Shana Dardan, Assistant Professor of Information Systems

Richard O. Davis, Professor of Accounting
J.D., Fordham University; LL.M., Georgetown University
Professor Davis is a C.P.A. and a lawyer, with several years of experience with the Internal Revenue Service.  He specializes in taxation, particularly corporate tax issues, and also teaches legal environment of business.  He serves on AICPA and ABA Tax Committees and as a consultant to major public accounting firms.

Jerrell W. Habegger, Tressler Professor of Accounting, Chair of the Department of Accounting & Information Systems, and Chair of the Department of Management Ph.D., Virginia Tech.
Dr. Habegger is a C.P.A. with experience in both public accounting and industry.  His teaching and research interests focus on financial accounting, auditing, and accounting information systems.  He teaches courses in auditing, financial accounting, database management, and management support systems.

Alicia J. Jackson, Dean & Associate Professor of Accounting

James J. Pomykalski, Associate Professor of Information Systems
Ph.D., University of Virginia
He teaches courses in systems analysis & design and database development, information systems strategy and decision support systems (DSS), and simulation modeling.  His main research interest is in pedagogy related to IS courses; especially writing.  His other research focuses on the uses of DSS in organizations; namely in the identification of particular areas of the organization that would benefit from the use of a DSS and the requirements for the particular system. 

Barbara McElroy, Assistant Professor of Accounting
Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Dr. McElroy is a C.P.A. with experience in both public accounting and industry.  Her teaching and research interest lies in the areas of managerial and cost accounting and their interactions with public policy.  She teaches managerial accounting policy, cost management, financial accounting, and women in organizations.

Richard Orwig, Assistant Professor of Information Systems
Ph.D, MBA, University of Arizona
Before Richard obtained his Ph.D. and while studying for his MBA, he worked as a software engineer for Stenograph Corporation automating the shorthand machine that court reporters use.  His teaching and research interests are in business activity modeling for determining fitness of information systems to business activities and text analysis using neural network techniques for the purpose of overcoming information overload.