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Faculty and Staff

Management, Marketing, and Administrative Systems
Dr. Thomas BradleyDr. Thomas Bradley
MMAS Department Head and Associate Professor
Email: tbradley@tarleton.edu
Office: BUS 130
Phone: 254-968-9785
Ph.D. - University of North Texas, Applied Technology, Training and Development
MS - University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Organizational Leadership
BSEE - University of Central Florida, Engineering Technology

Teaching Interests: Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Operations Management, Statistics

Research Interests: Leadership, Management Applications of Technology

Ms. Carolyn SmithMs. Carolyn Smith
Administrative Assistant III
Email: casmith@tarleton.edu
Office: BUS 130
Phone: 254-968-9098
Ms. Jodie DearingMs. Jodie Dearing
Administrative Assistant III
Email: jdearing@tarleton.edu
Office: BUS 129
Phone: 254-968-9055

MS - Tarleton State University - Management & Leadership

BAAS - Tarleton State University - Business

Admin for Graduate Students - MBA, MS Human Resource Management, MS Management & Leadership

Dr. Miguel BaezaDr. Miguel Baeza
Assistant Professor
Email: Baeza@tarleton.edu
Office: BUS 148
Phone: 254-968-1874

PhD - The University of Texas-Pan American, Business Administration

MBA - The University of Texas-Pan American, Business Administration

BBA - The University of Texas-Pan American, Computer Info Systems

Teaching Interests: International Business, International Management, General Management, and Organizational Behavior

Research Interests: Cross-cultural management topics within a Latin American context,

Ms. Elizabeth (Betsy) BallMs. Elizabeth (Betsy) Ball
Assistant Professor
Email: bball@tarleton.edu
Office: BUS 134
Phone: 254-968-9053
MBA - Southern Methodist University
BA, Michigan State University
PHR Certification - Human Resource Certification Institute

Teaching Interests: International Business, Business Correspondence

Dr. David DevineyDr. David Deviney
Director and Professor of Management, Midlothian Higher Education Center
Email: deviney@tarleton.edu
Office: Midlothian
Phone: 972-775-7206
DBA - Nova Southeastern University, Human Resource Management
MBA - Tarleton State University, Management
BA - Tarleton State University, Business Administration

Teaching Interests: Organizational Behavior, Organizational Development and Change, Management, Strategy, Leadership

Research Interests: Longitudinal Research of predictor attributes of success

Mr. Dan DudleyMr. Dan Dudley
Assistant Professor/Coordinator for Off-Campus Programs
Email: dudley@tarleton.edu
Office: BUS 143
Phone: 254-968-1930
Post Masters Work in Secondary & Higher Education, Texas A&M Commerce
MS - Texas A&M University at Commerce, Business Administration
BS - Central State College, Business Education Bookkeeping & CP

Teaching Interests: Online Courses and Employer Related Internship Courses

Ms. Christi FosterMs. Christi Foster
Instructor
Email: cfoster@tarleton.edu
Office: BUS 114
Phone: 254-968-9917
MBA - Tarleton State University, Business Administration
BBA - Tarleton State University, Accounting
Dr. Rusty Freed, PHRDr. Rusty Freed, PHR
Executive Director for Academic Advising Services and Associate Professor
Email: freed@tarleton.edu
Office: Advising Services Center, Thompson Student Center Room 013
Phone: 254-968-9746
Ed.D. - University of North Texas, Applied Technology and Performance Improvement
MBA - Tarleton State University, Business Administration
BBA - Tarleton State University, General Business
PHR Certification - Human Resource Certification Institute

Teaching Interests: Human Resource Management (Training and Development, Recruitment and Selection of Employees), Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship.

Research Interests: Generational/Workplace Diversity, Adult Degree Programs

Mr. Steven GerhardtMr. Steven Gerhardt
Instructor
Email: gerhardt@tarleton.edu
Office: BUS 141
Phone: 254-968-9275
MS - University of Texas Austin, Industrial Engineering
MS - Troy State University, Management
BS - U.S. Military Academy, General Engineering

Teaching Interests: Small Business, Entrepreneurship, Quantative Applications

Research Interests: Small Business

Mr. Reginal Hall, PHRMr. Reginal Hall, PHR
Assistant Professor
Email: rhall@tarleton.edu
Office: BUS 144
Phone: 254-968-9654
MS - Tarleton State University, Human Resource Management
BBA - Tarleton State University, Marketing

Teaching Interests: Human Resource Management, Management, Staffing, Business Ethics, Introduction to Business, Training and Development

Dr. Samuel Hazen, SPHRDr. Samuel Hazen, SPHR
Professor
Email: hazen@tarleton.edu
Office: BUS 133
Phone: 254-968-9277
DBA - Louisiana Tech University
MBA - Louisiana Tech University, Management
BS - Missouri State University, Economics
Dr. Nathan HellerDr. Nathan Heller
Assistant Professor
Email: heller@tarleton.edu
Office: BUS 130
Phone: 254-968-9098
Ph.D. - Arizona State University, Public Administration
MBA - Brigham Young University, Business Administration
BA - University of Texas at San Antonio, Psychology

Teaching Interests: Strategic Management, Marketing

Research Interests: Brand Alliances, Nonprofit Marketing, Supply Chain Management, Ethics

Ms. Kayla KellyMs. Kayla Kelly
Advising Coordinator Ft Worth Programs & Hickman Bldg Mgr
Email: kelly@tarleton.edu
Office: Southwest Metroplex
Phone: 817-732-7312

MS - Tarleton State University - Management & Leadership

BS - Tarleton State University - Animal Science

Dr. Walter KendallDr. Walter Kendall
Associate Professor
Email: kendall@tarleton.edu
Office: BUS 149
Phone: 254-968-1889
DBA - Louisiana Tech University, Business Administration
MBA - Arizona State University, Marketing, Transportation
BA - Kentucky Wesleyan College, Economics

Teaching Interests: Marketing, Research, Logistics, International Marketing/Business

Research Interests: Logistics, International Marketing/Business

Ms. Linda LaMarcaMs. Linda LaMarca
Assistant Professor
Email: lamarca@tarleton.edu
Office: BUS 127
Phone: 254-968-9334
MBA - Tarleton State University, Business/Marketing
BA - Rider College

Teaching Interests: Marketing, Business Communications, Entrepreneurship

Research Interests: International and cross-cultural aspects of business, especially as related to marketing, business communications and entrepreneurship

Ms. Sue LewisMs. Sue Lewis
Assistant Professor
Email: selewis@tarleton.edu
Office: BUS 142
Phone: 254-968-9712
M.Ed. - Tarleton State University, Secondary Education
BBA - Tarleton State University, Business Administration

Teaching Interests: Administrative Systems, General Business, Marketing

Research Interests: Vocational Business Education

Mr. Brian MartinsonMr. Brian Martinson
Assistant Professor
Email: martinson@tarleton.edu
Office: BUS 146
Phone: 254-968-1959

Ph.D. Candidate - University of Texas at Arlington
MBA - American University in Cairo
BA - University of Minnesota Duluth

Teaching Interests: Human Resource Management, Strategy, Business Ethics

Research Interests: Strategic Human Resource Management, Human Capital, Leader/Member Exchange, Employee Attitudes and Behaviors, Group Process

Dr. Randy McCamey, SPHRDr. Randy McCamey, SPHR
Associate Professor
Email: mccamey@tarleton.edu
Office: BUS 139
Phone: 254-968-9311
Ph.D. - University of North Texas, Applied Technology Training & Development
M.Ed. - Tarleton State University, Guidance and Counseling
MBA - Tarleton State University, Business Administration
BS - Tarleton State University, Chemistry

Teaching Interests: Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, Organizational Development

Research Interests: Leadership, Leadership Development, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Work Ethic, Motivation

Ms. Carolyn MonkMs. Carolyn Monk
Instructor & Manager of Community College Outreach-Midlothian Programs
Email: cmonk@tarleton.edu
Office: Midlothian
Phone: 972-775-7244

MA - Dallas Baptist University, Management/Conflict Resolution (2010)

BBS - Dallas Baptist University - Business Administration (2005)

Teaching Interests: Small Business Management, Business Ethics, Principles of Management, Organizational Behavior, Business Communications, Human Resource Management, Conflict Resolution

Mr. Drake MullensMr. Drake Mullens
Assistant Professor
Email: mullens@tarleton.edu
Office: BUS 138
Phone: 254-968-1864

PhD (Expected Dec 2012): University of Texas at Arlington, Strategic Management

MBA: University of Nebraska at Omaha

BSBA: University of Nebraska at Omaha, Marketing Teaching

Teaching Interests: Organizational Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Organizational Theory

Research Interests: Entrepreneurship in the Family Business Context, Social Capital, Outcomes of Organizational Sustainability Initiatives

Dr. David NotgrassDr. David Notgrass
Assistant Professor - Waco
Email: notgrass@tarleton.edu
Office: Waco - MCC LA 108
Phone: 254-299-8528

Ph.D. - Dallas Baptist University - Leadership Studies with Finance

MBA - Dallas Baptist University - Management

BAAS - Dallas Baptist University - Business


Teaching Interests: Management (Organizational Behavior, Managing Organizational Change, Operations Management, Strategic Management); Corporate Finance

Research Interests: Leadership studies from the perspective of the follower

Dr. Janis PetronisDr. Janis Petronis
Professor
Email: jpetronis@tarleton.edu
Office: BUS 126
Phone: 254-968-9342
Ed.D. - Texas A&M University at Commerce, Supervision, Curriculum, & Higher Inst Education
M.Ed. - Tarleton State University, Educational Administration
BA - University of Arkansas, Marketing

Teaching Interests: Study Abroad, International Business, International Marketing, Global Business Practices, Retailing Consumer Behavior

Research Interests: Title VI-B Business and International Education grants; Internationalization of the Curriculum; International Expansion of Honor Societies

Mr. Richard PetronisMr. Richard Petronis
Professor
Email: petroni@tarleton.edu
Office: BUS 135
Phone: 254-968-9086
J.D. - University of Arkansas School of Law
BS - Arkansas Polytechnic College, Business/Economics
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College

Teaching Interests: Commercial Law, Real Estate Law, Employment Law, International Business Law

Research Interests: Constitutional issues relating to public education.

Dr. Joanna ShawDr. Joanna Shaw
Assistant Professor
Email: jshaw@tarleton.edu
Office: BUS 128
Phone: 254-968-9087

PhD in Applied Technology and Performance Improvement from the University of North Texas
MBA - Master of Science in Human Resource Management from Tarleton State University
BS in Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations from Tarleton State University

Teaching Interests: Human Resource Management, Business Communication, Management

Research Interests: Blended learning, generational cohorts within the workplace

Dr. Garry SmithDr. Garry Smith
Assistant Professor
Email: jgsmith@tarleton.edu
Office: BUS 148
Phone: 254-968-9048

Ph.D. - Texas A&M University, Marketing

MBA - University of North Texas - Marketing

BBA - University of Texas - Tyler - Economics

Teaching Interests: Personal Selling, Sales Management, Marketing Management, Principles of Marketing

Research Interests: Spirituality in Salespersons, Sales Performance, Student Stress, Sport Marketing Sales Forces

Ms. Beverly TurnerMs. Beverly Turner
Instructor / Advising Coordinator-Waco
Email: bturner@tarleton.edu
Office: WACO – MCC University Center
Phone: 254-299-8375
MBA - Tarleton State University, Business Administration
BBA - Tarleton State University, Human Resource Management
Ms. Nancy TurnerMs. Nancy Turner
Manager of Community College Outreach Programs/Undergraduate Advising Coordinator & Instructor
Email: nturner@tarleton.edu
Office: Ft Worth Campus
Phone: 817-732-7316
BS in Administrative Systems from Tarleton State University, 2000
MS in Human Resource Management from Tarleton State University, 2002

Teaching Interests: Management, Human Resource Management