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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.

Economics

• Stuart Allen
  Ph.D., University of Virginia
  Specialization: Economics
• Stephen Layson
  Ph.D., University of Chicago
  Specialization: Economic analysis, microeconomics

Finance and Accounting

• C. Edward Arrington MBA Program Committee
  Ph.D., Florida State University
  Specialization: Financial accounting and reporting, public interest issues in accounting
• 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
• 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

• Moses Acquaah
  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 and State University
  Specialization: Strategic management of human resources, increasing work team effectiveness
• 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
• 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

• 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 strategy, total quality management and continuous improvement, supply chain management, customer relationship management, performance measurement
• Larry Taube
  Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Specialization: Material requirements planning, just-in-time implementations, group technology, material management