Office Location
Jepson Center 223

Office Hours

MWF 1100am-1200pm; TTH 100pm-200pm; and by appointment.

Brief Biography

Ken will begin his 23rd year as a faculty member in the School of Business at Gonzaga University in the fall of 2008. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in management and human resource management. He received his B.B.Ad. and M.B.A. from Gonzaga and his Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska. Ken has co-authored articles appearing in Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Business Ethics, Business & Society, and Organizational Dynamics. He has extensive consulting experience, particularly in the areas of negotiation, arbitration and employment law. He also serves as Gonzaga's NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative, the University's Institutional Representative to the West Coast Conference, and as the President of the West Coast Conference.

Selected Publications

The interactive effects of positive affect and conscientiousness on strain, (Kelly L. Zellars, Pamela L. Perrewe, Wayne A. Hochwarter & Kenneth S. Anderson) Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 2006, 11, 281-289.

Life cycles, entrepreneurs, and stakeholders: The negotiation of legitimacy, (Matthew Rutherford, Neil Tocher, Paul Buller and Kenneth Anderson) paper presented at the 2006 Western Academy of Management Meeting, Long Beach, California.

The selection of an arbitrator: A human resource management perspective, (Kenneth S. Anderson) Preventive Law Reporter, 2005, 22, 4, 4-7.

When ethics collide: Managing conflicts across cultures, (Paul F. Buller, John J. Kohls & Kenneth S. Anderson) Organizational Dynamics, 2000, 28, 4, 52-66.

Office Location
JC 233

B.B.A. Ohio University, 1963; M.B.A., Xavier University, 1967; Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 1973;

Office Location
JC 235

Office Hours
Spring 2008 Mon. 10-11:30, 2:10-3:30 Wed. 10-11:30, 2:10-3:30 Fri. 10-11:30, 2:10-3:30

B.A. Michigan State University, 1971; M.A. Michigan State University, 1973; Ph.D. Michigan State University, 1976

John H. Beck is the Director of the BA program in Economics at Gonzaga University and advisor to the Gonzaga chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the National Honor Society in Economics. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Michigan State University in 1976 and joined the Gonzaga faculty in 1988. Professor Beck is a member of the American Economic Association and the Public Choice Society and an academic advisor to the Heartland Institute(www.heartland.org), an organization concerned with state and local public policy.

Selected publications:

Beck, John H. "The Pelagian Controvesy: An Economic Analysis," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 66 (October 2007): 681-696.

Beck, John H. "Distributive Justice and the Rules of the Corporation: Partial versus General Equilibrium Analysis," Business Ethics Quarterly, 15 (July 2005): 355-362.

Beck, John H.; Carl S. Bozman; and Daniel L. Friesner. "Sales Taxes, Information and Public Opinion in Washington," Northwest Journal of Business and Economics, (2004): 1-18.

Beck, John H., and Randall Bennett. "Taxation, License Fees and New Car Registrations," Public Finance Review, 31 (September 2003): 487-509.

Office Location
JC 230

Ph.D., Economics, Michigan State University, 1984; M.A., Economics, Washington State University, 1977; B.A., Economics, Washington State University, 1974

B.B.A., University of Tirana, 1988; M.B.A. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1996; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, 2004

Office Location
Jepson Center

A.B., Carroll College, 1966; M.B.A., Gonzaga University, 1969; Ph.D. University of North Dakota, 1981.

Dr. Birrer has served as an accounting professor at Gonzaga University since 1984, with a teaching emphasis on financial accounting and reporting. His scholarly work includes publications in periodicals ranging from The Journal of Accountancy to Personal Financial Planning, a test bank in support of a leading Advanced Accounting text, and a co-authored book on financial planning and analysis. His research specialty is applications of present value analysis to financial reporting and financial planning.

Office Location
Jepson Center

B.Sc., University of Idaho, 1980; M.A.,University of Victoria, 1983; Ph.D., Washington State University, 1990

Dr. Bozman teaches courses in Principles of Marketing, Research Methods, Business Planning, and New Product Development. His research interests include demand estimation methods and the new product development process. Professor Bozman also consults in the areas of new product development and demand assessment.

Office Location
Jepson Center,

B.S., University of Utah, 1974; M.S.W., University of Utah, 1976; M.B.A., University of Washington, 1981; Ph.D. University of Washington, 1982.

Dr. Buller is a Professor of Management and holds the Kinsey M. Robinson Chair in Business Administration at Gonzaga University where he teaches courses in strategic management and entrepreneurial leadership. He is the founding Director of the Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership Program at Gonzaga. He has done research and consulting in private and public sector organizations on various aspects of organizational effectiveness, including strategic management, global ethics, human resource management and organizational change. He has served on the editorial boards of Journal of World Business and Human Resource Management Journal and is past president of the Western Academy of Management.

Office Location
Jepson Center,

Office Hours
Summer 2006 1) by e-mail: continuously. 2) at office: by appointment

B.A., University of Washington, 1960; B.B.A., Idaho State University, 1977; M.B.A., Idaho State University, 1978; Ph.D., Saint Louis University, 1990.

Kay Carnes is Professor of Accounting and Director of Graduate Business Programs. She holds degrees from the University of Washington and Idaho State University. She received her Ph.D. from St. Louis University. Her current research interests are primarily in the areas of auditing regulation, accounting ethics, and international practice issues. She has published on these topics in a variety of academic journals. Professor Carnes speaks regularly at CPE seminars and has developed a web-based CPE course on Ethics for Washington CPA's. Information about this course can be found at www.gonzagaethics.com. Dr. Carnes is past chair of the Washington State Board of Accountancy and currently serves on the International Qualifications Appraisals Board.

Office Location
Jepson 249

Office Hours
Spring, 2006
Mon 11:00-Noon
Tues 1:00-4:00
Wed 11:00-Noon
Fri 11:00-Noon

B.Mus., Indiana University 1974
M.Mus., Indiana University 1976
Ph.D. Gonzaga University 2002

Dr. Nancy Chase is an Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems at Gonzaga University. Prior to joining Gonzaga University, she worked in information technology for over 20 years in the utility, banking, and state government industries. Her research interests include work exhaustion and burnout, organizational behavior, occupational cultures within organizations, the structure of IT organizations, and the business performance impacts of information systems.

Office Location
Jepson 225

Office Hours
Tues, Thurs 2:00- 3:30 Wed 1:30 - 3:30

B.S., National Taiwan Normal University, 1975; M.S., Eastern Washington University, 1981; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1985.

Dr. Jason C. H. Chen, is Professor and the Coordinator of MIS program at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA, received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. He designed and implemented an MIS system for a Chinese Government agency to a World Bank project in 1992-1994. He taught the Beijing International MBA(BiMBA) program in 1999 and 2003 at Peking University, Beijing, China. He is also a senior consultant for an e-Commerce and knowledge management firm in Taipei, Taiwan. His research interests include building and applying e-Commerce models to business applications, and development of model and strategy of knowledge reuse to the enterprises. Professor Chen serves as members on many editorial boards and has published numerous articles in such journals as Management Science, Decision Support Systems, Industrial Management and Data Systems, Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, ACM Transaction on Mathematical Software, Journal of Computer Information Systems, International Journal of Innovation and Learning, International Journal of e-Healthcare, International Journal of Technology and Management, International Journal of Services and Standards and Human Systems Management.

Office Location
Jepson Center

Office Hours
TTh 9:00 - 11:30

B.S., National Chung-Hsing University, 1982; M.B.A., National Chiao Tung University, 1988; Ph.D., Southern Texas Tech University, 1998.

Office Location
Jepson Center,

B.A., University of Calcutta, B.S., Saint Joseph's University, M.B.A., University of Oregon, Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Dr. Elloy's teaching and research interests are in the areas of organizational behavior, human resource management, organization development, and small business management and development. His consulting includes work on performance appraisal, organization diagnosis, and management development. He was involved in a long-term assignment with the United Nations/International Labor Organization to develop and implement a Management Skills Development Program for senior-level executives of the government of Nepal and Nepalese public enterprises. He is currently involved in a long-term project with the International Labor Organization implementing an overall human resource development plan for the Regional Government of Sri-Lanka. He has previously taught at the Graduate School of Management at the University of Western, Australia,and has been a visiting professor at Javeriana University, Bogota, Massey University, New Zealand and the International MBA Program at the University of Beijing. He has also had several years of experience working in organizations in Perth, Australia, in the areas of human resource management, executive training, and organization development.

Office Location
Jepson 218

Office Hours
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.

B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College, 1996; Ph.D., Washington State University, 2000.

Dan Friesner is an Associate Professor of Economics. His areas of expertise are applied econometrics and health economics. Professor Friesner teaches economics and statistics at both the undergraduate and MBA levels. Much of his research focuses on efficiency analysis, quality improvement and other applications of management science in health care. Other areas of research include community economic development and economic education. Publications and other professional information can be found on Dr. Friesner's homepage, which can be accessed via the link above.

Office Location
Jepson Center

B.S./M.B.A., University of Idaho, 1982; Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1993.

Scott, an Assistant Professor of Operations Management, teaches operations management courses at the Undergraduate and Graduate levels. His current teaching and research interests are primarily in the areas of international production and supply chain management, quality management, flexible manufacturing, and project management. His research has appeared in IEE Transactions, International Journal of Production Research, Computers and Operations Research, and Production and Inventory Management Journal. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina. During his last sabbatical he completed Georgetown University's Executive Program in International Business Management.

Office Location
Jepson Center,

Office Hours
See the School of Business secretaries or call 323-5502 and by appointment

B.A., Eastern Washington University, 1969; M.B.A. Eastern Washington University, 1980; Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1984.

At the undergraduate level I teach Principles of Marketing, (MKTG 310) primarily using a lecture format augmented with a competitive market simulation I co-authored called NewShoes. At the graduate level I teach the basic Marketing course (Marketing Theory and Practice MBUS627). This course uses current readings in Marketing and relies heavily on case analysis, with written work and oral presentations. This course emphasizes making effective Marketing decisions. I also teach a graduate course called Creativity and Intuition (MBUS688). This 1 credit course examines the soft side of decision-making. As the course title indicates, creativity, intuition, and so forth are studied. Periodiclly I also teach the undergrad course Marketing Strategy(MKTG 419) using case analysis, with written work and oral presentations, and a decision simulation as the primary teaching tools, augmented with lectures. The primary thrust of my research has been in the area of behavioral decision-making focusing in particular on consumer and respondent decision-making and information processing. Click on my name to go to my "real" website.

Office Location
Jepson Center

B.A., California State University, 1973; M.S., University of Northern Colorado, 1986; Ph.D., Washington State University, 1990.

Dr. Hickman teaches Principles of Finance as well as courses in Valuation, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Corporate Governance. He has held appointments as a Teaching and Research Fellow at Aston University in Birmingham, United Kingdom, and Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Business in Rouen, France. The co-author of Foundations of Corporate Finance, his refereed publications appear in Journal of Financial Economics, Financial Management, Journal of Portfolio Management, Economics Letters, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance and Business Horizons, among others. He enjoys biking and fishing and watching the Zags.

Office Location
Jepson Center

Office Hours


B.S., Urals State University of Economics, 1989; Master of Science, Marketing, Urals State University of Economics, 1995; Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2004.

Office Location
Jepson 252

Office Hours
Tue 1:15-2:15 Thu 1:15-4:15

B.S., Brigham Young University, 1991; MACC (tax emphasis), Washington State University, 2001; Ph.D., Washington State University, 2003.

Office Location
Jepson Center,

B.S., West Virginia University, 1994; M.S, West Virginia University, 1996; M.A., West Virginia University, 2001; Ph.D., West Virginia University, 2003.

Office Location
Jepson Center
Room 210

B.S., Applied Economics and Business Management, Cornell University, 1990; Ph.D., Accounting, SUNY at Buffalo, 2005

Dr. Sara Melendy is a recent addition to the Gonzaga University faculty. She worked as an auditor for Price Waterhouse for five years in New York City prior to earning her PhD at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2005. While working on her PhD, she taught both financial and managerial accounting at the State University of New York at Buffalo and also at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Her research interests include corporate governance and corporate disclosure policy.

M.M.S., BITS, Pilani, 1997; M.E., BITS, Pilani, 2000; Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2006.

Interests: Non-profit marketing, Market Research, Research Methods, and Consumer Behavior.

Select Publications

"A Communications View of Web Page Perception" (2005). Journal of Current Issues and Research in Advertising, 27 (1), 31-52. (With Surendra N. Singh, Nikunj Dalal, and Sanjay Mishra.)

"Author Order and Research Quality," (2005). Southern Economic Journal, 71 (3), 545-55. (With Kissan Joseph and David Laband.)

Office Location
JP 253

Office Hours
Tues. 9:30-10:30 Thurs. 9:30-10:30 Other times by appointment

B.A., Texas A&M University, 1987; M.B.A. University of Southern Mississippi, 1997; Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2004.

Dr. Pepper teaches classes in human resource management, ethics in human resources, management and organizations, and developing people and organizations. Her research interests are in areas of mentoring, diversity, and electronic communication.

Selected Publications

Roberson, L., Kulik, C.T., & Pepper, M.B. (in press) Individual and environmental factors influencing the use of transfer strategies after diversity training. Group and Organization Management

Kulik, C.T., Perry, E.L., & Pepper, M.B. (2003). Here comes the judge: The influence of judge personal characteristics on federal sexual harassment court decisions. Law and Human Behavior, 27, 69-86

Roberson, L., Kulik, C.T., & Pepper, M.B. (2003) Using needs assessment to resolve controversies in diversity training design. Group and Organization Management, 28, 148-175.

B.B.A., University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 1998.

Office Location
Jepson 217

Dan Stewart is an Assistant Professor of Management. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. from Stanford University. His research interests are in the fields of organization theory and economic sociology. His journal publications have also been focused on Native American entrepreneurship. Prior to entering academia, Dan was a health services administrator for the U.S. Army, where he managed major healthcare initiatives for the largest community hospital in the Department of Defense. In addition to his academic work, Dan is the founder of Dardan Enterprises and serves as a board member for various commercial ventures and Native American organizations. In his spare time, he enjoys playing old-time fiddle music and spending time with his friends and family.

Office Location
Jepson Center

B.Mus.Ed., University of Colorado, 1973; M.Music, University of Wisconsin, 1976; M.S., University of Wisconsin, 1981; M.S., University of Wisconsin, 1985; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1989.

Office Location
Jepson Center,

Office Hours
Mon 10-12, Tues 1-2, Thurs 1-2

B.A. University of Montana, 1970; M.A. Southern Illinois University, 1974; Ph.D. Southern Illinois University, 1976

Dr. Terpening teaches courses in Operations Management, Research Methods, and Computer Applications at the Undergraduate and Graduate levels. His research interests are in areas of measurement, human judgment and decision making, and service operations. Professor Terpening also consults in the areas of operations, information systems, and research methods, and has programmed systems to support managerial decision making for several firms. Besides his academic work, he is also currently serving as Past President of the Board of Directors of Cancer Patient Care.

Selected Publications

Terpening, W.D., Helgeson, J.G. & Ursic, M. NewSHOES: Principles of Marketing Simulation, Interpretive Software, 2004

Helgeson, J.G., Voss, K. & Terpening, W.D., Determinants of Mail Survey Response: Survey Design Factors and Respondent Factors, Psychology & Marketing, 2002, 19, 3, 303-328.

Elloy, D.F., Terpening, W.D. & Kohls, J. The Correlates of Burnout Among Self-Managed Work Team Members, The Journal of Psychology, 2001, 135, 3, 321-334.

Elloy, D.F. & Terpening, W.D. A Construct Validity Study of Job Involvement and Work Involvement: A Comparison of Three Methods The Journal of Business and Management, 2001, 7, 2, 57-69.

Office Location
Administration Building,

B.S., Bowling Green State University, 1981; Ph.D., Arizona State University, 1997.

Dr. Weber is currently serving as Associate Academic Vice President in the office of the AVP.