Graduate Faculty of the Barton School of Business

Use the links below to view faculty in each department. To search for a specific faculty or staff member, please use the University's faculty and staff directory.

All telephone numbers can be dialed at (316) 978-XXXX.

Accountancy

Bryant, Jeffrey J., Associate Professor; and Director of School of Accountancy (1993).
BA, Wichita State University, 1977; JD, Washburn University, 1980; PhD, Texas Tech University, 1994. CPA-Kansas.
Office: 335 Clinton Hall
Phone: x6261
E-mail: jeffrey.bryant@wichita.edu

Area of expertise: Taxation.

Harrison, Paul, Professor, School of Accountancy (2000).
BM, Kansas State University, 1976; MBA, 1977; PhD, Arizona State University, 1982.
Office: 345 Clinton Hall
Phone: x6245
E-mail: paul.harrison@wichita.edu

Jarnagin, Bill D., Professor; Allen, Gibbs, & Houlik Faculty Fellow in Accountancy;
BSBA, Arkansas Polytechnic University, 1969; MBA, University of Arkansas, 1970; PhD, 1976. CPA-Oklahoma.
Office: 334 Clinton Hall
Phone: x6262
E-mail: bill.jarnigan@wichita.edu

Quirin, Jeffrey J., Assistant Professor, School of Accountancy (2000).
BS, Pittsburg State University, 1994; MBA, 1995; PhD, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1998.
Office: 343 Clinton Hall
Phone: x6258
E-mail: jeffrey.quirin@wichita.edu

Areas of expertise: Benchmarking, Activity-based Costing, Participative Budgeting, Financial Statement Analysis, and Oil and Gas Accounting.

Economics

Cheng, Jen-Chi, Associate Professor, Barton Fellow and Chairperson, Economics (1989).
BA, National Chengchi University, 1978; MA, National Taiwan University, 1982; PhD, Vanderbilt University, 1989.
Office: 116 Clinton Hall
Phone: 7084
E-mail: jenchi.cheng@wichita.edu

Areas of expertise: Exchange Rate Forecasting, Analysis of Business Condition, Stock Market Efficiency, and Impact of Interest Rate Adjustment.

Cho, Dong W., Professor, Economics (1972).
BA, Seoul National University, Korea, 1965; MA, Wayne State University, 1969; PhD, University of Illinois, 1973.
Office: 112 Clinton Hall
Phone: x7089
E-mail: dong.cho@wichita.edu

Areas of expertise: Monetary and Financial Economics, International Finance, Economic Forecasting, and Statistics.

Clark, James E., Associate Professor, Economics, and Associate Dean of Center for Economic Education (1976).
BA, Michigan State University, 1969; MA, Northwestern University, 1971; PhD, 1976.
Office: 023 Clinton Hall
Phone: x7097
E-mail: jim.clark@wichita.edu

Areas of expertise: E-Business Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Managerial Economics, Transportation Economics, Urban Economics, Economic History, the Teaching of Economics (both K-12 and college), and the Application of Technology to Teaching Economics.

Hersch, Philip L., Professor, Economics (1983).
BA, Queens College, 1974; MA, Ohio State University, 1978; PhD, 1982.
Office: 127 Clinton HallPhone: x7096
E-mail: philip.hersch@wichita.edu

Area of expertise: Applied Microeconomics.

Pelkowski, Jodi E., Associate Professor, Economics (2000).
Business Administration, Coe College, 1995; MS, University of Kentucky, 1998; PhD, 2000.
Office: 122 Clinton Hall
Phone: x7092
E-mail: jodi.messer@wichita.edu

Areas of expertise: Impact of Health in the Labor Market, Health Insurance, and Retirement Issues.

Perline, Martin M., Professor, Economics (1965) and Bloomfield Foundation Faculty Fellow in Business.
BA, Arizona State University, 1960; MA, Ohio State University, 1962; PhD, 1965.
Office: 111 Clinton Hall
Phone: x7088
E-mail: martin.perline@wichita.edu

Areas of expertise: labor economics, labor relations collective bargaining, and sports economics.

Marketing & Entrepreneurship

Claycomb, Vincentia (Cindy) A., Professor and Neff Family Fellow in Business, Marketing and Entrepreneurship (1994).
BBA, Wichita State University, 1979; MBA, 1991; PhD, Oklahoma State University, 1995.
Office: 303 Clinton Hall
Phone: x6938
E-mail: cindy.claycomb@wichita.edu
Home page: http://webs.twsu.edu/claycomb/

Areas of expertise: Marketing management, sales, retail, services marketing, relationship marketing; and supply chain management.

Hackett, Donald W., Associate Professor, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, and Director of Center for Entrepreneurship (1973).
BBA, University of Oklahoma, 1967; MBA, 1970; DBA, 1974.
Office: 213 Devlin Hall
Phone: x5160
E-mail: don.hackett@wichita.edu

Areas of expertise: Marketing Strategy, Growing the Firm, and Selling and Sales Force Management.

Headley, Dean, Associate Professor,and Chairperson, Marketing and Entrepreneurship � (1988).
BSB, Emporia State University, 1970; MPH, University of Oklahoma, 1974; MBA, Wichita State University, 1982; PhD, Oklahoma State University, 1989.
Office: 304 Clinton Hall
Phone: x7101
E-mail: dean.headley@wichita.edu

Areas of expertise: Services marketing, service quality measurement, customer satisfaction measurement

Martin, Charles L., Professor, Marketing and Entrepreneurship (1985).
BBA, West Texas State University, 1981; MBA, 1982; PhD, Texas A&M University, 1986.
Office: 302 Clinton Hall
Phone: x7104
E-mail: charles.martin@wichita.edu

Areas of expertise: Marketing for service organizations, customer service issues, sport/recreation marketing, and relationship marketing.

Porter, Stephen, Associate Professor and Barton Fellow, Marketing and Entrepreneurship (1995).
BS, Friends University, 1976; MBA, Wichita State University, 1982; PhD, Oklahoma State University, 1994.
Office: 311 Clinton Hall
Phone: x7105
E-mail: stephen.porter@wichita.edu

Areas of expertise: Interpersonal communication and marketing communication, and promotion strategy.

Ross, Robert H., Associate Professor
AB, Cornell University, 1964; MBA, 1966; PhD, University of Oklahoma, 1979.
Office: 301 Clinton Hall
Phone: x3374
E-mail: robert.ross@wichita.edu

Areas of expertise: Marketing channel effectiveness, the use of cues to evaluate the quality of consumer products, and methods of positioning colleges and universities from a marketing standpoint.

DeSilva, Dharma, Professor, Management and International Business, and Director of Center for International Business (1976).
BSBA, University of Evansville, 1957; MS, Southern Illinois University 1959; PhD, Indiana University, 1966.
Office: 034 Clinton Hall
Phone: x7117
E-mail: dharma.desilva@wichita.edu

Areas of expertise: International Business , International Marketing, International Trade and exporting, Management, and International Business & Competitiveness, Management Education & Internationalization of Business School Curricula; and Japan's Trading Companies (SogoShosha).

Farmer, Steven M., Associate Professor and Chairperson, Management (1999). W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair in Business. BS, Tulane University, 1978; MA, Southern Methodist University, 1980; MS, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1991; PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993.
Office: x348 Clinton Hall
Phone: x7249
E-mail: steven.farmer@wichita.edu

Areas of expertise: Individual and group Creativity and innovation in organizations, volunteer management, power/conflict/negotiations in organizations, and work-group processes and decision-making.

Graham, Gerald H., R.P. Clinton Distinguished Professor, Management (1967).
BS, Northwestern State College, 1959; MSBA, 1960; PhD, Louisiana State University, 1968.
Office: 021C Clinton Hall
Phone: x6889
E-mail: gerald.graham@wichita.edu

Pett, Timothy L., Assistant Professor, Management (1996).
BA, Saint Leo College, 1989; MBA, University of Memphis, 1992; PhD, 1995.
Office: 310 Clinton Hall
Phone: x7114
E-mail: tim.pett@wichita.edu
Areas of expertise: Small and medium enterprise strategies, corporate diversification, organizational design/theory, and international management/strategies.

Stoltenberg, Clyde D., Distinguished Chair in International Business, Associate Director for International Business Advancement (2007).
JD, Harvard Law School, 1977; MIA, Columbia University School of International & Public Affairs, 1985; BA, University of Iowa (1969).
Office: 341A Clinton Hall
Phone: x6399
E-mail:clyde.stoltenberg@wichita.edu

Wolff, James A., Associate Professor and Barton Fellow, Management and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research (1994).
BS, University of Idaho, 1972; MBA, Washington State University, 1990; PhD, 1995.
Office: 201 Clinton Hall
Phone: x7113
E-mail: jim.wolff@wichita.edu
Areas of expertise: Cooperative strategies, small and medium enterprise internationalization; strategic resource management, organizational design, organization learning and general management.

Finance, Real Estate and Decision Sciences

Abdinnour, Sue , Verne and Helen Omer Professor in Business, FREDS (1994).
BS, Birzeit University, 1983; MS, Southampton University, 1988; PhD, Indiana University, 1994.
Office: 316 Clinton Hall
Phone: x6654
Email: sue.abdinnour@wichita.edu
Homepage: http://www.wichita.edu/sue

Management

Bereman, Nancy,Associate Professor, Management, W. Frank Barton School of Business (1980).
BA, Wichita State University, 1969; MBA, 1974; PhD, University of Minnesota,1983.
Office: 021 D Clinton Hall
Phone: x6492
E-mail: nancy.bereman@wichita.edu

Areas of expertise: Measurement and improvement of Operations, Enterprise Resource Planning, Supply Chain Management, Logistics Management, and Facility Layout.

Barut, Mehmet, Assistant Professor, FREDS (2000).
BS, Istanbul Technical University, 1988; MS, 1991; PhD, Clemson University, 1999.
Office: 324 Clinton Hall
Phone: x6930
E-mail: mehmet.barut@wichita.edu

Areas of expertise: Capacity/Demand Management, Logistics Systems Design and Performance Measurement.

Craft, Timothy, Associate Professor, FREDS (2000).
BS, Illinois State University, 1987; MS, University of Illinois-Urbana, 1992
Office: 315 Clinton Hall
Phone: x6965
E-mail: timothy.craft@wichita.edu

Areas of expertise: Pension, Plan Portfolio Allocation, Institutional Investor Behavior, Real Estate Investment Trusts, and Real Estate Valuation.

Hildreth, W. Bartley, Regents Distinguished Professor of Public Finance, Hugo Wall School of Public and Urban Affairs (1994).
BA, University of Alabama, 1971; MPA, Auburn University-Montgomery, 1974; PhD, University of Georgia, 1979.
Office: 205 Lindquist Hall
Phone: x6332
E-mail: bart.hildreth@wichita.edu

Areas of expertise: Municipal Securities, State and Local Tax Policy, and Government Finance and Budgeting.

LeCompte, Richard L.B. , Associate Professor, and Chairperson of FREDS, and H. Dene Heskett Chair in Finance (1989).
BA, University of Arkansas, 1976; MA, 1978; PhD, University of Texas-Austin, 1987.
Office: 341A Clinton Hall
Phone: x6448
E-mail: rick.lecompte@wichita.edu

Areas of expertise: Commercial Bank Management, Cost Efficiency, Mergers and Acquisitions, Personal Financial Planning and Public Policy Issues Concerning Financial Institutions and Markets.

Longhofer, Stanley D., Associate Professor, FREDS, and Stephen Clark Chair in Real Estate and Finance (1999).
BBA, Wichita State University, 1989; MS, University of Illinois, 1991; PhD, 1995.
Office: 311 A Clinton Hall
Phone: x7120
E-mail: stan.longhofer@wichita.edu
Homepage: http://webs.twsu.edu/longhofer/

Areas of expertise: mortgage discrimination, financial contracting, and bankruptcy.