Business Administration

Honors: An Honors Program in business administration is offered for qualified students; see department head for details.

Department Head: Amanda B. Bower
Associate Department Head: Andrew M. Hess

Faculty

First date is the year in which the faculty member began service as regular faculty at the University. Second date is the year of appointment to the present rank.

Robert M. Ballenger, Ph.D.—(2001)-2012
Professor of Business Administration
Ph.D., Lehigh University

Amanda B. Bower, Ph.D.—(2002)-2012
Charles C. Holbrook Jr. ‘72 Professor of Business Administration
Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Andi Coulter, Ph.D. —(2021)-2023
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Ph.D., University at Buffalo

Michelle Cowan, Ph.D.—(2023)-2023
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Ph.D., Texas Tech University

Anushka Daunt, Ph.D.—(2023)-2023
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Justin Davis, Ph.D. —(2022)-2022
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Ph.D., Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Gavin L. Fox, Ph.D.—(2014)-2014
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Ph.D., Florida State University

Bright Frimpong, Ph.D.—(2023)-2023
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Ph.D., University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Dennis M. Garvis, J.D., Ph.D.—(1998)-2011
Professor of Business Administration
J.D., University of Iowa
Ph.D., Georgia State

Elisabeth K. Gilbert, Ph.D.—(2019)-2019
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Ph.D. University of Florida

Andrew M. Hess, Ph.D.—(2013)-2022
Ehrik Kilner Haight, Sr. Term Professor of Business Administration
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Lingshu Hu, Ph.D. —(2021)-2021
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Ph.D., University of Missouri

Keri Larson, Ph.D.—(2017)-2017
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Ph.D., University of Georgia

Jayson Margalus, M.S.—(2023)-2023
Johnson Professor of Entrepreneurship and Leadership
M.S., DePaul University

Jeff Schatten, Ph.D.—(2016)-2022
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Ph.D., Georgia State University

Robert D. Straughan, Ph.D.—(2000)-2010
Professor of Business Administration and Crawford Family Dean of the Williams School
Ph.D., University of Houston

Jill Sundie, Ph.D.—(2020)-2020
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Ph.D., Arizona State University

Pooja Thakur-Wernz, Ph.D.—(2020)-2020
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Ph.D., Rutgers University

Business Administration majors may not minor in Data Science- Business Analytics but may minor in Data Science.