The W. A. Franke College of Business Faculty

Name & Title

Credentials

Focus

At NAU Since

M. David Albritton, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S., University of Florida; M.B.A., Ph.D., Auburn University 2004)

Management science, strategic management, operations and information systems

NAU 2004

David S. Allen, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1988)

Corporate finance, investments, and portfolio analysis

NAU 1988

Beverly Amer, M.B.A., Principal Lecturer

(B.A., California State University–Chico; M.B.A., Ohio State University 1986)

Computer information systems, financial accounting and accounting information systems

NAU 1994

T.S. Amer, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., B.S., California State University–Chico; M.S., Texas A&M University; Ph.D., Ohio State University 1989)

Managerial accounting, accounting information systems

NAU 1994

Joseph Anderson, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., University of California–Santa Barbara; Ph.D., Arizona State University 1993)

Organizational behavior, management, entrepreneurship, international management

NAU 1992

Allen Atkins, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., Dartmouth College; M.B.A., Stephen F. Austin State Univ; Ph.D., University of Texas 1988)

Financial market efficiency, financial market structure

NAU 1998

Craig Bain, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., California State University–Chico; Ph.D., Texas A&M University 1987)

Financial accounting, cost accounting, and accounting information systems

NAU 1991

Mary Bowers, M.B.A., Senior Lecturer

(B.S., Heidelberg College; M.B.A., University of Toledo 1988)

Business communication

NAU 2000

Wendy A. Campione, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., State University of New York–Fredonia; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 1984)

Public finance, statistics, labor economics

NAU 1981

Susan Carder, MBA, Lecturer

(BA, University of Puget Sound; M.A., University of Oregon; M.B.A., University of Colorado–Colorado Springs)

Marketing

NAU 2007

Marc C. Chopin, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., University of Texas–Austin; Ph.D., Texas A&M University 1991)

Economics; regional economic development

NAU 2006

Tim Clark, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.S., Oregon State University; M.B.A., University of Oregon; Ph.D., George Washington University 2009)

Sustainability strategy, triple-bottom-line management (financial, social, and environmental), government relations, and public policy

NAU 2009

William B. Cone, M.B.A., Lecturer

(B.S., Louisiana State University; M.B.A., Northeast Louisiana University 1972)

Business data communications, computer networks

NAU 1989

Yan (Mandy) Dang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.S., M.S., Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Ph.D., University of Arizona 2011)

Implementation and adoption of information technology, human cognition and decision-making, and knowledge-based systems and knowledge management

NAU 2011

Tom Downen, Ph.D.,  Assistant Professor

(B.B.A., Eastern New Mexico University; M.B.A., University of New Mexico; Ph.D., Texas Tech University 2009)

Financial and managerial accounting, variations in financial reporting affect on decision making

NAU 2009

Ding Du, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.S., Shanxi Finance and Economics College; M.A., Nankai University; Ph.D., West Virginia University 2003)

Macroeconomics, money and banking, investments, business finance, international finance

NAU 2008

John D. Eastwood, M.S., Lecturer

(B.S., M.S., University of Wyoming 1980)

Economics, statistics

NAU 1990

Dennis Foster, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer

(B.A., Drake University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Hawaii 1991)

General economics, urban economics, transportation economics, public choice theory

NAU 1990

Wayne R. Fox, M.S., Lecturer, Assistant Dean, Director of Center for Business Outreach

(B.A., M.S., University of California–Los Angeles 1971)

Managerial accounting

NAU 1984

Mason S. Gerety, Ph.D., Professor, Interim Dean (and VP for University Advancement)

(B.A., University of New Mexico; M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington 1986)

Financial markets, corporate governance

NAU 1993

Brian Gregory, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S., Florida State University; M.A., M.S., Ph.D., Auburn University 2004)

Organizational culture, organizational change, action research

NAU 2007

Ronald J. Gunderson, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., Augustana College; M.A., Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., Univ of Nebraska 1977)

Economic theory, demography, regional economic growth models

NAU 1977

Matthew Haertzen, M.B.A.,  Lecturer

(B.A., University of Minnesota, Morris; M.B.A., University of Minnesota)

Forestry investment, personal financial planning, absolute return strategies

NAU 2008

Sarah Holcomb, J.D., Lecturer

(B.B.A., University of Missouri–Kansas City; J.D., Univ of Kansas School of Law 2003)

Business Law, Contracts, Risk Management, Asset Protection and Acquisition, Elder Law and Estate planning

NAU 2007

Ann Hergatt-Huffman, Ph.D.,  Associate Professor

(B.A., San Diego State University; B.S. University of Maryland; M.Ed., University of Maryland; Ph.D., Texas A&M University 2004)

Work-life interface, diversity issues, military psychology, organizational commitment and turnover

NAU 2005

Todd Johnson, M.B.A.,  Lecturer

(B.A., University of California Santa Barbara; M.B.A., Northern Arizona University 2003)

Management information systems, enterprise resource planning systems

NAU 2003

Bob G. Kilpatrick, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., M.S., University of Southern Mississippi; Ph.D., Oklahoma State University 1984)

Tax, financial accounting, managerial accounting

NAU 1988

Ken Lorek, Ph.D., Bilby Professor in Business Administration

(B.S.C., M.B.A., DePaul University; Ph.D., University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 1975)

Financial accounting theory, empirical financial research, managerial accounting, cost accounting

NAU 1996

Lisa Majure, Ph.D.,  Professor

(B.S., Ph.D., University of Utah 1987)

Working capital management, corporate governance, financial analysis and planning, small business management consulting

NAU 1990

Marcia Metcalf, J.D., Lecturer

(B.A., Indiana University; J.D., University of Maine School of Law 1992)

Communication

NAU 2000

Jennifer Mitchell, MBA, Lecturer

(B.S., Indiana University; M.B.A., University of Notre Dame)

NAU 2007

Lawrence Mohrweis, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., University of Washington; M.B.A., Washington State University; Ph.D., Univ of Wisconsin 1986)

Auditing and public accounting

NAU 1992

James N. Morgan, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., Southwest Missouri State University; M.A., Ph.D., Univ of Missouri 1978)

Microeconomic theory, computer information systems, database management systems

NAU 1977

Julie Mueller, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.A., University of North Carolina; M.S., University of Oregon; Ph.D., Colorado State University 2007)

Applied spatial econometrics, non-market valuation of environmental goods, protected areas management

NAU 2008

Pin T. Ng, Ph.D.,  Professor

(B.A., University of Minnesota; Ph.D., University of Illinois 1989)

Applied econometrics, econometric theory, computational statistics

NAU 2001

Willard Ott. BS, Lecturer

(B.S., Milwaukee School of Engineering)

Business Mergers/Acquisitions, Strategic Business planning, Entrepreneurship, Sales- and Industrial-Distribution.

NAU 2007

Nita Paden, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., University of Texas; M.B.A., Ph.D., University of North Texas 1993)

Retailing, product distribution

NAU 1993

Sury Ravindran, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(Bachelor of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology; M.B.A., Indian Institute of Management; Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin 1996)

E-Commerce, Evaluation of Information Systems/Technology, Knowledge Management

NAU 2008

Jeff Rhode, MBA, Lecturer

(B.S.B.A., M.E., M.B.A., Northern Arizona University 1992)

Application software, specializing in MS Office applications

NAU 2007

Kathryn S. Savage, Ph.D., Professor

(B.B.A., Idaho State University; M.B.A., Washington State University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University 1993)

Managerial accounting, strategic control systems

NAU 1991

Christopher M. Scherpereel, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S.M.E., University of Notre Dame; M.B.A., New York University; Ph.D., Northwestern University 2001)

Operational business strategy, decision analysis, manufacturing management

NAU 2001

Kathe Shinham, Ed.D.,  Professor of Practice

(A.B., Mount Holyoke College; M.B.A., Northwestern University; Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania 2004)

Accounting with an interest in non-profit and governmental entities

NAU 2006

Dean Smith, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., Clemson University; M.S., Oklahoma State University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University 1989)

Economics, Native American economic development, spatial economics, mathematical economics, public economics, environmental economics, pricing strategies

NAU 1989

Jennifer Staskey, M.Ed., Lecturer

(B.S., Northern Arizona University; M.S., Michigan State University; M.Ed., Northern Arizona University 2005)

Financial and managerial accounting

NAU 2007

Roxanne Stell, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., Northern Arizona University; M.A., Ph.D., Oklahoma State University 1987)

Consumer behavior, services marketing

NAU 1986

Larry E. Watkins, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., Southwestern State College; M.A., University of Oklahoma; Ph.D., Oklahoma State University 1984)

Financial accounting

NAU 1985

Nancy L. Wilburn, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., Central State University; M.S., Oklahoma State University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University 1987)

Development, effects, and application of financial accounting and reporting standards

NAU 1988

Susan K. Williams, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S., Northeastern University; M.S., Ohio University; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati 2001)

Operations research

NAU 2001

Eric Yordy, J.D., Associate Dean, Assistant Professor of Practice

(B.S., University of Wyoming; M.Ed., Northern Arizona University; J.D., Cornell University 1997)

Constitutional law, free speech and religious freedom and business, business ethics

NAU 2000

Yulei (Gavin) Zhang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.S., M.S., Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Ph.D., University of Arizona 2011)

Database systems design and management, enterprise resource planning, system analysis and design, data-, text-, and web-mining, business intelligence.

NAU 2011

Xiaobing Zhao, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.S., Ph.D., Nankai University; M.S., Ph.D., West Virginia University 2004)

Natural resource and environmental economics, quantitative methods, macroeconomics, microeconomics, and political economy

NAU 2008

Hotel and Restaurant Management Faculty

Galen R. Collins, Ph.D., Professor

(B.B.A., M.S., Florida International University; Ed.S., Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University 2002)

Hospitality information technology, cost control, property operations

NAU 1987

Ronald A. Evans, B.S., Professor

(B.S., Arizona State University 1963)

Business policy, business development, management, travel and tourism

NAU 1998

Jonathan A. Hales, Ed.D., Associate Professor

(B.A., University of Utah; M.B.A., Arizona State University; M.Ed., Ed.D., Northern Arizona University 2000)

Cultural diversity, total quality management, finance, resorts

NAU 1995

Frances A. Hill, Ed.D., Associate Professor

(B.A., Mundelein College; M.A., Ed.D., Northern Arizona University 1995)

Hospitality leadership, communications, marketing and public relations

NAU 1992

Richard M. Howey, Ph.D., Professor, Executive Director of School of Hotel and Restaurant

Management

(B.A., University of Kansas; B.A., M.B.A., Washington State University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University 1993)

Marketing, market research, statistical analysis

NAU 1991

Christine Jaszay, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., California State University–Sacramento; M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University 1992)

Curriculum design, food service management, human resource management, ethics

NAU 1992

Claudia A. Jurowski, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S.Ed., Bowling Green State University; M.A., Miami University; M.B.A., Oklahoma City University; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1994)

Tourism industry management, sustainable tourism, developing a global  tourism curriculum

NAU 1997

Richard G. McNeill, Ed.D., Professor

(B.S., Arizona State University; M.I.M., American Graduate School of International Management; Ed.D., Arizona State University 1997)

Hotel sales and marketing, international business

NAU 1989

John Louis Myers, Ed.D., Professor

(B.S., M.B.A., Ed.D., Arizona State University 1970)

Management, leadership, entrepreneurship, human resource management

NAU 1990

Wallace Rande, Ed.D., Associate Professor

(B.A., Michigan State University; M.B.A., University of Rhode Island; Ed.D., Northern Arizona University 1995)

Food service management, beverage management, bar operations, contract service management, customer service, wine

NAU 1990

Allen Z. Reich, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.B.A., Southwest Texas State University; M.H.M., University of Houston; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2002)

Marketing, food-service management, strategic planning, restaurant and hotel feasibility studies, human resource management

NAU 1998

Armando Trujillo, M.Ed., Lecturer

(B.A., M.Ed., University of Arizona 1989)

Bilingual Multicultural education, Restaurant Management,

Cost Control management

NAU 1994

Bruce S. Urdang, J.D., Professor

(B.A., State University of New York; J.D., St. John’s University School of Law 1984)

Hospitality law and litigation, real estate law, bankruptcy law

NAU 1989

Gary K. Vallen, Ed.D., Professor

(B.S., University of Nevada–Las Vegas; M.B.A., University of Nevada–Reno; Ed.D., Northern Arizona University 1991)

Casino and Native American gaming, feasibility studies, guest-comment cards and analyses, festival-and-event survey analyses.

NAU 1988

Paul J. Wiener, Ed.D., Assistant Professor

(B.A., Claremont Men’s College; B.S., University of Nevada–Las Vegas; M.B.A., Harvard Business School; Ed.D., Northern Arizona University 2002)

Feasibility studies, economic impact analysis, mixed-use development, asset management, debt restructuring and workouts

NAU 1992

Faculty Emeriti

Charles W. Baldwin, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S.M.E., University of Vermont; M.S.M.E., University of Southern California; Ph.D., Arizona State University 1977)

Computer information systems, operations management

NAU 1979 (retired 1992)

Allan E. Bergland, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S., Concordia College; M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Arizona 1967)

International economics, money and banking, economic principles

NAU 1966 (retired 1990)

Frank H. Besnette, Ph.D., Professor

(B.B.A., University of Texas–El Paso; M.B.A., University of Denver; Ph.D., Arizona State University 1970)

Marketing management, marketing research, nonprofit marketing

NAU 1967 (retired 2000)

Douglas M. Brown, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Colorado State University 1985)

Political economy, history of economic thought, comparative systems

NAU 1985 (retired 2010)

Mateo Casado-Baena, Ed.D., Professor

(B.A., Metropolitan State College; M.A., Ed.D., Northern Arizona University 1991)

Hospitality operations, international tourism, higher education curriculum

NAU 1988 (retired 2010)

Jerry N. Conover, Ph.D., Professor, Director of Bureau of Business and Economic Research

(A.B., University of Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri–Columbia 1979)

Marketing strategy, consumer behavior, promotion, electronic marketing

NAU 1985 (retired 2003)

Sandra Dannenfeldt, M.A., Associate Professor

(B.A., M.A., University of Northern Iowa)

Business education

NAU 1966

(Retired 2002)

Wallace H. Duncan, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S., U.S. Military Academy at West Point; M.P.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of Wyoming 1976)

Macro-economics, money and banking, economic forecasting

NAU 1978 (retired 2003)

Jack R. Dustman, D.B.A., Professor

(B.S., M.S., Arizona State University; D.B.A., University of Southern California 1970)

Labor-management relations, personnel management, compensation

NAU

1969–76, 1978 (retired 2010)

Deceased

Harvey D. Faram, D.B.A., Associate Professor

(B.S.E., M.S.E., University of Michigan; M.B.A., D.B.A. University of Colorado 1981)

Corporate finance, financial institutions, financial modeling

NAU 1980 (retired 1992)

John Haney, Ph.D., Clinical Professor

(B.A., San Francisco State College; M.P.A., Ph.D., Northern Arizona University 1988)

Applications programming, systems analysis

NAU 1999

(retired 2007)

F. Theodore Helmer, Ph.D., Professor

(B.E., Stevens Institute of Technology; M.S., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh 1969)

Management

NAU 1988 (retired 2001)

William M. Hildred, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Colorado State University 1976)

Public finance, public policy, methodology

NAU 1988 (retired 2001)

Evangeline Jacobs, M.S., Senior Lecturer

(B.A. Texas Technological University; M.S. Stanford University)

Computer Information Systems

NAU 1985 (Retired 2003)

Neil W. Jacobs, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., University of Portland; M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Santa Clara 1978)

Information systems, management of information systems, virtual teams

NAU 1979, 1985

(retired 2007)

Max E. Jerrell, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., University of Kentucky; M.S., Wright State University; Ph.D., Arizona State University 1984)

Econometrics, business statistics, macroeconomics

NAU 1981

(retired 2007)

Robert Kemper, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., Western State College; M.S., University of Denver; Ph.D., University of Washington 1967)

Strategic planning, change management, technology adoption

NAU 1984 (retired 2000)

Chris A. Lockwood, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.G.S., Chaminade University of Honolulu; M.B.A., Ph.D., Arizona State University 1991)

Strategy, organizational assessment, process management and improvement, employee selection

NAU 1987

(retired 2011)

Alden C. Lorents, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., Concordia College; M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota 1971)

CASE tools, database development, enterprise-wide system development and migration

NAU 1971

(retired 2008)

Brian A. Maris, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., Pittsburg State University; Ph.D., Kansas State University 1974)

Finance

NAU 1989

(retired 2011)

Jo-Mae B. Maris, D.B.A., Associate Professor

(B.S., M.S., Pittsburg State University; D.B.A., Louisiana Tech University 1989)

Computer information systems, management

NAU 1989 (retired 2010)

Melvin R. McKnight, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S., University of Wyoming; M.B.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California–Los Angeles 1979)

Management development, organizational development, market research

NAU 1982 (retired 2002)

Gregory L. Neal, D.B.A., Professor

(B.S., University of Southern Colorado; M.A., University of Northern Colorado; D.B.A., University of Kentucky 1977)

Systems development and design, programming, database development, user interface design

NAU 1977

(retired 2011)

Jon D. Ozmun, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S.C.E., M.A., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma 1975)

Business policy, operation management

NAU 1974

(retired 2008)

Thomas L. Palmer, J.D., Professor

(B.S., Northern Arizona University; J.D., Arizona State University 1970)

Business law, taxation

NAU 1974 (retired 1999)

James V. Pinto, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., University of Houston; M.A., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma 1975)

Business statistics, microeconomics, computer-based lectures and training

NAU 1981 (retired 2010)

Kay C. Pitt, M.S., Senior Lecturer

(B.S., M.S., Oklahoma State University 1973)

Financial accounting, governmental and nonprofit accounting

NAU 1981

(retired 2011)

H. Ronald Pitt, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Associate Provost for Academic Administration

(B.S., University of Montana; M.S., Ph.D., Oklahoma State University 1978)

Financial accounting, financial accounting reporting standards, consolidations

NAU 1981 (retired 2010)

Peter A. Raynolds, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., University of California–Berkeley; M.B.A., Ph.D., University of California–Los Angeles 1969)

Organizational behavior, organizational design, behavioral research

NAU 1983 (retired 1999)

Edmund B. Rickard, M.B.A., Professor

(A.B., M.B.A., University of Michigan)

NAU 1971 (retired 1983)

Joseph C. Rolle, D.L.H., Associate Professor

(B.A., M.A., Northern Arizona University; Ed.S., Columbia University; D.L.H., Northern Arizona University)

Fundraising, venture capital, Mens sana in corpore sano

NAU 1947 (retired 1982)

Deceased

Gary D. Tallman, D.B.A., Professor

(B.S., University of Nebraska–Omaha; M.B.A., Creighton University; D.B.A., University of Colorado 1974)

International finance, financial management, capital budgeting

NAU 1976 (retired 2009)

James Daniel Taylor, Ph.D., Professor

(B.G.S., Rollins College; M.B.A., Florida State University; Ph.D., Florida State University 1974)

Institutional finance, college funding, cash/capital management

NAU 1977 (retired 1990)

Joseph J. Walka, Ph.D., Professor

(A.B., Grinnell College; M.B.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., Harvard University 1969)

Managerial economics, industrial organization and economic development

NAU 1985 (retired 2000)

Robert H. Williams, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Utah 1975)

Marketing research, forecasting and consumer behavior

NAU 1978 (retired 2010)

Fairlee Winfield, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., M.A., University of Maine; Ph.D., University of New Mexico 1978)

Business communications, communication technology, international business

NAU 1978 (retired 1995)

Michael R. Wunsch, Ed.D., Professor

(B.Ed., University of Wisconsin; M.S., Syracuse University; Ed.D., University of California–Los Angeles 1969)

Written and oral communications in business organizations

NAU 1969 (retired 1999)