Directory
All Faculty & Staff

Administrative Associate
Lisa Aaron

Assistant Professor
Oluwafemi Akanfe
PhD
CSB 377

Adjunct Professor
Michelle Amaral
PhD

Advisor
Daffany L. Anglin

Advisor
Gary Applewhite

Adjunct Professor
Alicja Foksinska Arnold
MS

Assistant Professor
Samar Ashour
PhD

Instructor
Maria Athienitis
MAc

MBA Director; Associate Professor
Doug Ayers
PhD, MBA

Adjunct Professor
Steven Ballenger
MBA

Undergraduate Recruiter
James Micheal Barlow

Honorary Appointment
Patrick Barrett
205-934-8840

Assistant Professor
Nicole Beachum
PhD

Alumni Affairs Specialist
Mary Kathryn Borland

Professor
Scott Boyar
PhD

Administrative Associate
Isabell Boyd

Administrative & Operations Manager
Kris Boyle

Adjunct Professor
Chris Brainard
MSHA
205-934-8840

Adjunct Professor
Jeffery Buck
MBA

Advisor
Tristan Buie

Assistant Professor
Michele Bunn
PhD, MBA

Associate Professor
Jim Byrd
PhD

Information Systems Specialist
David Childers

Adjunct Professor
John Collins
MBA

Senior Instructor
Elizabeth Turnbull Cooper
MBA

Adjunct Professor
Thomas Cooper
MBA

System Administrator
Phillip Cotton

Graduate Recruiter
Brandon Cox
MBA
205-270-5833

Advisor; Program Manager
Kristen Craig

Instructor
Diane Crawley
JD

Adjunct Professor
Lisabeth Crute
MBA

Associate Professor
Sarah Culver
PhD

Associate Professor
Manabendra DasGupta
PhD

Associate Professor
Ryan Davis
PhD

Ben S. Weil Endowed Chair of Industrial Distribution
Thomas DeCarlo
PhD

Professor
George Deitz
PhD, MIDE
205-934-0080

Adjunct Professor
Christopher Denner
MIDE
205-934-8840

Professor
Paul Di Gangi
PhD

Co-Director, HLA; Senior Instructor
Joel Dobbs
PharmD, MPH

Adjunct Professor
Annetta Dolowitz
MPH

Program Manager, Professional Education
Jennifer Dunn

Fiscal Affairs Director
Melvin Eatmon

Professor
Christopher Edmonds
PhD

Associate Professor
Jennifer Edmonds
PhD

Associate Professor
Mark Edmonds
PhD

Professor
Griffin Edwards
PhD

Advisor; Program Director
Wendy England

Assistant Professor
Mohammad Firouz
PhD

Professor
Eric Ford
PhD

Associate Professor
Richard Fu
PhD

Adjunct Professor
Johnny Gilliland
MBA

Associate Professor
Samuel Goh
PhD

Department Chair; Associate Professor
Allen Gorman
PhD

Adjunct Professor
Vincent Graffeo
JD

Internship Coordinator: Entrepreneurship; Advisor
Karri Green

Instructor
Ken Gunnells
PhD

Assistant Professor
Jennifer Hamrick
PhD

Internship Coordinator, Marketing & Economics; Director, CSL; Professor
John Hansen

Adjunct Professor
Gavin Hayden
MBA
205-934-8840

Adjunct Professor
George Hayes
BS
205-934-8840

Adjunct Professor
Taisha Holifield
MS

Assistant Professor
Caleb Houston
PhD

Professor
Jack Howard
PhD

Adjunct Professor
Robert Howard
DSc

Associate Professor
Xuan Huang
PhD

Instructor
Ave Jack
MEd, MS

Administrative Associate
Krista Johnson

Associate Professor
Amir Karami
PhD

Senior Associate Dean; Professor
Karen Kennedy
PhD

Adjunct Professor
La' Shonda King
DBA

Senior Instructor
Randall Kornegay
MA

Program Manager, Scholarships
Melody Lake

Adjunct Professor
Michelle Bradley Landrum
EdD

Assistant Professor
Diane Lawong
PhD

Adjunct Professor
Ashley Leath
MA

Associate Professor
Ryan Leece
PhD

Administrative Director of Graduate Programs
Christy Manning

Assistant Professor
Parul Manocha
PhD, MISQ
205-934-8830

Associate Professor
John Martin
PhD, MISQ
205-934-8830

Advisor
Paige Mathis

Senior Instructor
Alicia Clavell McCall
MA

Assistant Professor
Colleen McClure
PhD

Executive Assistant
Heather McGuire

Adjunct Professor
Reed McMullan

Instructional Design Specialist
Jonathan McNair

Assistant Professor
Benjamin Meadows
PhD

Adjunct Professor
David Mellon
JD
205-934-8840

UAB Alumni and Friends Professorship in Accounting
Frank Messina
PhD

Assistant Professor
Marena Messina
PhD

Instructor
Sevante Metcalf
MBA

Adjunct Professor
Sam Miller
MBA

Adjunct Professor
Sahra Mohamadian
MBA

Adjunct Professor
Cheryl Morrow
205-934-8840

Professor
George Munchus
PhD

Goodrich Endowed Chair for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Patrick J. Murphy
PhD

Professor
Philip Musa
PhD

Internship Coordinator: Accounting; Instructor
Eddie Nabors
MAc

Internship Coordinator: Industrial Distribution; Instructor
Rush Neil
MBA, MIBS

Senior Instructor
Nathan Oliver
MBA

Adjunct Professor
Kevin Overlaur
MSMIS

Director, Professional Education
Cori Miller Perdue
PhD

Adjunct Professor
Tyler Peterson
EdD
205-934-8840

Internship Coordinator: Management, HR Management, Information Systems; Instructor
Peter Pfluger
MBA

Adjunct Professor
David Pickard
DBA
205-934-8840

Adjunct Professor
N. DeWayne Pope
JD

Advisor; Freshman Success Director
Andrea Miller Pound

Professor
Thomas Powers
PhD

Assistant Professor
Zhilei (George) Qiao
PhD

Adjunct Professor
Alexander Rivera
BASc

Interim Department Chair; Associate Professor
Joshua Robinson
PhD

Adjunct Professor
Charles Rossmann
205-934-8840

Adjunct Professor
Susan Sailors
MA

Finance Internship Coordinator; Instructor
Daniel Sanabria
MBA

Program Director, Regions Institute for Financial Education
Cheryl Sanders

Professor
Arline Savage
PhD

Director of Communications
Julie Ross Senter

Professor
Shibin (Simon) Sheng
PhD

Dean
Christopher L. Shook

Adjunct Professor
Shaun Simon
MSMIS

Adjunct Professor
Mark Sims

Instructor
Angel Smith
MAc
205-934-8820

Advisor
Jessica Smith

Instructor
Chen Song
MAc, MS

Assistant Director, Employer Engagement
Andreia Stechmann

Director, Collat Career Center
Rita Stewart-Hampton

Adjunct Professor
Scott Stone
MAc

Adjunct Professor
Karen Stump
MBA
205-934-8840

Assistant Director, Student Engagement
Hannah Thompson

Associate Professor
Sam Thompson
PhD

Advisor; Director of Transfer Student Success
Laura Tull

Professor Emeritus
Joseph Van Matre
PhD

Professor
Thomas E. Vermeer
PhD

Advisor
Brooke Walker

Administrative Associate
Cassandra Walker

Adjunct Professor
Janice Ward
MA

Associate Dean for Research, Innovation, and Faculty Success; University Professor
Molly Wasko
PhD, MBA

Communications Specialist
Mia Watkins

Associate Professor
Barbara Wech
PhD

Senior Director of Development
Brad Whisenant

Adjunct Professor
David Wilson
MIDE

Assistant Director of Development
Michael Wilson

Web Communications Manager
Lori Wood

Assistant Professor
Parker Woodroof
PhD

Professor
James (Jamey) Worrell
PhD

Adjunct Professor
Elizabeth Wright
MBA

Associate Professor
Nuo Xu
PhD

Department Chair; Regions Institute for Financial Education Endowed Professorship
Stephanie Yates
PhD

Assistant Professor
Nohel Zaman
PhD
CSB 360

Professor
Xiaoni Zhang
PhD
CSB 371

Assistant Professor
Yufei Zhang
PhD