Business: Faculty and Staff
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
Wendy Bailey. 2021. B.A., Washington University St Louis; M.B.A., University of Colorado Boulder; and Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (Accounting)
Dee Birnbaum. 1991. B.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook; M.B.A., Baruch College; M. Phil. and Ph.D., City University of New York. (General management, human resource management)
Kayla D. Booker. 2015. Co-Director, M.S. in Accounting Program. B.B.A., M.P.A., and Ph.D., Jackson State University. CPA. (Accountancy)
Sujan M. Dan. 2013. B.Tech, Kerala University, India; M.S. and Ph.D., Texas A&M University. (Marketing)
Denis Khantimirov. 2015. B.A., North Ossetian State University, Russia; M.B.A., University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Ph.D., Old Dominion University. (Marketing)
Kelly P. Weeks. 2015. B.A., Rhodes College; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Memphis. (Management)
Andrey Zagorchev. 2013. Co-Director, M.S. in Accounting Program. B.S., M.S., Plovdiv University, Bulgaria; M.B.A., Wright State University; Ph.D., Lehigh University. (Finance)
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
Jade O. Planchon. 2012. B.A., Rhodes College; M.B.A., Columbia University; 2018. Ph.D., University of Memphis. (Finance)
PART-TIME ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
Milton L. Lovell. 2003. B.S. and J.D., University of Mississippi. LL.M., New York University School of Law. CFO and General Counsel, NexAir, LLC. (Accountancy, taxation)
INSTRUCTORS
Sarah A. Cate. B.A., Hendrix College; M.S. University of Memphis. (Accountancy).
PART-TIME INSTRUCTORS
David Hopkins. 2022. B.P.A., Mississippi State University. (Accounting).
Steve Zatechka. 2018. B.S. and M.S., University of Nebraska-Lincoln; M.B.A., University of Memphis; Ph.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center; Chief Science Officer, US Biologic. (Entrepreneurship).
ENTREPRENEUR IN RESIDENCE
Eric Mathews. 2023. B.S., Rhodes College, M.S., University of Memphis. (Entrepreneurship).
STAFF
Hannah Guess. 2020. Departmental Assistant. B.A. and M.A., University of Memphis.
CURRICULUM
The Department of Business offers both a major and minor in Business. Within the major, students can elect to take courses in Accounting, Finance, Marketing, and Management.
Master of Science in Accounting. A more concentrated study of accounting may be undertaken in the M.S. in Accounting Program offered by the Department of Business. Students who have completed an undergraduate degree in the Department of Business and/or have taken the appropriate accounting courses can finish the requirements of the M.S. in Accounting degree in two additional semesters of study.