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College of Business Administration


College of Business Administration
P.O. Box 5190 Kent State University
Kent, OH 44242-0001
Web: business.kent.edu
Fax: 330-672-4043

 

Advising Offices:
Undergraduate Programs Office:
Room 107, Business Administration Building
Telephone: 330-672-2872

Graduate Programs Office:
Room A310, Business Administration Building
Telephone: 330-672-2282
email: gradbus@kent.edu

 

Mission Statement

The Kent State University College of Business Administration fulfill their charge from the university and the state of Ohio by providing high-quality undergraduate, graduate and executive programs by engaging in a combination of instructional, research and scholarship, and service activities. While selected graduate programs encompass national and international clienteles, our programs primarily serve the citizens of Northeast Ohio. For selected graduate programs, the geographical sphere encompasses national and international clienteles.

Department of Accounting
  • ALAM, PERVAIZ (1985) Professor, CPA., Ph.D., University of Houston, 1984
  • ALTIERI, MARK P. (1992) Professor, CPA., C.F.P., CMA, LL.M., New York University, 1982
  • BARNIV, RAN (1990) Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1983
  • FORST, ARNO (2009) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University, 2009
  • HINKEL, TIMOTHY (2013) Assistant Professor, Ph.D. , University of Arizona, 2013
  • HOFFMAN, BENJAMIN W. (2012) Assistant Professor
  • LAKSMANA, INDRARINI (2004) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Georgia State University, 2004
  • LI, WEI (2006) Associate Professor, CPA, Ph.D., Washington State University, 2006
  • ROSE, JOHN M. (2003) Lecturer, CPA, M.B.A., Kent State University, 1994
  • SELLERS, R. DREW (2011) Assistant Professor
  • TIETZ, WENDY M. (2000) Associate Professor, CPA, CMA, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2007
  • ZUCCA, LINDA J. (1988) Associate Professor, CPA, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1989
Department of Economics
  • BARNETTE, JUSTIN (2011) Assistant Professor
  • BOLCHALK, JAMES R. (2006) Associate Professor, Regional College, Ph.D., The University of Akron, 1996
  • DECHENAUX, EMMANUEL (2004) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Purdue University, 2004
  • EL-BAHNASAWY, NASR G. (2012) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Colorado State University, 2008
  • ELLIS, MICHAEL A. (1990) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Texas A & M University, 1991
  • ENGLEHARDT, LUCAS M. (2010) Assistant Professor, Regional College, M.A., The Ohio State University, 2006
  • GREENHALGH-STANLEY, NADIA (2009) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2009
  • HARRIS, JEREMIAH R. (2014) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Purdue University, 2014
  • HAYDUK, IRYNA (2014) Assistant Professor, Regional College, Ph.D., University of Houston (downtown), 2014
  • JOHNSON, ERIC D. (2005) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of California (San Diego), 1997
  • KANG, WENSHENG (2009) Assistant Professor, Regional College, Ph.D., University of Missouri (Columbia), 2009
  • KENT, RICHARD J. (1983) Professor, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley), 1976
  • LEONTIEVA, LUDMILA (2014) Lecturer
  • LIU, DANDAN (2008) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2005
  • MUKHERJEE, DEEPRAJ (2012) Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of Memphis, 2010
  • PARK, JOOYOUN (2009) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), 2009
  • REYNOLDS, C. LOCKWOOD (2007) Associate Professor, Ph.D., The University of Michigan, 2007
  • ROHLIN, SHAWN (2012) Assistant Professor
  • WILLIAMS, DONALD R. (1983) Professor, Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1984
  • WILSON, KATHRYN S. (1996) Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1996
Department of Finance
  • BARAN, LINDSAY C. (2011) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of North Carolina (Charlotte), 2010
  • BEIER, LOIS J. (1985) Associate Professor, J.D., The University of Akron, 1980
  • DUMPE, DAVID A. (1991) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1996
  • MUTHUSWAMY, JAYARAM (2007) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1990
  • PU, XIAOLING X. (2008) Associate Professor
  • SHYNKEVICH, ANDREI (2009) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Louisiana State University/A&M (Baton Rouge), 2009
  • THORNTON, JOHN H. (1999) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Georgia State University, 1999
  • VIA, MARC (2014) Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of Alabama, 2014
Department of Management and Information Systems
  • AKPAN, IKPE (2012) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Lancaster University (U.K.), 2006
  • ANTENUCCI, ROBERT P. (2005) Lecturer, Regional Campuses
  • ARIKAN, ASLI M. (2014) Assistant Professor
  • ARIKAN, ILGAZ (2014) Assistant Professor
  • BAKES, CATHERINE M. (1982) Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 1982
  • BERARDI, VICTOR L. (1993) Associate Professor, Regional Campuses, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1998
  • BLUNDELL, GREGORY E. (2001) Lecturer, Regional Campuses
  • BRANDYBERRY, ALAN A. (2000) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, 1995
  • CLAYTON, YVETTE (2014) Lecturer, M.B.A., David Myers University, 2002
  • DATTA, PRATIM (2007) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 2003
  • DUBOIS, CATHY L. (1992) Professor, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1991
  • DRAGAN, NATALIA (2014) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 2010
  • GUIFFRIDA, ALFRED L. (2006) Associate Professor, Ph.D., The State University of New York (Buffalo), 2005
  • HOGUE, MARY B. (2001) Associate Professor, Ph.D., The University of Akron, 2002
  • KNAPP, DEBORAH K. (1992) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1994
  • LANDINGHAM, VELVET L. (2004) Associate Professor, Regional Campuses, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 2004
  • LEVANSHINA, JULIA (2008) Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Purdue University, 2005
  • OFFODILE, O. FELIX (1988) Professor, Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 1984
  • PATUWO, B. EDDY (1988) Professor, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989
  • POLITES, GRETA L. (2012) Assistant Professor
  • PORR, DEAN A. (2004) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Regent University, 2004
  • SHANKER, MURALI S. (1990) Professor, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1990
  • SMAS, M. J. (1998) Lecturer
  • STEINBERG, GEOFFREY (1991) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Temple University, 1991
  • STIRBENS, KATHLEEN A. (1993) Associate Lecturer, Regional Campuses, Masters degree, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1984
  • WHITMORE, MARK D. (2014) Assistant Professor, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, The, 1985
Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship
  • ALBANESE, PAUL J. (1990) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Harvard University, 1982
  • ANOKHIN, SERGEY ALEXANDRO (2002) Associate Professor, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 2006
  • BRIDGES, EILEEN L. (1994) Professor, Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1987
  • CAMPBELL, COLIN (2013) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Simon Fraser University, 2011
  • EASTERLING, DENISE M. (2009) Lecturer, M.B.A., Ashland University, 2006
  • GRAHAM, GREGORY (2006) Lecturer, M. Div., Trinity International University, 1996
  • GRIMM, PAMELA E. (1992) Associate Professor, Ph.D., State University of New York (Buffalo), 1993
  • GROENING, CHRISTOPHER (2013) Assistant Professor
  • HOWELL, WILLAM P. (2009) Lecturer, Ph.D., Kent State University, 1996
  • JEWELL, ROBERT D. (2004) Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1999
  • MESSING, JULIE A. (2004) Lecturer, M.M., Aquinas College, 1990
  • THACKER, DONALD (1998) Associate Lecturer, Regional Campuses, M.B.A., Kent State University, 1996
  • WANG, TUO (2004) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 2004
  • WIGGINS JOHNSON, JENNIFER A. (2006) Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison), 2006
  • ZAMARY, CRAIG J. (2008) Lecturer, M.B.A., Kent State University, 2012
  • ZAMUDIO MICHELSEN, CESAR A. (2013) Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Texas (Dallas), 2013