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Name Department Topics of Expertise
Dr. Bill Belski Accounting Accounting Standards/Financial Accounting Issues; Accounting Ethics/Business Ethics; Capital Market Research/Earning Management; Not-For-Profit Accounting and Reporting
Dr. Chad Carson Management and Marketing Group Dynamics/Teamwork; Absenteeism; Family Business Issues; Production/Factory Worker Motivation and Management; Entrepreneurship; Supervisory Styles; Effective Teaching Methods/Pedagogies
Dr. Edward J. Coyne, Sr. Business Corporate Government; International Business; Job Progression and Care Giving Responsibilities; Executive Turnover Following CEO Change
Larry Harper Management Managerial Values/Business Ethics; International Business; Utilities; Regulation
Dr. Steve Jones Economics, Finance, and Quantitative Analysis Bankruptcy Statistics; Credit Scoring; Identity Theft; Internet Banking; Financial Services; Corporate Finance; Life Insurance; Elections Cycles; Partisan Control of Government; Finance Pedagogy
John D. Kottmeyer Economics Financial Markets; Banking Issues; Federal Reserve Policy/Actions; Economic Outlook
Dr. Archie Lockamy III 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 MIS Computers, technology, systems topics; financial planning and retirement; Income taxes; Fraud; Investments and Estate Planning
Dr. Franz T. Lohrke 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 Wrongful Death and Injury; Personal Finance; Statistics
Dr. Stefan Norrbin Management and Marketing International Economics; Macroeconomic issues; Residential Housing Markets
Dr. James Reburn Accounting and MIS Financial Accounting; Accounting Education; General Banking Issues; Financial Reporting; Stock Ownership Reporting and Nonprofit Management
Dr. Doug Smith Accounting and 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 Economics Nonprofit Organization/Philanthropy; Public Policy/Tax Policy; Economics of Religion; Competition/Pricing Strategy
Dr. Melissa Woodley EFQA 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