Dr. Rajarshi V. Aroskar

Acting Department Head of MaManagement

Dean, Dr. Sam Pack College of Business and Professor of Finance (2023)
Email: [email protected]
Office: Business Building, Room 173
Phone: 254-459-5661

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• PhD, University of Texas at Arlington, Finance, 2002
• MBA, University of Pune, Business Administration, 1997
• BS, Electronics Engineering, 1994
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), 2008

Mr. Seth Newsom

Administrative Associate V
Email: [email protected]
Office: BUS 130
Phone: 254-968-9098

Dr. Triss Ashton

Associate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office: BUS 130A
Phone: 254-968-1705

• Ph.D. – The University of North Texas – Management Science and Logistics, 2013
• MBA – The University of North Texas – Decision Sciences concentration, 2009
• BS – Angelo State University – Applied Physics and Math, 2005

American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Manager of Quality/Operational Excellence (CMQ/OE), Since 2008

Teaching Interests: Applied Statistics, Data Analytics, Data Mining, Management Science,

Research Interests: Machine based text mining in any business domain; statistical analysis for fraud detection and money laundering

Dr. Miguel A. Baeza

Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office: Fort Worth Campus, Room 315
Phone: 817-484-4401

Program Coordinator for the BBA-International Business

• Ph.D. – The University of Texas-Pan American, Business Administration/Management
• 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. Angela Brown

Instructor
Email: [email protected]
Office: Business Building, Room 185B
Phone: 254-968-9332

• MJ, Tulane University Law School, Labor and Employment Law, 2019
• MS, Tarleton State University, Human Resource Management, 2004
• BBA, Tarleton State University, Human Resource Management, 1993

Dr. Bryn Brown

Assistant Professor

ACUE Certified: Effective Teaching Practices

Email: [email protected]
Office: BUS 141
Phone: 254-968-9275

• Ph.D. – Human Resource Development with a Strategic Management Perspective in Organization Development and Change, The University of Texas at Tyler, 2018
  • Dissertation: “Testing the Measurement Invariance and Latent Mean Differences of Data from the Employee Perceptions of Supervisor/Line Manager Coaching Behavior Measure Between Virtual and Traditional Employees from Generation X and Y”
• MS – Human Resource Management, Tarleton State University, 2011
• MBA – Business Administration, Tarleton State University, 2003
• BBA – Finance, Texas State University, 1999

Teaching Interests: Human Resource Development; Organizational Development and Change; Human Resource Management; Organizational Behavior

Research Interests: Managerial coaching; virtual managerial coaching; generational cohorts; quantitative methods

Dr. David Cavazos

Associate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office: Business Building, Room 128
Phone: 254-459-5496

Program Coordinator for the MS-Management

• PhD, Texas Tech University, Business Administration, 2006
  • Primary field: Strategic Management
  • Secondary field: Organization Theory
  • Minor: Statistics
• MPA, Texas Tech University, 2001
  • Primary Field: Public Financial Management
  • Secondary Field: Public Policy Implementation
• BA, Texas Tech University, Economics, 1996
  • Minor: Mathematics

Teaching Interests: Strategic Management, Organizational Behavior, Organizational Theory 

Research Interests: Corporate reputation management, industry regulation, firm self-regulation  

Dr. Catalin C. Dinulescu

Assistant Professor

ACUE Certified: Effective Teaching Practices

Email: [email protected]
Office: BUS 129
Phone: 254-968-1959

• Ph.D. – University of North Texas, Management Science; minor in Computer Science, 2019
  • Dissertation: “Relationship Quality in Social Commerce Decision-Making”
• MBA – University of Texas at Dallas, Business Administration, 2002
• MS – Telecom Bretagne, Mobile Radio Communications, 1996
• BS/MS – Politehnica University of Bucharest, Electronics & Telecommunications, 1994
• Project Management Institute (PMI) – Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

Teaching Interests: Business Analytics, Statistics, Data Mining, Machine Learning, Business Strategy, Decision Making, Operations, Supply Chain and Project Management, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Management Information Systems

Research Interests: Management and Decision Sciences, Business Analytics, Applied Data Science to Business, Operations and Supply Chain, Leadership and Entrepreneurship

Dr. Ed Dittfurth

Assistant Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office: BUS 146
Phone: 254-968-1874

• Ed.D. – Tarleton State University, 2015, Stephenville, Texas
• MS – Management and Leadership Tarleton State University, 2011
• BS – Hydrology Tarleton State University, 1990

Ordination – Ministerial Studies, Assemblies of God Theological Seminary/Global University, 2001

Teaching Interests: Business Ethics, Business Statistics

Research Interests: Student Retention, Cohorts in Education

Mr. Joe Dummar

Instructor
Email: [email protected]
Office: Business Building, Room 185A
Phone: 254-968-9046

• Master of Science, Naval Postgraduate School, Operations Research, 2011
• Bachelor of Science, Hawaii Pacific University, Business Administration, 2005

 Professional certifications and licenses: ABCTeach Alternate Certification Course

Ms. Christi Foster

Assistant Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office: BUS 138
Phone: 254-968-9917

• MBA – Tarleton State University, Business Administration
• BBA – Tarleton State University, Accounting

Dr. Rusty Freed

Email: [email protected]
Office: BUS 134 (Stephenville Campus)
Phone: 254-968-1914

• Ed.D. – University of North Texas, Applied Technology and Performance Improvement (Human Resource Development)
• MBA – Tarleton State University (Management and Marketing Concentrations)
• BBA – Tarleton State University, General Business

Teaching Interests: Small Business Management, Trends in Entrepreneurship, Applied Program Capstone

Research Interests: Prior Learning Assessment, Generational/Workplace Diversity, Adult Degree Completion Programs

Dr. Reginald Hall

Associate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office: BUS 135
Phone: 254-968-9654

• EdD: Educational Leadership – Tarleton State University
• MS: Human Resource Management – Tarleton State University
• BBA: Marketing – Tarleton State University

Dr. Jake Heller

Associate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office: BUS 135
Phone: 254-968-9852

• Ph.D. – Arizona State University
• MS – Arizona State University
• BA – University of Texas at San Antonio

Dr. Nathan Heller

Professor of Management & Marketing

Email: [email protected]
Office: BUS 134
Phone: 254-968-9512

• Ph.D. – Arizona State University
• MBA – Brigham Young University
• BA – University of Texas at San Antonio

Teaching Interests: Management & Marketing

Research Interests: Brand Alliances, Nonprofit Marketing, Trust, Ethics

Dr. Sue Joiner

Associate Professor
Email: [email protected] 
Office: BUS 171
Phone: 254-968-9712

• EdD, Tarleton State University, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
• MEd, Tarleton State University, Secondary Education
• BBA, Tarleton State University, Business Administration

Teaching Interests: Administrative Systems, General Business, Marketing

Research Interests: Vocational Business Education

Dr. Dianna Krueger

Associate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office: BUS 132
Phone: 254-968-1706

Program Coordinator for the BBA-Human Resource Management

• Ph.D., Business Administration – Organizational and Management Studies, Human Resource Management Focus, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, 2011, San Antonio, Texas
• M. A., Psychology, Industrial Organizational Focus, Stephen F. Austin State University, 2005, Nacogdoches, Texas
• B.A., Psychology, Minor in Philosophy, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, 2001, Corpus Christi, Texas

Teaching Interests: Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, Staffing, Training and Development, and Diversity

Research foci: Diversity and inclusion, staffing, and weight-based bias pertaining to employee selection

Mr. Bill Leaverton

Instructor of Management
Email: [email protected]
Office: BUS 204A
Phone: tbd

• MBA – University of North Texas, 2006
• BBA Marketing – Texas Tech University, 1995

Teaching Interests: Small Business, entrepreneurship, Strategy

Dr. John LeCounte

Assistant Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office: BUS 144
Phone: 254-968-9053

Program Coordinator for the BBA-General Business

• Ph.D., Human Resource Development, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
• M.A., Human Resource Management, Webster University, Saint Louis, Missouri.
• M.A., Management and Leadership, Webster University, Saint Louis, Missouri.
• B.A., Justice Administration, Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Teaching Interests: Entrepreneurship Strategy, Family Business Management, Leadership Development, and Small Business Leadership

Research Interests: CEO Succession Planning, Founder-CEOs Succession, Small Business Governance, and Theory-Building

Dr. Brian Martinson, SPHR, EA

Associate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office: Fort Worth Building, Room 338
Phone: 817-717-3327

Program Coordinator for the MS-Human Resource Management

• Ph.D. – University of Texas at Arlington
• MBA – American University in Cairo
• BA – University of Minnesota Duluth

Teaching Interests: Human Resource Management, Strategy, Business Ethics, International Business

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

Dr. Randy McCamey, SPHR

Professor
Email: [email protected]
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

Dr. Drake Mullens

Associate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office: Fort Worth Campus
Phone: 817-484-9715

Program Coordinator for the BBA-Management

• Ph.D. – University of Texas at Arlington, Strategic Management
• MBA – University of Nebraska at Omaha
• BSBA – University of Nebraska at Omaha, Marketing

Teaching Interests: Organizational Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Organizational Theory

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

Dr. David Notgrass

Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office: Waco 
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. Joanna Shaw

Associate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office: BUS 142
Phone: 254-968-9087

• Ph.D. in Applied Technology and Performance Improvement from the University of North Texas
• MS – Tarleton State University, Human Resource Management
• 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