Directory
Faculty

Assistant Professor
Oluwafemi Akanfe
PhD
CSB 377

Adjunct Professor
Michelle Amaral
PhD

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

Honorary Appointment
Patrick Barrett
205-934-8840

Assistant Professor
Nicole Beachum
PhD

Professor
Scott Boyar
PhD

Adjunct Professor
Chris Brainard
MSHA
205-934-8840

Adjunct Professor
Jeffery Buck
MBA

Assistant Professor
Michele Bunn
PhD, MBA

Associate Professor
Jim Byrd
PhD

Adjunct Professor
John Collins
MBA

Instructor
Elizabeth Turnbull Cooper
MBA

Adjunct Professor
Thomas Cooper
MBA

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
Paul Di Gangi
PhD

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

Adjunct Professor
Annetta Dolowitz
MPH

Professor
Christopher Edmonds
PhD

Associate Professor
Jennifer Edmonds
PhD

Associate Professor
Mark Edmonds
PhD

Associate Professor
Griffin Edwards
PhD

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

Instructor
Ken Gunnells
PhD

Assistant Professor
Jennifer Hamrick
PhD

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

Instructor
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

Dean; Wells Fargo Endowed Chair in Business Administration
Eric Jack
PhD

Associate Professor
Amir Karami
PhD

Senior Associate Dean; Professor
Karen Kennedy
PhD

Adjunct Professor
La' Shonda King
DBA

Instructor
Randall Kornegay
MA

Adjunct Professor
Michelle Bradley Landrum
EdD

Assistant Professor
Diane Lawong
PhD

Adjunct Professor
Ashley Leath
MA

Associate Professor
Ryan Leece
PhD

Instructor
Alicia Clavell McCall
MA

Assistant Professor
Colleen McClure
PhD

Adjunct Professor
Reed McMullan

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
MAc

Instructor
Sevante Metcalf
MBA

Adjunct Professor
Sam Miller
MBA

Adjunct Professor
Sahra Mohamadian
MBA

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

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

Assistant Professor
Michael Pimentel
PhD

Adjunct Professor
N. DeWayne Pope
JD

Professor
Thomas Powers
PhD

Assistant Professor
Zhilei (George) Qiao
PhD

Visiting Instructor
Jack Igor Richter
PhD
205-934-8826
CSB 374

Adjunct Professor
Alexander Rivera
BASc

Associate Professor
Joshua Robinson
PhD

Adjunct Professor
Susan Sailors
MA

Finance Internship Coordinator; Instructor
Daniel Sanabria
MBA

Professor
Arline Savage
PhD

Professor
Shibin (Simon) Sheng
PhD

Adjunct Professor
Shaun Simon
MSMIS

Adjunct Professor
Mark Sims

Instructor
Angel Smith
MAc
205-934-8820

Instructor
Chen Song
MAc, MS

Adjunct Professor
Scott Stone
MAc

Adjunct Professor
Karen Stump
MBA
205-934-8840

Associate Professor
Sam Thompson
PhD

Professor Emeritus
Joseph Van Matre
PhD

Professor
Thomas E. Vermeer
PhD

Adjunct Professor
Janice Ward
MA

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

Associate Professor
Barbara Wech
PhD

Adjunct Professor
David Wilson
MBA

Department Chair and Professor; CSL, Outreach & Research
Mike Wittmann
PhD

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