College of Business Faculty and Staff Directory

Dr. Amjad A. Abdullat

Ed.D., Pepperdine University
Dean of the Paul and Virginia Engler College of Business &
Engler Professor of Computer Information Systems

CC 216A • (806) 651-2530 • Dr. Abdullat's Email

Dr. Abdullat's Biography •  Dr. Abdullat's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Goutham Abotula

Ph.D., Washington State University
Assistant Professor of Finance

CC 327E • (806) 651-2895 • Dr. Abotula's Email

Dr. Abotula's Biography •  Dr. Abotula's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Syed Tariq Anwar

D.B.A., United States International University
Professor of Marketing

CC 213F • (806) 651-2491 • Dr. Anwar's Email

Dr. Anwar's Biography •  Dr. Anwar's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Jeffry Babb

Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
Associate Dean of Graduate Business Programs,
Professor of Computer Information Systems &
Stan Sigman Professor of Business

CC 210B • (806) 651-2440 • Dr. Babb's Email

Dr. Babb's Biography •  Dr. Babb's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Anne-Christine Barthel

Ph.D., University of Kansas
Associate Professor of Economics and Decision Management &
Hodges Professor of Business

CC 336B • (806) 651-4116 •  Dr. Barthel's Email

Dr. Barthel's Biography • Dr. Barthel's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. William Biggs

J.D., University of Chicago
Clinical Assistant Instructor of Business Law

CC 332A • (806) 651-4126 • Dr. Biggs' Email

Dr. Biggs' Biography • Dr. Biggs' Curriculum Vitae

Ms. Lynsee Bjork

M.B.A., West Texas A&M University
Graduate Business Programs Coordinator &
Instructor of Management

CC 208K • (806) 651-2501 •  Ms. Bjork's Email

Ms. Bjork's Biography •  Ms. Bjork's Curriculum Vitae

Ms. Andrea Blakely

ABD, University of Mississippi
Instructor of Management

CC 213A • (806) 651-2762 • Dr. Blakely's Email

Ms. Blakely's Biography •  Ms. Blakely's Curriculum Vitae

Mr. Preston Branch

M.P.A. and C.P.A., West Texas A&M University
Instructor of Accounting

CC 203C • (806) 651-2524 • Mr. Branch's Email

Mr. Branch's Biography • Mr. Branch's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Mary Liz Brooks

Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Associate Professor of Digital Business and Communication &
Barbara Petty Professor of Business Communication

CC 332C • (806) 651-2495 • Dr. Brooks' Email

Dr. Brooks' Biography •  Dr. Brooks' Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Elaina Cantrell Robinson

Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Clinical Assistant Professor of Marketing and Business Communications

CC 228A • (806) 651-2761 • Dr. Cantrell Robinson's Email

Dr. Cantrell Robinson's Biography •  Dr. Cantrell Robinson's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Abe Carr

Ph.D. and C.P.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Assistant Professor of Accounting

CC 222B • (806) 651-4124 • Dr. Carr's Email

Dr. Carr's Biography •  Dr. Carr's Curriculum Vitae

Ms. Brandy Carr

M.S., Texas A&M University 
Coordinator of Undergraduate Business Programs &
Instructor of Business

CC 222D • (806) 651-2690 • Ms. Carr's Email

Ms. Carr's Biography •  Ms. Carr's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Rahul Chauhan

Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
Associate Professor of Management &
McCray Professor of Business

CC 228B • (806) 651-4001 • Dr. Chauhan's Email

Dr. Chauhan's Biography •  Dr. Chauhan's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. L. Leon Chen

Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems &
McCray Professor of Business Analytics

CC 208F • (806) 651-2469 •  Dr. Chen's Email

Dr. Chen's Biography •  Dr. Chen's Curriculum Vitae

Mr. David W. Clark

M.P.A. and C.P.A., West Texas A&M University
Instructor of Accounting and Healthcare Management

CC 222J • (806) 651-2996 •  Mr. Clark's Email

Mr. Clark's Biography • Mr. Clark's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Robin Clark

J.D., University of Texas
Clinical Assistant Professor of Business Law

CC 213C • (806) 651-2494 •  Dr. Clark's Email

Dr. Clark's Biography •  Dr. Clark's Curriculum Vitae

Ms. Karen Cooley

M.B.A. and C.P.A., West Texas A&M University 
Part-time Instructor of Accounting

CC 222F • (806) 651-2512 • Ms. Cooley's Email

Ms. Cooley's Biography •  Ms. Cooley's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Marisa Crisostomo

Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
Clinical Assistant Professor of Decision Management

CC 327B • (806) 651-8477 •  Dr. Crisostomo's Email

Dr. Crisostomo's Biography •  Dr. Crisostomo's Curriculum Vitae

Mr. Kareem Dana

M.S., Duke University
Instructor of Computer Information Systems

CC 208A • (806) 651-2445 •  Mr. Dana's Email

Mr. Dana's Biography •  Mr. Dana's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. De'Arno De'Armond

Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Associate Vice President for University Branding and Chief Marketing Officer &
Professor of Finance

OM 232 • (806) 651-2125 •  Dr. De'Armond's Email

Dr. De'Armond's Biography •  Dr. De'Armond's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Dieudonne Dusenge

Ph.D., University of Arkansas
Assistant Professor of Accounting

CC 222A • (806) 651-2786 • Dr. Dusenge's Email

Dr. Dusenge's Biography •  Dr. Dusenge's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Krista Favela

Ed.D., Texas Tech University
Part-time Instructor of Computer Information Systems

MIIC 51 • (806) 651-7906 • Dr. Favela's Email

Dr. Favela's Biography •  Dr. Favela's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. R. Nicholas Gerlich

Ph.D., Indiana University
Hickman Professor of Marketing

CC 213E • (806) 651-2492 •  Dr. Gerlich's Email

Dr. Gerlich's Biography •  Dr. Gerlich's Curriculum Vitae

Mr. Steve Hayward

M.B.A, Middle Tennessee State
Part-time Instructor of Economics

CC 336E • (806) 651-2688 • Mr. Hayward's Email

Mr. Hayward's Biography •  Mr. Hayward's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Eric Hoffmann

Ph.D., University of Kansas
Associate & Pickens Professor of Economics

CC 215D • (806) 651-3865 •  Dr. Hoffmann's Email

Dr. Hoffmann's Biography •  Dr. Hoffmann's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Dave Howe

Ph.D., University of Utah
Associate Professor of Management &
Paul Engler Professor of Entrepreneurship

CC 213K • (806) 651-3869 •  Dr. Howe's Email

Dr. Howe's Biography •  Dr. Howe's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Sean Humpherys

Ph.D., University of Arizona
Associate & Pickens Professor of Computer Information Systems

CC 208G • (806) 651-2396 •  Dr. Humpherys' Email

Dr. Humpherys' Biography •  Dr. Humpherys' Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Murray E. Jennex

Ph.D.,  Claremont Graduate University
Clinical & Gensler Professor of Computer Information Systems 

CC 208L • (806) 651-2511 •  Dr. Jennex's Email

Dr. Jennex's Biography • Dr. Jennex's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Scott Jones

Ph.D., University of Arizona
Assistant Professor of Finance & Foust Professor of Business

CC 215E • (806) 651-2521 • Dr. Jones' Email

Dr. Jones' Biography •  Dr. Jones' Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Turkan Dursun Kilic

Ph.D., Old Dominion University
Associate Professor of Marketing

CC 213B • (806) 651-2506 •  Dr. Kilic's Email

Dr. Kilic's Biography •  Dr. Kilic's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Jimmy Kim

Ph.D., University of Pittsburg
Assistant Professor of Management

CC 213N • (806) 651-2509 • Dr. Kim's Email

Dr. Kim's Biography •  Dr. Kim's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Joanna Kimbell

J.D. & M.B.A., Baylor University
Clinical Assistant Professor of Business Law & Management

CC 336D • (806) 651-4026 •  Dr. Kimbell's Email

Dr. Kimbell's Biography •  Dr. Kimbell's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Robert Allen King

Ph.D., University of Mississippi
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Business Programs,
Associate Professor of Marketing, & Wilder Professor of Business

CC 220A • (806) 651-4002 •  Dr. King's Email

Dr. King's Biography •  Dr. King's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Andrew Li

Ph.D., University of Arizona
Williams Professor of Management

CC 213H • (806) 651-2496 •  Dr. Li's Email

Dr. Li's Biography •  Dr. Li's Curriculum Vitae

Ms. Lisa Lightfoot

M.P.A. and C.P.A., West Texas A&M University
Instructor of Accounting

CC 203D • (806) 651-4029 •  Ms. Lightfoot's Email

Ms. Lightfoot's Biography •  Ms. Lightfoot's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Anne Macy

Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Director of the Amarillo National Bank School of Accounting, Economics, and Finance
& Edwards Professor of Finance

CC 215C • (806) 651-2523 •  Dr. Macy's Email

Dr. Macy's Biography •  Dr. Macy's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Kelly McCauley

Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Associate Professor & Engler Professor of Management

CC 228C • (806) 651-2549 •  Dr. McCauley's Email

Dr. McCauley's Biography •  Dr. McCauley's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Eric McKee

Ph.D., University of Iowa
Assistant Professor of Finance

CC 327D • (806) 651-2768 •  Dr. McKee's Email

Dr. McKee's Biography •  Dr. McKee's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Neil Meredith

Ph.D., University of Georgia
Associate Professor of Economics & Dana Professor of Business

CC 332B • (806) 651-2493 •  Dr. Meredith's Email

Dr. Meredith's Biography •  Dr. Meredith's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Ashley Morgan

Ph.D., University of Mississippi
Clinical Assistant Professor of Marketing & Macy Professor of Business

CC 332E • (806) 651-2503 •  Dr. Morgan's Email

Dr. Morgan's Biography •  Dr. Morgan's Curriculum Vitae

Ms. Nga Nguyen

M.S., West Texas A&M University
Part-time Instructor of Computer Information Systems

CC 203B • (806) 651-4112 • Ms. Nguyen's Email

Ms. Nguyen's Biography •  Ms. Nguyen's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. James Owens

D.B.A., Harvard University
Part-time Professor of Finance & Hodges Professor of Corporate Governance

CC 215A • (806) 651-2519 •  Dr. Owens' Email

Dr. Owens' Biography •  Dr. Owens' Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Robin Patterson

J.D., University of New Mexico
Assistant Dean, Patterson Professor of Business Law &
Director of Continuous Improvement

CC 214D • (806) 651-2497 •  Dr. Patterson's Email

Dr. Patterson's Biography •  Dr. Patterson's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Rex Pjesky

Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
Associate Dean of the Graduate School & Professor of Economics

KRC 106 • (806) 651-2737 •  Dr. Pjesky's Email

Dr. Pjesky's Biography •  Dr. Pjesky's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Leslie Ramos Salazar

Ph.D., Arizona State University
Abdullat Professor of Business Communication and Decision Management

CC 208H • (806) 651-2548 •  Dr. Ramos Salazar's Email

Dr. Ramos Salazar's Biography •  Dr. Ramos Salazar's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Abraham Sen

Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems

CC 208E • (806) 651-2763 • Dr. Sen's Email

Dr. Sen's Biography •  Dr. Sen's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Jonathan Shaffer

Ph.D., University of Iowa
Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives &
Pickens Professor of Management

CC 214C • (806) 651-2489 •  Dr. Shaffer's Email

Dr. Shaffer's Biography •  Dr. Shaffer's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Bin Shao

Ph.D., University of Illinois
Professor of Decision Management & Terry Professor of Business

CC 208J • (806) 651-2441 •  Dr. Shao's Email

Dr. Shao's Biography •  Dr. Shao's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Dan Shaw

Ph.D., Louisiana State University 
Assistant Professor of Accounting

CC 222E • (806) 651-2758 • Dr. Shaw's Email

Dr. Shaw's Biography •  Dr. Shaw's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Dallin Smith

Ph.D.,  Case Western Reserve University
Assistant Professor of Accounting & Schaeffer Professor of Business Ethics

CC 222G • (806) 651-2516 •  Dr. Smith's Email

Dr. Smith's Biography • Dr. Smith's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Oscar Solis

Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Associate Professor of Finance & Edwards Professor of Financial Planning

CC 327C • (806) 651-2772 •  Dr. Solis' Email

Dr. Solis' Biography •  Dr. Solis' Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Brandli Stitzel

Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
Associate Professor of Economics

CC 336F • (806) 651-4122 •  Dr. Stitzel's Email

Dr. Stitzel's Biography •  Dr. Stitzel's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Neil Terry

Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Executive Vice President and Provost & Paul Engler Professor of Economics

OM 307 • (806) 651-2043 •  Dr. Terry's Email

Dr. Terry's Biography •  Dr. Terry's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. H. Barbara Wang

Ph.D., University of Alabama
Professor of Finance & Edwards Professor of Banking

CC 215F • (806) 651-2508 •  Dr. Wang's Email

Dr. Wang's Biography •  Dr. Wang's Curriculum Vitae

Mr. James Webb

M.B.A., West Texas A&M University
VP for Information Technology, Chief Information Officer &
Part-time Instructor of Computer Information Systems

Computer Center 105 • (806) 651-1240 •  Mr. Webb's Email

Biography •  Mr. Webb's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. M. Nate Xu

Ph.D., University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
Assistant Professor of Management

CC 213G • (806) 651-2765 • Dr. Xu's Email

Dr. Xu's Biography •  Dr. Xu's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Jillian Yarbrough

Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Clinical Assistant Professor of Management &
Virginia Engler Professor of Business 

CC 336G • (806) 651-4114 •  Dr. Yarbrough's Email

Dr. Yarbrough's Biography •  Dr. Yarbrough's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Jae Kyun Yoo

Ph.D.,  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Assistant Professor of Management

CC 213M • (806) 651-2498 •  Dr. Yoo's Email

Dr. Yoo's Biography •  Dr. Yoo's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Carl Zhang

Ph.D., George Washington University
Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems &
Paul Engler Professor of Business Innovation

CC 208D • (806) 651-2446 •  Dr. Zhang's Email

Dr. Zhang's Biography •  Dr. Zhang's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Wei Zhang

Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Assistant Professor of Finance

CC 327G • (806) 651-4125 •  Dr. Zhang's Email

Dr. Zhang's Biography •  Dr. Zhang's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Chen Zhao

Ph.D.,  West Virginia University
Clinical Assistant & Edwards Professor of Accounting

CC 215J • (806) 651-2517 •  Dr. Zhao's Email

Dr. Zhao's Biography • Dr. Zhao's Curriculum Vitae