Steven T. Jones
Associate Professor of Finance
(205) 726-4026
stjones@samford.edu
Room 218 DBH
Steve Jones holds a Ph.D. in finance from The University of Cincinnati (1997), an MBA from Vanderbilt University (1987), and a BA from Huntingdon College (1985). He is an Associate Professor of Finance at Samford University, where he has been a member of the faculty since the fall of 2001. From 1997-2001 Jones taught at Auburn University Montgomery (AUM). At both Samford and AUM, his primary areas of teaching have been in corporate finance and personal finance. In addition to teaching in these areas, Jones also has developed two new courses for the Samford finance curriculum: Financial Institutions (for undergraduate students) and Behavioral Finance (for graduate students).
At Samford’s Brock School of Business, Jones currently serves as chair of the Faculty Development Committee, faculty advisor and President of the school’s chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, and faculty advisor to the Dean’s Student Advisory Council. He also has served on the school’s Promotion and Tenure Committee, and has previously chaired its Graduate Education Process Committee and its Scholarships and Awards Committee. In April 2004 and again in April 2008, Jones received the School of Business’ annual Excellence in Teaching award.
Jones served with Dr. Jennings Marshall as co-chair of the 2005, 2006, and 2007 Teacher Training Programs for the Academy of Economics and Finance, an academic organization whose membership includes individuals from over 30 U.S. states and over a dozen foreign countries. In February 2007, Jones was elected as a Director by the Academy’s membership; in February 2008, he was elected 2nd Vice President. While teaching at AUM, Jones served for slightly over three years as co‑editor of The Southern Business and Economic Journal.
Jones has been interviewed by a number of media outlets, including National Public Radio, The Birmingham News, and local television stations NBC-13 and Fox-6. His research has been published in several journals, including most notably the Journal of Financial Planning, the Journal of Economics and Finance, and the Journal of Real Estate Research.
Steve’ wife, Julibeth, is an audiologist in private practice. Steve and Julibeth merely pay the mortgage on a home that is, from all appearances, owned by their two extremely spoiled cats.
About a year ago, Steve concluded a 9-year stint as assistant coach to his father’s middle school girls basketball team at Montgomery Academy in Montgomery, Alabama. His chief duties in this position included complaining about the officiating, reminding the girls on the team to keep their hands up on defense, and attempting to discourage players’ parents from offering advice to the head coach.
Faculty & Staff
Administration
- Beck A. Taylor
Dean, Professor of Economics - James P. Reburn
Associate Dean, Professor of Accounting - Barbara Cartledge
Director of Undergraduate Programs - Larron C. Harper
Director of Graduate & Executive Education Programs - Kara Kennedy
Director of External Affairs - Robert Blakely
Major Gifts Officer - Franz Lohrke
Chair, Department of Entrepreneurship, Management and Marketing - Stefan Norrbin
Chair, Department of Economics, Finance and Quantitative Analysis - John Knapp
University Professor and Mann Family Professor of Ethics and Leadership and Director, Frances Marlin Mann Center for Ethics and Leadership - Lowell S. Broom
Chair, Department of Accounting & Management Information Systems, Professor of Accounting - Carrie Anna Pearce
Director, Academic Internship Program - John M. Venable
Director, The Community Banking School at Samford University & Assistant Professor of Finance - Ivy Alexander
Department Secretary-Economics, Finance & Quantitative Analysis - Doshia Bennett
Secretary to the Dean - C. Hope Dahlke
Executive Assistant to the Dean and Chief of Staff - Gretchen Dorsey
Academic Advisor - Kathey Gassner
Program Assistant - Undergraduate Programs - Yolanda Long
Assistant to the Associate Dean - Lucy Phillips
Program Assistant - Graduate and Executive Education Programs - Ginger Robertson
Department Secretary - Marketing, Management, and Economics - Azalea Hulbert
Department Secretary - Accounting and Management Information Systems
Department of Accounting & Management Information Sytems
- James P. Reburn
Associate Dean, Professor of Accounting - Lowell S. Broom
Chair, Department of Accounting & Management Information Systems, Professor of Accounting - William H. Belski
Assistant Professor of Accounting - Sharon S. Jackson
Assistant Professor of Business - Cynthia Frownfelter-Lohrke
Professor of Management Information Systems - Dennis W. Price
Assistant Professor of Accounting - Douglas L. Smith
Associate Professor of Accounting
Department of Economics, Finance & Quantitative Analysis
- Beck A. Taylor
Dean, Professor of Economics - Stefan Norrbin
Chair, Department of Economics, Finance and Quantitative Analysis - Jennings B. Marshall
Professor of Economics - Jeremy Thornton
Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Social Entrepreneurship Program - Onsurang (Onnie) Norrbin
Assistant Professor - Melissa Woodley
Assistant Professor of Finance - Thomas W. Woolley
Professor of Statistics
Department of Entrepreneurship, Management & Marketing
- Barbara Cartledge
Director of Undergraduate Programs - Larron C. Harper
Director of Graduate & Executive Education Programs - Franz T. Lohrke
Chair, Department of Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Management - John M. Venable
Director, The Community Banking School at Samford University and Assistant Professor of Finance - Charles M. (Chad) Carson
Assistant Professor - Betsy Holloway
Associate Professor of Marketing and Hackney Family Research Fellow - Steven T. Jones
Associate Professor of Finance - Archie Lockamy, III
Margaret Gage Bush Professor of Business and Professor of Operations Management - David L. Loudon
Professor of Marketing - Robert W. Service
Professor of Management
- Dr. Marlene M. Reed