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Dr. James Goodpasture

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Interim Department Head of Accounting, Finance, and Economics

Associate Professor
Email: goodpasture@tarleton.edu
Office: Business Building, Room 111
Phone: 254-968-1856

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  • Ph.D., Business Administration – Accounting, Florida State University, 1999, Tallahassee, Florida
  • Master of Professional Accounting, The University of Texas at San Antonio, 1989, San Antonio, Texas
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing, The University of Texas Health Science Center, 1979, San Antonio, Texas
  • Bachelor of Science – Biology, The Leland Stanford Junior University, 1979, Stanford, California

Teaching Interests: Managerial Accounting, Governmental Accounting, Health Care Finance

Research Interests: Financial Accounting of Not-for-Profit Hospitals, Classroom ethics, Multicultural and Gender comparisons of critical thinking skills

Professional certifications and licenses: CMA

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Michelle Dummar

Administrative Associate V (2024)
Email: mdummar@tarleton.edu
Office: Business Building, Room 125
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More Info:

  • MS in Management – Tarleton State University – Expected TBD
  • BA in Educational Studies – Western Governer’s University, 2020
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Dr. Keldon Bauer

Interim Dean of Dr. Sam Pack College of Business

Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs, College of Business and Associate Professor of Finance (2012)
Office: Business Building, Room 125
Phone: 254-968-9909
Email: kbauer@tarleton.edu

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Dr. Stephen Blythe

Professor

Email: blythe@tarleton.edu

Office: Business Building, Room 127

Phone: 254-968-9334

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Ms. Rachel Burkhart

Instructor

Office: Business Building, Room 114

Phone: 254-968-9331

Email: rburkhart@tarleton.edu

More Info:

  • Master in Accounting – Tarleton State University – Accounting
  • Tarleton State University – Management with a minor in Accounting
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Dr. Yong Chen

Visiting Professor

Office: Business Building, Room 116

Phone: 254-968-9331

Email: ychen1@tarleton.edu

More Info:

  • PhD in Accounting – Lazaridis School of Business
  • MBA – Lazaridis School of Business
  • BA – Ontario College
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Professor
Office: Business Building, Room 115
Phone: 254-968-9908
Email: esqueda@tarleton.edu

More Info:

  • Ph.D. in Business Administration from The University of Texas – Pan American
  • MBA from The University of Texas – Pan American
  • BBA in Accounting from Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas

Teaching Interests: Financial Management and Investments

Research Interests: Corporate Finance, Dividend Policy, Firm Valuation

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Dr. Laura Gordey

Assistant Professor
Office: Business Building, Room 122
Phone: 254-968-9895
Email: gordey@tarleton.edu

More Info:

  • B.A., Baylor University, Speech Communication, Waco, Texas
  • J.D., Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, Texas

Teaching Interests: Business law, employment law, labor law

Research Interests: White-collar crime, employment and labor law issues

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Dr. Hussain Jafri

Regents” Professor – Economics
Office: Business Building, Room 106
Phone: 254-968-9633
Email: jafri@tarleton.edu

More Info:

  • PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1986
  • MA, University of Wisconsin, 1980
  • MS, Cornell University, 1976
  • BS, AP Agricultural University of India, 1973

Teaching Interests: Managerial Economics, Economics of Health Care and Money & Banking

Research Interests: Manpower Studies in the Health Industries, Health Policy, Climate Change, and Farm Labor and Profits

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Dr. Mohammad Sharif Karimi

Assistant Professor – Economics
Office: Business Building, Room 112
Phone: 254-968-9607
Email: mkarimi@tarleton.edu

More Info:

  • PhD – University Putra Malaysia (UPM) – in Development Economics, (2010)
  • MA – Allameh Tabataba’i University – Economics (2000)
  • BS – University of Mazandaran – Economics (1998)

Teaching Interests: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Forecasting and Mathematical Economics

Research Interests: Energy Economics, Climate Change, Environmental Economics, Tourism and International Trade

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Assistant Professor
Office: Business Building, Room 123
Phone: 254-968-9907
Email: katuwal@tarleton.edu

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  • PhD – University of New Mexico – Economics
  • MA – University of New Mexico – Economics

Teaching Interests: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Public Finance, Statistics and Econometrics, Mathematical Economics

Research Interests: Environmental and Resource Economics, Non-Market Valuation, Choice Modeling, Wildfire Economics, Survey Design

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Dr. Ebenezer Lamptey

Assistant Professor (2021)
Office: Waco – MAC 213
Phone: 254-299-8785
Email: elamptey@tarleton.edu

More Info:

  • PhD, Morgan State University, Business Administration in Accounting, 2019
  • MBA, Morgan State University, 2015
  • Master of Accountancy, Cleveland State University, 2009
  • Bachelor of Arts, University of Ghana, Economics, 1997

Teaching interests: Principles of Financial Accounting, Principles of Managerial Accounting, Intermediate Accounting I & II, Advanced Financial Accounting, Auditing, Managerial Accounting

Research interests: Audit, Executive Compensation, and Corporate Governance

Professional certifications and licenses: CFE, 652953, 2013-Present

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Mr. Judd Leach

Associate Professor
Office: Business Building, Room 126
Phone: 254-968-1861
Email: jleach@tarleton.edu

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  • JD, Southern Methodist University, Law, 2001
  • BA, University of Texas at Austin, History, 1997
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Dr. Kyle Post

Associate Professor
Office: Business Building, Room 121
Phone: 254-968-9915
Email: kpost@tarleton.edu

More Info:

  • LL.M., Taxation, New York University School of Law, 2008, New York, New York
  • J.D., Arizona State University College of Law, 2007, Tempe, Arizona, Licensed in Texas
  • B.S., Finance, Arizona State University, 2004, Tempe, Arizona

Teaching Interests: Federal income taxation, estate and gift taxation, business law, employment law

Research Interests: Federal taxation, tax issues in agriculture, legal and practical issues in estate planning, business law

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Dr. Nina Rogers

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Associate Professor
Office: Business Building, Room 105
Phone: 254-968-1922
Email: nrogers@tarleton.edu

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  • Ph.D. in Finance, Minor Economics, University of North Texas, 2014, Denton, Texas
  • MS in Real Estate, University of North Texas, 2013, Denton Texas
  • Texas Real Estate License, 2003, Broker 2006 to current
  • Texas Insurance License, 2005, Texas Property and Casualty and Texas Life, Accident and Health Insurance (not currently active)
  • MBA in Corporate Finance, University of Dallas, 1995, Irving, Texas
  • BS in Zoology, Texas A&M University, Summa cum Laude 1976, College Station, Texas

Teaching and Research Interests: Corporate Finance, Real Estate and Insurance

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Dr. Jiwoo Seo

Assistant Professor
Office: Business Building, Room 105
Phone: 254-968-9334
Email: jseo@tarleton.edu

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  • Ph.D. in Accounting from University of Texas at El Paso        
  • M.S. in Accountancy from California State University, San Bernardino
  • B.S. in Accounting from California State University, San Bernardino

Teaching Interests: Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Data Analytics

Research Interests: Managerial Characteristics, Disclosure, Contracting, Corporate Governance

Professional certifications and licenses: CPA

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Dr. Sundarrajan Sankar

Professor
Office: Fort Worth Campus, Room 341
Phone: 817-717-3313
Email: sundar@tarleton.edu

More Info:

  • Ph.D. – 1995
  • MA – University of Alabama, 1990
  • MBA – 1985
  • BA – University of Bombay, 1981
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Dr. Rajarshi Aroskar

Professor of Finance (2023)
Email: raroskar@tarleton.edu
Office: Business Building

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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
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Mr. Alex Tanter

Assistant Professor
Office: Business Building, Room 107
Phone: 254-968-9183
Email: atanter@tarleton.edu

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  • MA – The University of Massachusetts Amherst – Economics
  • BA – University of Warwick, England – Economics and Politics

Teaching Interests: Intermediate Micro Economics, Environmental Economics, US Economic Development

Research Interests: Environmental Economics, Financial Economics

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Dr. Charles (Chuck) Thomas

Professor
Office: Business Building, Room 120
Phone: 254-968-9914
Email: cthomas@tarleton.edu

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  • PhD in Accounting from University of Texas at Arlington. Minors in Finance and Research.
  • Master of Taxation from Baylor University.
  • BBA in Accounting from Baylor University.

Teaching interests: accounting information systems and financial reporting; capital budgeting and corporate financial policy; strategic management accounting; financial planning and management; financial statement analysis; enterprise risk management; project management; business research methods; operational analytics and improvement; performance measurement, evaluation, and incentives; ethics and professional responsibilities.

Research interests: accounting information system design; cost determination theory and methods; project selection and benefits realization methods; asymmetries in cost behavior; applications of swarm intelligence and complexity science to business problems; uses of hybrid machine intelligence in customer service and operations; performance measurement, reporting, and management; airline operations management; supply chain management.

Professional certifications and licenses: CMA, CGMA, CPA

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Ms. Karen D. Varnell

Assistant Professor (2006)
Office: Fort Worth Campus, Room 322
Phone: 817-717-3328
Email: varnell@tarleton.edu

More Info:

  • MBA – Tarleton State University (1998)
  • CPA – (1988)
  • BS – Angelo State University (1985)

Teaching Interests: Accounting

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Dr. Derrill Watson

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Associate Professor
Office: Business Building, Room 125
Phone: 254-968-9342
Email: dwatson@tarleton.edu

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  • PhD, Economics, Cornell University, 2009, Ithaca, NY
  • MA, Economics, Cornell University, 2007, Ithaca, NY
  • BA, Economics, Brigham Young University, 2002, Provo, UT

Teaching Interests: Development economics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Food Policy, Public Choice Economics, International Economics, Money and Banking

Research Interests: Food Policy; Development Economics