Faculty and Staff

John C. Knapp, Ph.D.

Director

Mann Family Professor of Ethics and Leadership

University Professor

Phone: 205.726.4362

E-mail: jknapp@samford.edu

Office: Brooks 227

John C. Knapp, Ph.D., is founding director of Samford University’s Frances Marlin Mann Center for Ethics and Leadership. Before joining Samford, Dr. Knapp was Professor and Director of the Center for Ethics and Corporate Responsibility at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business, the fifth largest business school in the United States. View full profile. 

J. Mark Bateman, Ed.D.

Director of Special Projects

Associate Professor of Graduate Studies, Orlean Bullard Beeson School of Education

Phone: 205.726.4432

E-mail: jmbatema@samford.edu

Office: OBB 221

J. Mark Bateman serves as Associate Professor of Graduate Studies in the Orlean Bullard Beeson School of Education and Director of Special Projects for the Frances Marlin Mann Center for Ethics and Leadership at Samford University. He has held a number of positions in student development throughout his career, both at Samford and at Baylor University. View full profile. 

Azalea M. Hulbert

Program Manager

Phone: 205.726.4634

E-mail: amwhitco@samford.edu

Office: Brooks 227

Azalea M. Hulbert began employment at Samford University in January 2007, serving in administrative roles in the Office of Admission and Brock School of Business; she joined the Mann Center full-time in 2011. Azalea received her Bachelor of Science in Human Environmental Sciences from the University of North Alabama in 2006, and her MBA from Samford's Brock School of Business in 2012.

Taylor Chao, Marketing Assistant

E-mail: tchao@samford.edu