Faculty 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. Goutham Abotula
Ph.D., Washington State University
Assistant Professor of Finance
CC 327E • (806) 651-2895 • Dr. Abotula's Email
Dr. Syed Tariq Anwar
D.B.A., United States International University
Professor of Marketing
CC 213F • (806) 651-2491 • Dr. Anwar's Email
Dr. Jeffry Babb
Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
Professor of Computer Information Systems
Stan Sigman Professor of Business
CC 214E • (806) 651-2440 • Dr. Babb's Email
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. William Biggs
J.D., University of Chicago
Clinical Assistant Instructor of Business Law
CC 332A • (806) 651-4126 • Dr. Biggs' Email
Ms. Lynsee Bjork
M.B.A., West Texas A&M University
Director of Marketing and Outreach Initiatives
Instructor of Management
CC 208K • (806) 651-2501 • Ms. Bjork's Email
Ms. Andrea Blakely
ABD, University of Mississippi
Assistant Professor 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
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. 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
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. 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
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
Dr. Robin Clark
J.D., University of Texas
Clinical Assistant Professor of Business Law
CC 213C •(806) 651-2494 • Dr. Clark's Email
Ms. Karen Cooley
M.B.A. and C.P.A., West Texas A&M University
Instructor of Accounting
CC 222F •(806) 651-2512 • Ms. Cooley's Email
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
Dr. De'Arno De'Armond
Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Associate Dean of Graduate School & Research,
Professor of Finance, &Paul Engler Professor of Business
KRC 122 •(806) 651-2490 • 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. Krista Favela
Ed.D., Texas Tech University
Part-time Instructor of Computer Information Systems
MIIC 51 • (806) 651-7906 • Dr. Favela's Email
Dr. R. Nicholas Gerlich
Ph.D., Indiana University
Hickman Professor of Marketing
CC 213E •(806) 651-2492 • Dr. Gerlich's Email
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. Dave Howe
Ph.D., University of Utah
Associate Professor of Management
CC 213K •(806) 651-3869 • Dr. Howe's Email
Dr. Sean Humpherys
Ph.D., University of Arizona
Associate & Pickens Professor of Computer Information Systems
CC 208G •(806) 651-2396 • Dr. Humpherys' Email
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. Scott Jones
Ph.D., University of Arizona
Assistant Professor of Finance & Foust Professor of Business
CC 215E • (806) 651-2521 • Dr. Jones' Email
Dr. Turkan Dursun Kilic
Ph.D., Old Dominion University
Associate Professor of Marketing
CC 213B •(806) 651-2506 • Dr. Kilic's Email
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. Robert Allen King
Ph.D., University of Mississippi
Associate Dean of Graduate Business Programs,
Associate Professor of Marketing, & Wilder Professor of Business
CC 210B •(806) 651-4002 • Dr. King's Email
Dr. Andrew Li
Ph.D., University of Arizona
Williams Professor of Management
CC 213H •(806) 651-2496 • Dr. Li's Email
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
Edwards Professor of Finance
CC 215C •(806) 651-2523 • Dr. Macy's Email
Dr. Kelly McCauley
Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Associate Professor & Engler Professor of Management
CC 228C •(806) 651-2549 • Dr. McCauley's Email
Dr. Eric McKee
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Assistant Professor of Finance
CC 327D •(806) 651-2768 • Dr. McKee's Email
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. Ashley Morgan
Ph.D., University of Mississippi
Assistant Professor of Marketing & Macy Professor of Business
CC 213N •(806) 651-2503 • Dr. Morgan's Email
Ms. Nga Nguyen
M.S., West Texas A&M University
Part-time Instructor of Computer Information Systems
Liberty Mutual • (806) 319-5480 • Ms. Nguyen's Email
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. 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. Leslie Ramos Salazar
Ph.D., Arizona State University
Associate & 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. Jonathan Shaffer
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Business programs
Pickens Professor of Management
CC 220A •(806) 651-2489 • Dr. Shaffer's Email
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. Dan Shaw
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Assistant Professor of Accounting
CC 222E • (806) 651-2758 • Dr. Shaw's Email
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. 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. Brandli Stitzel
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
Associate Professor of Economics
CC 336F •(806) 651-4122 • Dr. Stitzel's Email
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. H. Barbara Wang
Ph.D., University of Alabama
Professor of Finance & Edwards Professor of Banking
CC 215F •(806) 651-2508 • Dr. Wang's Email
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. Carl Zhang
Ph.D., George Washington University
Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems
CC 208D •(806) 651-2446 • Dr. Zhang's Email
Dr. Wei Zhang
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Assistant Professor of Finance
CC 327G •(806) 651-4125 • Dr. Zhang's Email
Dr. Chen Zhao
Ph.D., West Virginia University
Assistant & Edwards Professor of Accounting
CC 215J •(806) 651-2517 • Dr. Zhao's Email
Staff Directory
Ms. Kassie Gattis
B.S., West Texas A&M University
Program Specialist
CC 220 • (806) 651-2447 • Kassie's Email
Ms. Misty Hobbs
M.B.A., West Texas A&M University
Coordinator of Graduate Business Programs
CC 210 • (806) 651-2500 • Misty's Email
Ms. Sara Koepp
M.B.A., West Texas A&M University
Coordinator of Administrative Services & Student Engagement
CC 222C • (806) 651-2444 • Sara's Email
Ms. Betty Stocker
B.G.S., West Texas A&M University
Administrative Assistant
CC 214F • (806) 651-2526 • Betty's Email