
B.A., Oxford University
B.S., University of London
Ph.D., University of Canterbury, Christchurch
Graduate Faculty

PETER D. VILLANOVA (1993)
Professor in the Department of Management
A.A., Mesa College
B.S., San Diego State University
M.S., Ph.D., Virginia Tech
Graduate Faculty

JAMES W. WESTERMAN (2005)
Professor in the Department of Management
B.S., M.B.A., Florida State University
Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder
Graduate Faculty

BRIAN G. WHITAKER (2010)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Management
B.A., University of Louisville
M.A., Xavier University
Ph.D., University of Akron
Graduate Faculty

Department of Marketing

PIA A. ALBINSSON (2009)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Marketing
B.B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D., New Mexico State University

UNAL O. BOYA (1988)
Professor and Chair of the Department of Marketing
B.S., Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

BIDISHA BURMAN (2004)
Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing
B.Com., M.S., University of Calcutta, India
Ph.D., Louisiana State University

NEEL DAS (2007)
Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing
B.Com., St. Xavier’s College, India
M.Com., University of Calcutta, India
PGDBM, Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management
Ph.D., Louisiana State University

MICHAEL J. DOTSON (1983)
Professor in the Department of Marketing
B.A., M.B.A., Nicholls State University
D.B.A., Mississippi State University
Graduate Faculty

BONNIE SUE GUY (1987)
Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing
B.B.A., M.B.A., Middle Tennessee State University
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

EVA MARIAH HYATT (1990)
Professor in the Department of Marketing
B.A., University of California, Berkeley
M.B.A., Louisiana State University
Ph.D., University of South Carolina (Columbia)
Graduate Faculty

GEORGE DAVID SHOWS (2013)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Marketing
B.S., M.B.A., University of Southern Mississippi
Ph.D., Louisiana Tech University

JAMES EDGAR STODDARD (1998)
Professor in the Department of Marketing
B.S.M.E., Massachusetts Maritime Academy
M.B.A., Ph.D., Virginia Tech
Graduate Faculty