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A graduate level MBA program is only as strong as the academic leaders who lead it. At the Bryan School, we’re pleased to name the following outstanding scholars, business professionals and independent thinkers to our experienced list of highly decorated faculty.

Business Law

Nicholas J. Chabra

J.D., George Mason University
Specialization: Business law and ethics, negotiations, diversity and real estate law

John D. Englar

J.D., Duke University
Specialization: Business law, global alliances

Orren Beth Falk

J.D., Brooklyn Law School
Specialization: Corporate law, business law, risk management

Samuel Moore

J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Specialization: Municipal law

Economics

Stuart Allen

Ph.D., University of Virginia
Specialization: Economics

Stephen Layson

Ph.D., University of Chicago
Specialization: Economic analysis, microeconomics

Finance & Accounting

C. Edward Arrington, MBA Program Committee

Ph.D., Florida State University
Specialization: Financial accounting and reporting, public interest issues in accounting

Sheldon Balbirer

Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Specialization: Corporate finance, global financial markets, mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategy and policy

William O. Brown Jr.

Ph.D., Clemson University
Specialization: Corporate finance, investments and portfolio theory, industrial organization, banking

Tuisha Fernandes – MBA Program Associate Director

MBA, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Specialization: Financial accounting

J. William Harden

Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Specialization: Taxation, financial accounting and reporting, managerial accounting

Melissa Hershberger

MBA, Duke University
Specialization: Business and economic valuations, insurance rate formulation

Evan Shough

Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
Specialization: Financial and managerial accounting

David Upton

Ph.D., Indiana University
Specialization: Managerial accounting, cost accounting

Daniel Winkler

Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Specialization: Capital markets, corporate finance, real estate finance

General Management

Moses Acquaah

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Specialization: Corporate strategy, management of innovation and technology

Joseph Erba

MBA, Babson College
Specialization: Corporate and small business entrepreneurship, business strategy

Mark Hagenbuch

MBA, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Specialization: Consulting, small business, entrepreneurship

John Neufeld

Ph.D., University of Michigan
Specialization: Business statistics

Terrie Reeves

Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham
Specialization: Health care administration

Dianne Welsh

Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Specialization: Entrepreneurship, family business, organizational development, labor relations

Human Resources & Organizational Behavior

Michael Beitler

Ph.D., Union Institute
Specialization: Managerial assessment and development, organizational learning and development

Holly Buttner

Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Specialization: Managerial assessment and development, organizational behavior, entrepreneurship, women’s transition from corporate management to entrepreneurship

Dianne Garrett

M.A., Seton Hall University
Specialization: Strategic communication, leadership

Kevin Lowe

Ph.D., Florida International University
Specialization: Human resources management, international human resources management, cross-cultural issues in business, organizational behavior

Arlise McKinney

Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Specialization: Strategic management of human resources, increasing work team effectiveness

Kenneth McLeod

MS, American University
Specialization: Organizational behavior, managerial assessment and development, organizational change and development, human resource management

Vas Taras

Ph.D, University of Calgary
Specialization: Cross-cultural team / workgroup management, diversity management, culture and acculturation studies, quantitative research

William Tullar

Ph.D., University of Rochester
Specialization: Russian and Eastern European management, human resources management, self efficacy in organizational change

Information Technology

John Eatman

Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Specialization: Information systems development, decision support systems, information systems management, information technology management, telecommunications

Lakshmi Iyer

Ph.D., University of Georgia
Specialization: Electronic commerce, decision support systems, knowledge management, data mining, cluster analysis

Ruth King

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Specialization: Electronic commerce, global information systems, IT security and privacy, IT professional management, systems analysis and design, database design

Maurie Lockley

M.A., The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Specialization: Information systems, operations, application software

Hamid Nemati

Ph.D., University of Georgia
Specialization: Data mining, decision support systems, knowledge management

Prashant Palvia

MBA, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Specialization: Global information technology, electronic commerce, decision support systems, strategic information systems, database design, software engineering

Rahul Singh

Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
Specialization: Systems security, systems analysis and design, systems development, decision support systems, electronic commerce

International Business

Ron Abernathy

MA, Central Michigan University
Specialization: International business management, leadership and operations, international public relations and government liaison

G. Jason Goddard

MBA, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Specialization: International business, investment real estate, customer relationship management

Riikka Sarala

Ph.D., Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration
Specialization: International management, international mergers and acquisitions

Marketing

Lew G. Brown

Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Specialization: Marketing management, marketing strategy

Merlyn A. Griffiths

Ph.D., University of California Irvine
Specialization: Consumer behavior

Nir Kshetri

Ph.D., University of Rhode Island
Specialization: Strategic marketing management

Operations & Supply Chain

Kwasi Amoako-Gyampah

Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Specialization: Management of advanced technology and innovation, systems implementation, materials management, project management, management science, world-class manufacturing

Joyendu Bhadury

Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas
Specialization:  Operations, supply chain management, management science

Richard Ehrhardt

Ph.D., Yale University
Specialization: Management science, materials management, project management, probabilistic modeling, just-in-time manufacturing

Vidyaranya Gargeya – MBA Program Director

Ph.D., Georgia State University
Specialization: Global operations management, total quality management, service operations management, just-in-time manufacturing

Larry Taube

Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Specialization: Material requirements planning, just-in-time implementations, group technology, material management