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Dr. Louis Dawkins, Dean
870-230-5377
dawkinl@hsu.edu
Dr. Dawkins earned his PhD in accounting from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville; his undergraduate degree in Accounting was at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. Dr. Dawkins returns to HSU as Interim Dean of the School of Business after having served two terms as Director of the Richard C. Adkerson School of Accountancy and Interim Dean of the College of Business at Mississippi State.
Dawkins was Dean of the HSU School of Business during its initial accreditation by AACSB. Following HSU's initial accreditation, he served on the Candidacy Committee of AACSB reviewing schools that applied for initial accreditation. He served on numerous Peer Review Teams evaluating schools and making recommendations to AACSB about those schools for accreditation.
Dawkins has taught numerous courses in accounting and in recent years has focused primarily in the areas of Managerial/Cost, Understanding Financial Statements, and Governmental accounting.
Dr. Margaret Hoskins, CPA
Associate Dean and
Donald Dodson Professor of Accounting
870-230-5380
hoskins@hsu.edu
Dr. Margaret Hoskins earned her Ph.D. at the University of Mississippi and her MBA and Bachelor’s degrees from Arkansas State University. Dr. Hoskins became Associate Dean of the School of Business in January of 2010.
Hoskins has over seventeen years teaching experience and earned the Excellence in Teaching Award for the HSU School of Business. In addition, she was named Instructor of the Year by School of Business Students. She has published a book based on her dissertation, several journal articles, and made numerous
presentations at academic and professional meetings.
Dr. Ajay K. Aggarwal
Associate Professor of Management
870-230-5300
Dr. Ajay Aggarwal earned his Ph.D. in Management Science from Virginia Tech. He teaches courses in the areas of quantitative management and information systems. Prior to HSU, he was an Associate Professor (tenured) at Millsaps College and received several merit raises for excellence in teaching, research, and service. He received his Bachelor of Technology degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology: Delhi, and his M.S. in Chemical Engineering and M.B.A. (with Finance concentration) from Virginia Tech.
Dr. Aggarwal has historically taught a wide variety of courses. He has a passion for teaching and bringing fun into the classroom. His portfolio of courses includes Business Statistics, Operations Management, Introduction to Information Systems, Data Mining, e-Commerce, Principles of Artificial Intelligence, Modeling and Simulation, Quantitative Management in Spreadsheets, and Introduction to Liberal Studies. He has published articles in the Annals of Operations Research, Journal of Business Logistics, Cybernetics and Systems, International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, Journal of College Teaching and Learning, Palmetto Business and Economic Review, International Journal of Information Technology and Management, and Journal of Healthcare Information Management, among several others.
Dr. Aggarwal is very active in regional chapters of professional organizations such as INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences), DSI (Decision Sciences Institute), and APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society). He has served as president, vice-president, program chair, and secretary/treasurer of southeastern INFORMS; President of APICS - SCMS #95 (twice), and Vice President of Publications for southeastern DSI (twice). He has presented over 50 papers at regional and national conferences.
Dr. Edward O. Akoto
Assistant Professor of Management
870-230-5331
Dr. Edward Akoto received his Ph.D. in Business Administration with concentration in management, from Jackson State University in 2011. His MBA (HRM & Employment Relations) was from the University of Leicester in England. He earned his Bachelor (B.Ed.) Education from the University of Education in Ghana. He had earlier completed a 3-year professional educator’s certification (CERT “A”) in 1993.
Prior to pursuing his graduate degrees he had taught in the public school system for 5 years in Ghana. Immediately after obtaining his Ph.D., Edward taught at Delaware State University as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Management for one year.
Dr. Akoto joined Henderson State University in August 2012 and he teaches Management-Organizational Behavior and International Management.
His research interest is in employee commitment, motivation and performance; motivation in the academic context, cross-cultural management and global leadership.
He is an active member of many professional associations, including: Academy of Management, Southern Management Association, South-East Academy of International Business, and Global Awareness Society International. He has reviewed and presented many papers at the annual conferences of these associations.
Dr. Akoto is very committed to quality instruction, advisement, and mentoring students, with the aim of preparing a highly competent and professional future generation of managers.
Outside his academic career, Dr. Akoto and his wife own a small consulting firm (EDVACO LLC), which provides professional services including: transportation management, performance measurement/analysis, grant profiling, report writing, and professional development training, to government agencies, schools, and other non-profit agencies.
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Dr. C. Alan Blaylock
Assistant Professor of Finance
870-230-5924
blayloc@hsu.edu
Dr. Alan Blaylock received his Ph.D. in Finance (2003), MSBA in Economics (1999), and MBA (1996) from Mississippi State University. He received his bachelor’s degree in sociology with an emphasis in paralegal studies from Delta State University in 1995. He earned the Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) designation in 2011. He has also completed graduate coursework in finance and economics at Yonsei University in South Korea. Blaylock has over 14 years experience teaching finance and economics at various institutions that include Kennesaw State University, University of West Georgia, Lamar University, and Murray State University. He has presented a variety of papers at academic conferences and published peer reviewed articles in Global Business and Finance Review, International Journal of Business Disciplines, Academy of Educational Leadership Journal, and Journal of Learning in Higher Education as well as various conference proceedings.
Dr. Nathan Campbell
Assistant Professor of Management
870-230-5312
Dr. Nathan Campbell received his PhD in Management from Mississippi State University in 2007. He received his MBA (2000) and BBA in Management (1999) from Henderson State University. Dr. Campbell joined Henderson State University in January of 2008 as a faculty member in the School of Business. He teaches Human Resource Management, Management and Organizational Behvavior, and Trends in Management, an MBA class. Prior to joining the faculty at Henderson State University, he was an assistant professor at Hardin-Simmons University (2005-2007).
Campbell’s research interests are in the areas of mentoring, perceived support, and justice. He has published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior and Human Relations. He has served as an ad hoc reviewer for Human Resource Management and a reviewer of both the Academy of Management Annual Meeting and Southern Management Association Annual Meeting.
Dr. Victor Claar
Professor of Economics
870-230-5457
Victor V. Claar, Ph.D., is professor of economics and teaches courses in economics to both undergraduate and graduate students. He recently was a Fulbright Scholar at the American University of Armenia—a landlocked country at the intersection of Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Iran—where he conducted research and gave lectures to graduate students.
Professor Claar has a long, impressive record of publications, including his influential book, Economics in Christian Perspective: Theory, Policy and Life Choices, now in its fifth printing and recently translated into Chinese. One reviewer said of the book’s authors, “they demonstrate an impressive breadth of vision [and] deftly move from the big picture and macroeconomics to the care for the individual and restoring hope for the least of these.”
While you may have heard that economics was once dubbed the “dismal science,” Professor Claar’s work demonstrates that this field is quite the opposite, especially when it does what Professor Claar does: combine sobering analysis and Christian principles to offer a vision of hope.
Professor Claar is also the author of Fair Trade? Its Prospects as a Poverty Solution, an incisive, thoughtful work that challenges us all to rethink how we buy what we need and want.
Ms. Renae Clark
Associate Professor of Business Information Systems
870-230-5303
Ms. Renae Clark has over 10 years of teaching experience. She has taught classes in accounting, computer technology and information systems. She has taught at New Mexico State University and Doña Ana Branch Community College before coming to Henderson State University in August of 2003. She currently teaches a variety of courses in business information systems. She has extensive experience in web-based teaching tools along with practical experience as a former vice president of administration at the New Mexico Lottery Authority.
She earned a BS in Accountancy and BA in Computer Science from the University of Missouri and her MBA from New Mexico State University. She is also a licensed CPA, a licensed Certified Information Systems Auditor, and has been certified as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional.
Mr. Lonnie Jackson
Instructor of Management
870-230-5311
jacksol@hsu.edu
Mr. Lonnie Jackson graduated from Henderson State University (HSU) with a B.S. in Management in 1985 and earned his MBA from Henderson in 1997. He earned a Certified Business Advisor designation in 2006 through the University of Toledo. He worked for Dillard’s Dept Stores for five years.
Jackson and his wife have owned Print Mania in Arkadelphia since 1992. At Print Mania responsibilities include all functions of management, payroll, personnel, production, sales and marketing. Print Mania has grown from first year revenues of approximately $100,000 to current revenue of approximately $1,500,000 annually. Print Mania employs an average of 20 people, including an outside salesperson who maintains regional sales accounts.
Jackson was Center Director at the HSU Small Business and Technology Development Center for ten years before joining the school of business faculty in August of 2010. As Center Director of the Henderson State University Small Business and Technology Development Center responsibilities included working with area businesses and potential businesses in relation to managing, marketing, finances, and personnel. Also assisted in planning new businesses, and helped in problem solving for existing businesses.
The Center Director was originally a three quarter time position; the Center Director is now full-time and the office has since been able to add a training coordinator, business consultant and part-time secretary. While Mr. Jackson was still Center Director in 2009, the HSU SBTDC consulted 180 business clients, delivered 58 training events to 600 participants and assisted with capital formation of nearly $11,000,000.
Jackson developed strategic partnerships with Southern Capital Partners, Home Depot, Clark County, the City of Arkadelphia, the Arkadelphia Regional Alliance and area financial institutions that resulted in additional funding for SBTDC programs.
Dr. Dianna Krueger
Assistant Professor of Management
870-230-5500
krueged@hsu.edu
Dr. Dianna Krueger received her Ph. D. in Organization and Management Studies from The University of Texas at San Antonio and her M.A. in Industrial Organizational Psychology from Stephen F. Austin State University. Her research focuses on cultural diversity in organizations, biases in employee selection, and performance management. The results of her research have been published in several refereed journals and presented at academic conferences. Her research honors include the Psi Chi Research Award (2005), and Southwestern Psychological Association Research Award (2004). Dr. Krueger serves as an Ad Hoc Reviewer for the Journal of Managerial Psychology.
Ms. Lisa Massey
Instructor of Accounting
870-230-5346
masseyl@hsu.edu
Mrs. Lisa Massey is a native of Arkadelphia, Arkansas. She received her Bachelor of Business Administration in 1996 and her Masters of Business Administration in 2011, both from Henderson State University.
Massey has worked in the public accounting field for 10 years and has assisted businesses with various accounting and software –related issues. In 2006, she became a Certified Public Accountant.
Massey has established her own accounting firm and continues to practice public accounting. One of her core values is service to others. She has been and continues to serve on boards of non-profit agencies and various civic organizations.
Dr. Paul J. “Jep” Robertson
Associate Professor of Accounting
870-230-5302
Dr. Robertson earned his BA and MBA degrees from the University of New Mexico and his DBA from Mississippi State University. Robertson has over twenty years of experience teaching accounting at AACSB accredited universities and has used web-based technologies in the classroom for the last ten years. He is the former President of the Southwest Region and member of the Board of Directors of the American Accounting Association. He has professional experience in both the financial services sector and public accounting with a number of firms including Merrill Lynch and Arthur Andersen. Robertson has had numerous articles published in professional journals and has co-authored two online accounting courses in addition to numerous professional presentations.
Dr. Frank Smith
Assistant Professor of Finance
870-230-5018
smithf@hsu.edu
Dr. Frank Smith is a born finance guy. He has been interested in the stock market since he first followed his father's stocks and mutual funds in 1972. A 1980 graduate from Fayetteville High School, he attended the Air Force Academy, where he graduated with an engineering degree. He flew for the U.S. Air Force in 1985 had over 700 missions with 2000 flight hours throughout the U.S., Far East, and Alaska. He earned an MBA in accounting and finance from Chapman University in 1988.
Frank and his wife Sally started an optical supply company from scratch which eventually employed twelve people and served more than 1200 stores over a nine year span. He graduated with a Ph.D. in finance from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, in 2005. Frank has taught at five different universities, receiving awards as the outstanding Ph.D. student, top researcher at the school and college level as well as teacher of the year several times. He is active in research with fourteen articles in national journals. Dr. Smith enjoys golfing, road biking, and writing fictional stories.
Mr. R. C. Smith
Instructor of Business
870-230-5328
Mr. R.C. Smith earned a BS in Accounting from Kansas University in 1983 and a Masters in Management from the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in 1992.
Upon graduation from KU, Mr. Smith accepted a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. After Flight School, he spent four and one-half years as a Bombardier/Navigator flying the A-6E Intruder, including two Mediterranean cruises (and over 300 arrested landings) flying off the USS John F. Kennedy.
Upon completion of the second cruise, Mr. Smith was assigned as the Marine Officer Instructor (MOI) at the Naval Reserve Officers Training (NROTC) Unit at Northwestern University.As MOI, then-Captain Smith taught Military History and Leadership courses at the University, as well as serving as the Unit’s Operations Officer and later Executive Officer.In addition to these on-campus roles, Captain Smith also served one summer as a Platoon Commander at USMC Officer Candidate School in Quantico, Virginia.
After graduation from Kellogg, Mr. Smith resigned his commission in the Marine Corps in 1992 in order to accept a position in the Mergers & Acquisition Group in Credit Suisse First Boston’s Investment Banking division in New York City.After learning the business with CSFB, Mr. Smith ascended quickly through the industry before retiring as Head of Mergers and Acquisitions for SunTrust Banks, the ninth largest commercial bank in the US.During his time in the business, Mr. Smith worked on a variety of transactions, including defense advisories, buy- and sell-side advisories, hostile cross-border transactions and IPO’s, with deal size ranging from tens of millions to billions of dollars.
In 2001, Smith retired and returned to Oden, Arkansas, where he bought the family farm, which he immediately began revitalizing.He sold most of the crossbred cow herd and began building a internationally recognized herd of registered brangus through utilization of artificial insemination and embryo transfer.In the ensuing years Mr. Smith has bred the breed’s International Champion and Show Heifer of the Year, as well as two different bulls who have ranked very highly in the world.
Smith also owns and operates RC Smith Advisors, a boutique advisory shop which focuses on providing Wall Street execution capabilities to middle market M&A deals.
Dr. Anita Williams
Professor of Marketing
870-230-5304
williams@hsu.edu
Dr. Anita Williams has over thirty years of teaching experience and came to Henderson from Tennessee Technological University as Associate Professor of Marketing in 1988. She has been Professor of Marketing since 1999. Before returning to school to work on advanced degrees, she spent several years working in a family owned retail art and framing business in Little Rock.
Williams received her Ph.D. in Business Administration with a major in Marketing and minors in Management and Data Processing/Quantitative Analysis from the University of Arkansas in January 1985 and her MBA in 1979. She earned a BA in history with a minor in accounting from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 1976.
Dr. Mike Watters
Louis Dawkins Professor of Accounting
870-230-5345
watterm@hsu.edu
Professor Watters received his B.B.A. in accounting and M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Arlington; and a D.B.A. in accounting from Mississippi State University. He has certification as a certified public accountant from Texas. Professor Watters has written over thirty articles, many in the areas of assurance services, fraud prevention and detection and auditor liability. He worked for three years in the Dallas office of KPMG.
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Ms. Crystal Campbell
Administrative Specialist III
Dean's Office
Mooney Hall 309
870-230-5377
Ms. Brenda Callaway
Administrative Specialist
Associate Dean's Office
Mooney Hall 310
870-230-5380
