Dr. Dalakas
joined the College of Business in Fall 2004 after five years at Berry College in
Georgia. He has also taught a course at the Monterey Institute of International
Studies and has served as a marketing consultant for the small Pacific nation of
Palau. He received his undergraduate degree from Hanover College, his Master’s
from Indiana University, and his doctorate in marketing from the University of
Oregon. His teaching interests are in the areas of consumer behavior and sports
marketing. His research has addressed issues pertaining to consumer behavior,
cross-cultural marketing, sponsorship, and sports marketing. It has been
published in journals like the Journal of
Business Research, the Journal of
Consumer Psychology, the Journal
of Consumer Marketing, Sport
Marketing Quarterly,
International Journal of Sports Marketing & Sponsorship, and the
Journal of Euro-Marketing. He has
also presented his work in conferences like the
Association for Consumer Research,
the Society for Consumer Psychology,
the North American Society for Sport
Management, and the Association
of Marketing Theory and Practice.
Dr.
Matthew Ford
Assistant Professor of Management
BEP 414
x1319
fordmw@nku.edu
http://www.nku.edu/~fordmw/
Dr. Ford joined NKU’s
Management & Marketing faculty in Fall 2001. Previously, he was a visiting
assistant professor of operations management and entrepreneurship at the
University of Cincinnati. Ford earned his PhD in operations management from the
University of Cincinnati, and a BS in applied science from Miami University.
Prior to his academic career, Ford secured twelve years of operations and
corporate management experience at Consolidated Papers, Inc, a manufacturer of
enamel coated printing papers since acquired by Stora Enso Oyj. Ford’s academic
honors include awards for both outstanding teaching and scholarship, including
receipt of The Sandy Easton Outstanding Teacher Award, an honor bestowed
by NKU College of Business Students, in both 2003 and 2004. Dr. Ford has taught
a variety of undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in operations management,
business administration, entrepreneurship, and international business. His
research interests include strategic operations, quality management,
entrepreneurship, and the management and control of change. Dr. Ford’s peer
reviewed publications include entries in International Journal of Operations
& Production Management, Quality Management Journal, Business
Horizons, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship, Journal of Engineering &
Technology Management, Center for Quality of Management Journal,
Handbook of Entrepreneurial Dynamics, and Journal of Change Management.
Professor
Thomas Gamble
Instructor and
Director
of the NKU Sports Business Program
BEP 475E
x5906
gamblet@nku.edu
Professor Gamble
joined the
College of Business faculty
this fall as the inaugural director of the
Sports
Business Program he helped found.
Professor Gamble
comes to
NKU after spending nearly two
decades working in various aspects of Sports Business in Greater Cincinnati. Most
recently, Gamble served as Vice President of
Don
Schumacher & Associates, Inc., a Cincinnati-based sports marketing,
management, communications and consulting firm.
Professor Gamble
also has extensive experience in both broadcast and print media.
He continues to co-host a morning drive-time radio show on
WCKY-AM
(1360), and was the former Sports Editor of
The
Kentucky Post, Northern Kentucky’s largest circulation daily.
A Cincinnati native,
Professor
Gamble received his Master of Education in Sports Administration from
Xavier
University in 1991, where he later served as an Adjunct Instructor at the
graduate level for five years.
Gamble’s
teachings included Sports Marketing, Sports Fundraising, Event Management and
Promotion, and Public Relations and Communication in Sport.
He also was responsible for coordination and direction of the student
Internship program.
Dr.
Richard Gilson
Assistant Professor of Management
BEP 464
x6601
gilsonr@nku.edu
Dr. Rich Gilson joined the
Department of Management and
Marketing in Fall 2001.
He
received his Ph.D. from the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2002,
specializing in Organizational Behavior.
He has a Master of Social Science degree in Human Resource Management
from
Utah State University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Political
Science from
Weber State University.
Rich
is currently teaching the Behavior in Organizations and Human
Resource Administration courses.
Rich’s work experience includes work as a training
facilitator, as a senior R&D chemical technician, and as an account manager. He
has worked for several large organizations, notably Thiokol Corp. and Morton
International. Prior to that, Rich served as an Army field artillery officer
and attained the rank of Captain before transferring into the Inactive Reserve.
Rich has conducted and presented research in several areas
including innovation in work teams, individual creativity, psychological
engagement at work, and computer learning. He is also interested in workplace
democracy, procedural justice, intrinsic motivation, and employee rights. His
published research appears in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational
Psychology and the Journal of Educational Computing Research.
Dr.
Bertie Greer
Assistant Professor of Management
BEP 416
x6334
greerb@nku.edu
Dr. Greer
is joining
NKU
as an Assistant Professor. She has
spent time as a visiting Assistant Professor at
Bowling
Green State University , an Assistant Professor at
Oakland
University and an Adjunct Professor at the
University
of Detroit-Mercy. She has a Bachelor’s
in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Business of Administration from
the
University of Toledo. Her
Ph.D. is from
Kent State University. Dr.
Greer has over 10 years in Engineering experience as a plant, process and
production engineer. Dr. Greer has
spent her career in manufacturing and dealing with manufacturing issues. She
has worked at
Timken Roller Bearing,
Chrysler-Jeep and
Ford
Motor Company. Dr. Greer’s
research interests concern Supply Chain Management, Total Quality, Engineers
in management and Diversity.
Prof.
Giles Hertz
Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship
BEP 404
x5741
hertzg@nku.edu
Professor Hertz is a 1983 graduate of the
University
of Kentucky and a 1989 Graduate of the
Salmon P. Chase College of Law at
Northern Kentucky University (NKU). He
is licensed to practice law in Kentucky and Ohio. Professor
Hertz began teaching an entrepreneurship course entitled New Venture
Creation as a part-time faculty member in January 2000.He
is now a full-time Lecturer of Entrepreneurship at the
Fifth Third Bank
Entrepreneurship Institute, housed within NKU’s
College of
Business.
Professor Hertz teaches
Fundamentals of Management and Marketing, Legal Environment, New Venture
Creation, Emerging Enterprise Law, Entrepreneurship and Innovation and
Field Studies in Entrepreneurial Firms. His
research interests are in the area of entrepreneurship education.
Dr.
Stephanie Hughes
Assistant Professor of Management
BEP 408
hughesst@nku.edu
Dr.
Hughes received her BS in Marketing and an MBA in International Business
from
St. Joseph's University in
Philadelphia, PA.
She received
her Ph.D. in International Business/Strategic Management at
Temple
University in Philadelphia, PA.
Prior
to her teaching position at NKU,
Dr. Hughes
served as Chief Executive Officer for
ABX
Central, a leading electronic purchasing community for institutional
athletic buyers.
Her professional
career in international economic analysis began with a two-year assignment as
a Foreign Service Officer in Washington, D.C.
Prof.
Daniel Kent
Lecturer in Management & Academic
Advisor
BEP 492
x5719
kentd@nku.edu
http://www.nku.edu/~kentd
Professor Kent
has been an instructor of management at
NKU
since August, 1986. He holds undergraduate degrees in Management
and Political Science and received his M.B.A. degree in Management from
the
University of Cincinnati.
Primarily an educator who also consults, he teaches management courses
(e.g., the skills-based "Human Resources Administration") and general business
courses (e.g., the "External Context for Business"). He provides
academic advising and is also faculty advisor to the Business Management
Alliance student organization. His teaching philosophy reflects his
belief that learning is natural, enjoyable, and can lead to both personal
fulfillment and societal enrichment.
Dr.
Aron M. Levin
Assistant Professor of Marketing
BEP 470
x6409
levina@nku.edu
Dr. Levin
joined the faculty in August, 2000, after serving for 3 years as an assistant
professor at
Washburn
University in Topeka, Kansas. He received his undergraduate degree
from the University of Iowa, his M.B.A. from
Northern
Illinois University and his Ph.D. from the
University
of Kentucky.
Dr. Levin's
teaching interests include marketing research, advertising and promotion,
electronic commerce.
Dr. Levin's
recent research has focused on the impact of sports sponsorship on consumers'
recall of sponsoring brands. His research has appeared in the Journal
of Consumer Psychology, Marketing Letters, and Advances in
Consumer Research. In addition, he has presented papers at the
following national conferences:
American
Marketing Association, Association of Marketing Theory and Practice,
and the Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning.
Dr.
Van Miller
Associate Professor of Management
BEP 476
x5363
millervv@nku.edu
Dr. Miller received his bachelor’s degree
from the
University of Kansas in 1970. After
working in both the private and public sectors for a few years, he returned to
university studies initially at the
University of Missouri which granted him an
M.B.A. in 1975 and finally at the
University of New
Mexico where he earned an M.A. and then a Ph.D. in 1984. In 1988, he was
awarded a Fulbright Research Scholarship to Central America, which provided an
immersion into business strategies within emerging economies. While there, he
examined the business strategies of both international and domestic firms in
five essential industries for that region. Though most of his work has been in
Latin America,
Dr. Miller has also engaged
in research about Asian business issues, which were published in the Journal
of Asian Business and Japanese Distribution Strategy. A business
strategy case about the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in emerging Central
Asia has recently been released by the European Case Clearing House. In
November 2002, Dr. Miller coordinated a Maquiladora Research Conference at the
University of Texas at El
Paso where a group of nine Mexican and United States shared their research
findings about NAFTA and the Maquiladora Program. As a result of the
conference, he is editing a book to be published by Texas Western
Press.
Dr.
Banwari Mittal
Professor of Marketing
BEP 490
x5163
mittal@nku.edu
http://www.nku.edu/~mittal
Dr. Mittal's
recent undergraduate course offerings have included advertising and promotion
and consumer behavior and services marketing. He has also taught
M.B.A. classes in marketing management and marketing in the services sector.
He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, an M.B.A. in marketing
(both from universities in India), and a Ph.D. in marketing from the
University
of Pittsburgh. He has previously been on the faculty of
SUNY,
Buffalo and the
University
of Miami. His research has focused on consumer perceptual and
decision processes and on the management of customer response, especially
in the services sector.
Dr. Stephen Mueller
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
BEP 441
x5691
muellers1@nku.edu
Dr. Mueller
joined the NKU Management and Marketing Faculty in fall 2004. He has previously
served on the faculty at Texas Christian University and Florida International
University where he
taught a variety of undergraduate and MBA courses in entrepreneurship, strategic
management, and international business. Dr. Mueller
received his Ph.D. in International Management Studies at University of Texas at
Dallas. He also holds an MBA from University of Texas at Arlington, a Masters in
Accounting from the University of Texas at Dallas, and a BS in Electrical
Engineering from Purdue University. Prior to joining academia, Dr. Mueller
accumulated 15 years of general management and entrepreneurship experience in
the computer industry. His research on entrepreneurship is international in
scope and has been published in several of the leading management and
entrepreneurial journals including Academy of Management Journal,
Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Business Venturing,
and Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship.
Dr.
Margaret Myers
Associate Professor of Marketing, Associate
Dean of the
College of Business
BEP 409
x6527
myersm@nku.edu
Dr. Myers
was educated at
Birmingham
University in the UK, and at
Indiana
University, where she received her M.B.A. and Ph.D. She teaches
principles of marketing, marketing strategy, and electives in international,
ethics, and not-for-profit marketing. Her research interests focus
on marketing history, especially as it involves women and minorities, and
on the cultural significance of marketing activities. She has also
taught in the
Honors
Program and in
Women's
Studies at
NKU.
She serves as an academic advisor to marketing majors and minors.
Dr.
William Recker
Assistant Professor of Labor Studies
BEP 445
x6351
reckerw@nku.edu
Dr, Recker
currently serves an Assistant Professor of Labor Relations at Northern Kentucky
University. He received his Doctorate in Education from the University of
Cincinnati and his MBA from Xavier University. Dr. Recker began his teaching
career in August of 1979 and has taught a variety of courses at the graduate and
the under-graduate level including human resource management, intro to labor
relations and supervisory management.
He has authored
several articles addressing employee motivation.
In addition to
teaching, Dr. Recker has consulted for many organizations and is highly involved
in the business community. He is an active member of the Northern Kentucky
Chamber of Commerce and serves on many committees. Prior to his academic
career, Dr. Recker worked as a first-line supervisor and as a Production and
Inventory Control Manager. He is married to his wife Teresa and they have three
children.
Dr.
Kenneth S. Rhee
Assistant Professor of Management
BEP 482
x6310
rhee@nku.edu
http://www.nku.edu/~rhee
Dr. Rhee joined the
M&M faculty for the Fall
1999 semester after teaching at the
Weatherhead
School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland.
He received a B.A. in Chemistry from
Johns
Hopkins University, a M.S. in Chemistry from
Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, a M.B.A. from
Boston
University, and a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from
Case
Western Reserve University. His main areas of research are competency
development, adult development, and leadership.
Dr.
Rhee has consulted for many Fortune 500 companies as well as government
agencies. He has also authored several articles on emotional intelligence
and self-directed behavior change and competencies. He is also a
contributing author of a book entitled Innovations in Professional Education:
Steps on a Journey from Teaching to Learning.
Dr.
Matthew Shank
Professor of Marketing, Chair and Academic
Advisor
BEP 475c
x6642
shank@nku.edu
http://www.nku.edu/~shank
Dr.
Shank joined the faculty in August, 1991, after having served for a
year as a visiting professor at the
University
of Mississippi. Prior to teaching at
Ole
Miss, Dr. Shank was a marketing research manager at
Maritz
Motivation Company in St. Louis, MO. He received his undergraduate
degree from the
University
of Wyoming and received his Ph.D. in experimental psychology from the
University of Missouri at
St. Louis in 1988. Dr.
Shank's teaching interests include sports marketing, consumer behavior,
and marketing research. His research interests are in the areas of
services marketing, marketing education, and sports marketing.
Dr.
Shank's work has appeared in numerous publications including: the Journal
of Professional Marketing, Journal of Applied Marketing Research,
Advances in Consumer Research, Journal of Applied Business Research,
Journal of Marketing Education, and Journal of Hospital Marketing.
Dr.
Doris Shaw
Assistant Professor of Marketing
BEP 420
x1375
shawdor@nku.edu
Dr. Shaw joined
NKU’s
Marketing faculty in Fall 2002 and teaches courses in Personal Selling and Sales
Management. Prior to this, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Marketing
at
Kent State University, which is also where
she received her Ph.D. She received a B.B.A. in Operations Analysis from the
University
of Toledo and an M.B.A. from
Baldwin-Wallace
College. Dr. Shaw has over 15 years of marketing and sales experience. She
spent the majority of her business career at
IBM
Corporation, and also worked for
AT&T
and Andersen Consulting. Her research focuses on how information technologies
can be utilized to improve sales effectiveness, customer and vendor relations,
and small business performance.
Dr.
Tracey Honeycutt Sigler
Assistant Professor of Management
BEP 472
x5914
siglert@nku.edu
Dr. Sigler received her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from the
University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She
has an MBA and a BS in Purchasing and Operations Management from
Bowling
Green State University. Dr. Sigler
joins
NKU after four years as an Assistant Professor at
Western Washington
University where she taught management, teamwork, organizational change,
and organizational behavior classes. Her
research interests include empowerment/teams, contingent workers, work/family
issues, and assessing the impact of service learning in the classroom. Her
work has been published in the Journal of Vocational Behavior and
the Journal of Quality Management.
Dr.
Rob Snyder
Professor of Management
METS
Center
578-6390
snyder_rob@nku.edu
Dr.
Snyder is on leave from his faculty position to serve as the Executive
Director of
METS (Metropolitan
Education and Training Services). Prior to the opening of
METS
in September, 1999, Dr. Snyder
served
NKU for thirteen
years as Chair of the
Department of Management and
Marketing. His teaching specialties include organizational development
and organization behavior; his research focuses on the impact of self-referent
attitudes on work behavior. Dr.
Snyder has consulted on performance effectiveness issues with over
70 public and private sector organizations. He is a fellow of the
American Council of Education
and has authored numerous articles that have been published in the top
management journals in the U.S. and Great Britain.
Dr.
Rebecca White
Associate Professor of Management &
Director of the Fifth Third Bank Entrepreneurship
Institute
BEP 484
x5764
whiter@nku.edu
Dr. White
received her Ph.D. in Management from
Virginia
Tech in 1994. Prior to her teaching and research position
at
NKU, she taught management
and marketing at
Concord
College and
Bluefield
State College. She has also consulted with a number of
small businesses and served as the manager of West Virginia University
Hospital Medical Group Practice. Her research and teaching interests
are in the areas of strategic management and change and entrepreneurship.
All business programs in the College
of Business are accredited by
AACSB
International
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