Dr. James Goodpasture
Interim Department Head of Accounting, Finance, and Economics
Associate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Office: Business Building, Room 111
Phone: 254-968-1856
Program Coordinator for MACC Program
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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
Michelle Dummar
Administrative Associate V (2024)
Email: [email protected]
Office: Business Building, Room 125
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- MS in Management – Tarleton State University – Expected TBD
- BA in Educational Studies – Western Governer’s University, 2020
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: [email protected]
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Dr. Stephen Blythe
Professor
Email: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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- Master in Accounting – Tarleton State University – Accounting
- Tarleton State University – Management with a minor in Accounting
Dr. Yong Chen
Visiting Professor
Office: Business Building, Room 116
Phone: 254-968-9331
Email: [email protected]
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- PhD in Accounting – Lazaridis School of Business
- MBA – Lazaridis School of Business
- BA – Ontario College
Dr. Omar Esqueda 
Professor
Office: Business Building, Room 115
Phone: 254-968-9908
Email: [email protected]
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- 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
Dr. Laura Gordey
Assistant Professor
Office: Business Building, Room 122
Phone: 254-968-9895
Email: [email protected]
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- 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
Dr. Hussain Jafri
Regents” Professor – Economics
Office: Business Building, Room 106
Phone: 254-968-9633
Email: [email protected]
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- 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
Dr. Mohammad Sharif Karimi
Assistant Professor – Economics
Office: Business Building, Room 112
Phone: 254-968-9607
Email: [email protected]
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- 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
Dr. Hari Katuwal
Assistant Professor
Office: Business Building, Room 123
Phone: 254-968-9907
Email: [email protected]
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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
Dr. Ebenezer Lamptey
Assistant Professor (2021)
Office: Waco – MAC 213
Phone: 254-299-8785
Email: [email protected]
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- 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
Mr. Judd Leach
Associate Professor
Office: Business Building, Room 126
Phone: 254-968-1861
Email: [email protected]
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- JD, Southern Methodist University, Law, 2001
- BA, University of Texas at Austin, History, 1997
Dr. Kyle Post
Associate Professor
Office: Business Building, Room 121
Phone: 254-968-9915
Email: [email protected]
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- 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
Dr. Nina Rogers
Associate Professor
Office: Business Building, Room 105
Phone: 254-968-1922
Email: [email protected]
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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
Dr. Jiwoo Seo
Assistant Professor
Office: Business Building, Room 105
Phone: 254-968-9334
Email: [email protected]
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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
Dr. Sundarrajan Sankar
Professor
Office: Fort Worth Campus, Room 341
Phone: 817-717-3313
Email: [email protected]
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- Ph.D. – 1995
- MA – University of Alabama, 1990
- MBA – 1985
- BA – University of Bombay, 1981
Dr. Rajarshi Aroskar
Professor of Finance (2023)
Email: [email protected]
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
Mr. Alex Tanter
Assistant Professor
Office: Business Building, Room 107
Phone: 254-968-9183
Email: [email protected]
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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
Dr. Charles (Chuck) Thomas
Professor
Office: Business Building, Room 120
Phone: 254-968-9914
Email: [email protected]
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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
Ms. Karen D. Varnell
Assistant Professor (2006)
Office: Fort Worth Campus, Room 322
Phone: 817-717-3328
Email: [email protected]
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- MBA – Tarleton State University (1998)
- CPA – (1988)
- BS – Angelo State University (1985)
Teaching Interests: Accounting
Dr. Derrill Watson
Associate Professor
Office: Business Building, Room 125
Phone: 254-968-9342
Email: [email protected]
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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