Faculty

Office Location
Jepson Center 223

Office Hours

MWF 1000am-1100am; TTH 1100am-1200pm; and by appointment.

Brief Biography

Ken will begin his 24th year as a faculty member in the School of Business at Gonzaga University in the fall of 2009. 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 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 and he was appointed Associate Dean of the School of Business Administration in June 2009.

Selected Publications

Corporate entrepreneurship, gender, and credibility: An exploratory study, (Molly Pepper & Kenneth S. Anderson) Marketing Management Journal (forthcoming).

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 2010: Mon. 10-11:30, 1:30-2:00 Wed. 10-11:30, 1:30-2:00 Fri. 10-11:30, 1:30-2:00

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 225

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

P.C.M., American Marketing Association, 2001

Dr. Bozman teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in marketing theory, marketing communications, personal selling, and new product development. His research interests include new product development and the product adoption process. Professor Bozman also consults in the areas of new product development and demand assessment.

Office Location
Jepson Center 260

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 224

Office Hours
Monday, Wednesday 12 noon-3 pm

Kay Carnes has been at Gonzaga since 1978 and currently teaches undergraduate and graduate accounting courses.  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 . Dr. Carnes is past chair of the Washington State Board of Accountancy and served on the International Qualifications Appraisals Board.  She is a director and audit chairperson of American West Bank. 

Office Location
Jepson 249

Office Hours
Spring, 2010
Mon  10:00 - 11:30 AM and 4:00 - 5:15 PM
Tues   1:00 - 2:00 PM
Wed  10:00 - 11:30 AM and 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Fri     10:00 - 11:00 AM
By Appointment (509-313-3417)

B.Mus., Indiana University, Bloomington, 1974
M.Mus., Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, 1976
Ph.D., Gonzaga University, 2002

Nancy Chase is an Associate Professor of Management Information Systems in the School of Business 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, the effects of IT culture on technology professionals, and the impact of technology on workplace environments.

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 257

Office Hours
10:00 - 11:30am M, W and by appointment

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 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 215

Office Hours
Spring 2009: MWF 11:00 - 12:00 & 2:00 - 3:00

Education:

B.A., Economics, Pacific Lutheran University, 2001; M.S., Economics, University of Oregon, 2003; Ph.D., Economics, University of Oregon, 2006

Selected Publications:

Henrickson, Kevin E. And Wesley W. Wilson. 2008.  "Compensation, Unionization and Deregulation in the Motor Carrier Industry." The Journal of Law and Economics 51(1): 153-177.     

Henrickson, Kevin E. Forthcoming. "Spatial Competition and Grain Transportation Demand on the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers." Applied Economics.

Henrickson, Kevin E. and Ashish Thatte. Forthcoming. "Outsourcing and Organizational Practices: Effects on Firm Competitiveness." International Journal of Business Strategy.

Henrickson, Kevin E. and Wesley W. Wilson. 2007. "A Description of the Inland Waterway System and Planning Models." The Handbook of Transportation Policy and Administration, edited by Jeremy Plant, CRC Press: 53-78.

Henrickson, Kevin E. and Wesley W. Wilson. 2005. "A Model of Spatial Market Areas and Transportation Demand." The Transportation Research Record 1909: 31-38.

Office Location
Jepson 219

Office Hours
Monday 4-5pm
Wednesday 9-10am
Friday 9-10am

Classes:
Economics 302: MWF 9-10 and 10-11
Economics 610: M 5:30-8

Education:

B.A., Economics, Pacific Lutheran University, 2003; M.S., Economics, University of Oregon, 2004; Ph.D., Economics, University of Oregon, 2008

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 204

Education:

B.A., Economics and Spanish, University of Montana, 1999: M.S., Economics, University of Oregon, 2005: Ph.D., Economics, University of Oregon, 2009

Selected working papers include:

"The Effect of Children on Adult Demands for Health Risk Reductions," with Trudy Ann Cameron and J.R. DeShazo
"Scenario Adjustment in Stated Preference Research," with Trudy Ann Cameron and J.R. DeShazo
"Willingness to Pay for Health Risk Reductions: Differences by Type of Illness," with Trudy Ann Cameron and J.R. DeShazo

Office Location
Jepson 210

Office Hours
T Th: 12:10 – 1:10 and T: 4:00 – 5:00 PM

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

Spring 2010
MW 10:00 - 11:30; W 4:00 - 5:00

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

Brief Biography

Dan has been a faculty member in the School of Business at Gonzaga University for over seven years.  He teaches undergraduate and graduate cost and managerial accounting, as well as a graduate trailer course dealing with business behavioral issues.  He also teaches a two-week MBA course at the Helsinki School of Economics in Finland.  Dan has published a number of articles dealing with burnout and other behavioral issues in public accounting and higher education.  He currently serves on the School of Business Rank and Tenure Committee and on the Gonzaga University Faculty Awards Committee.  He also serves as a member of regional and local professional organizations and in the community as a leader in his church. 

Publications

· Law, D. “A Measure of Burnout for Business Students.” The Journal of Education for Business; forthcoming 2010.

Office Location
Jepson 208

Office Hours
Tuesday 2-4pm
Thursday 2-4pm

Ph.D., Florida State University, 2009

Office Location
Jepson Center,

Peggy Sue Loroz is an Associate Professor of Marketing in the School of Business. She earned her Ph.D. in Marketing with a second field in Social Psychology from the University of Colorado-Boulder. She is also a proud graduate of Gonzaga University's School of Business, receiving her B.B.A. in 1995.  She primarily teaches courses in Consumer Behavior at both the undergraduate and MBA levels.  In addition, she offers courses in Persuasion and Marketing Ethics and supervises the undergraduate Promotion Project.  Her research interests lie in the areas of consumer psychology and social marketing.

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 248

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

Dr. Sara Melendy joined the faculty of Gonzaga University in 2005. After earning her CPA as an auditor for Price Waterhouse in New York City she earned 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, corporate disclosure policy, and fraud prevention.

She currently teaches classes in auditing and fraud examination and a unique forensic accounting laboratory called the Justice for Fraud Victims Project. The lab is a joint partnership formed between local and federal law enforcement officials, local and federal prosecutors, local certified fraud examiners, and Gonzaga University to provide assistance to victims of white collar crimes. The Justice for Fraud Victims Project provides students with invaluable real-world experience in forensic accounting, allowing them to develop a unique skill set while completing their undergraduate or graduate accounting degree.  Further, the project allows students to be "people for others" consistent with the ideals embodied in a Jesuit education.

Office Location
Jepson 256

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.

Office Location
JP 253

Office Hours
Mondays and Wednesdays: 1-2 p.m.
Tuesdays: 3-4
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

Pepper, M.B. & Anderson, K. (in press). Corporate Entrepreneurship, Gender, and Credibility. Marketing Management Journal.

Roberson, L., Kulik, C.T., & Pepper, M.B. (2009) Individual and environmental factors influencing the use of transfer strategies after diversity training. Group and Organization Management, 34, 1, 67-89.

Pepper, M.B. & Pathak, S. (2008) Classroom contribution: What do students perceive as fair assessment? Journal of Education for Business, 23, 6, 360-368.

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

Office Location
Jepson Center 214

Office Hours
M-Th 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Education:

Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior, Case Western Reserve University, 2008
M.B.A, Case Western Reserve University, 2004
B.S., Northern Kentucky University, 1994

Publications:

Godwin, L.N., Stevens, C.E. and Brenner, N.L. (2006). "Forced to play by the rules?  Theorizing how mixed-sex founding teams benefit women entrepreneurs in male dominated contexts."  Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 30(5): 623-642.

Cardon, M.S. and Stevens, C.E. (2004).  "Managing human resources in small organizations:  What do we know?"  Human Resource Management Review, 14(3): 295-323.

Office Location
Jepson 245

Dan Stewart is an Associate 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 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 activities, Dan is a small business owner 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 1-2, Tues 10-12, Wed 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 Treasurer and Board Member of Sirti, a Washington State economic development agency.

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
JP 206

Ashish teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Operations and Supply Chain Management. He received his B.E in Mechanical Engineering and M.B.A. in Marketing Management from University of Pune, India, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Manufacturing Management from the University of Toledo, Ohio. He is certified in production and inventory management by APICS. His research interests include supply chain management and information systems issues in operations. His research has appeared in refereed journals such as Journal of Applied Business Research, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, International Journal of Business Strategy, Review of Business Information Systems, and Review of Business Research. Prior to his academic position, his industry experience includes manufacturing management, and supply chain and logistics management in multi-national firms.

Office Location
Jepson 212

Office Hours

Monday & Wednesday: 11:00 to 2:00 PM
Tuesday: 2:00 to 4:00 PM
or by appointment

Office Location
Jepson Center 205

Office Hours
Tuesday and Thursday 11:00 AM -12:00 PM
Wednesday 1:00 - 3:00 PM

Education:

B.A., Economics and Business Administration, Saint Mary's College of California, 2001; M.A., Economics, Tufts University, 2002; M.S., Economics, University of Oregon, 2005; Ph.D., Economics, University of Oregon, 2009

Office Location
Jepson 246

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

Office Location
246

Office Hours
M: 10:30-12:30pm; W: 3:30pm-5:30pm or by appointment or open-door policy

Dr. Xu teaches Principles of Finance and Investments at both undergraduate and MBA levels. In the summer, she also offers courses in International Finance and Introduction to Investment in Real Estates. Her research interests include empirical asset pricing, corporate disclosures and financial analysts' behavior. Her publications appear on Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Quantitative Analysis and Journal of the Academy of Finance. In addition, she also serves on the board of Spokane Sister City Association and as the president of Jilin Society.

Selected Publications:

Bessembinder, Hendrik, Kathy Kahle, William F. Maxwell and Danielle Xu, 2009, “Measuring Abnormal Bond Performance.” Review of Financial Studies 22: 4219-4258