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Faculty

8.2 Faculty of Business

Deborah Hurst
Dean, Faculty of Business
BA (Toronto)
MA (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta) 

Hussein Al-Zyoud
Assistant Professor, Economics
BA (Bangalore)
MA (AMU)
PhD (AMU)

David Annand
Professor
BMgmt (Lethbridge)
MBA (Dalhousie)
EdD (Alberta)
CA 

Terry Beckman
Associate Professor, Marketing
BComm (UMB)
MBA (UVic)
PhD (Queen's) 

Walid Belassi
Associate Professor, Management Science
BComm (Cairo Univ)
MBA (Cairo Univ)
MBA (Cleveland State)
DBA (Cleveland State) 

Ana Boamorte de Azevedo
Assistant Professor, Entrepreneurship

Mihail Cocosila
Assistant Professor, Management Science, e-Commerce
MSc Engineering (Bucharest)
MSc Economic Studies (Bucharest)
MScA (UBC)
PhD Engineering (Bucharest)
PhD Bus. Admin. (McMaster)

Joe Cox
Associate Professor
Canada Research Chair

Richard Dixon
Academic Coordinator
BA (Alberta)
MDiv (LTS, Saskatchewan)
MBA (NREE) (Alberta)

Claude Dupuis
Academic Coordinator, Organizational Behaviour
BComm (Distinction) (Calgary)
MIR (Queen’s)
CHRP 

Fathi Elloumi
Associate Professor, Accounting
BComm (ISG, Tunisia)
MMAcct (ISG, Tunisia)
MSc (Sherbrooke)
PhD (UQAM) 

Merlyn Foo
Assistant Professor, Finance
BBA (Hons.) (Simon Fraser)
MBA (Simon Fraser) 
PhD (Queen’s)

Robert Fournier
Academic Coordinator
MSOD (Pepperdine)

Concetta Gillard
Academic Coordinator, Accounting
Graduate Dip Acct (McGill)
BSc (Concordia Univ Montreal)
CA 

Tilly Jensen
Assistant Professor, Accounting
BComm (Alberta)
MEd (Sheffield)
CMA (CMA Alberta)

Kam Jugdev
Professor, Project Management and Strategy
BSc (Calgary)
BScN (Distinction) (Calgary)
MEng (Distinction) (Calgary)
MHSA (Alberta)
PhD (Calgary) 

Bangaly Kaba
Associate Professor, Computers and Management Information Systems
BComm (Hons.)(UGAN, Guinea)
MSc Project Management (UQAM)
PhD (UQAM)

Anshuman Khare
Professor, Operations Management
BSc (Allahabad)
MBA (Allahabad)
PhD (Allahabad) 

Alex Kondra
Associate Professor
BComm (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)

Megan Kwan
Academic Coordinator, Marketing
BA (Washington State)
MBA (Washington State)

Helen Lam
Chair, Professor, HRMT/ORGB
BSocSc (Hong Kong)
PhD (Alberta) 

Kai Lamertz
Associate Professor, Organizational Analysis
BComm (Hons.) (British Columbia)
PhD (Toronto)

Weiming Lui
Assistant Professor, Accounting
B. Eng. (Jilin University, China)
MSc (Lethbridge)
PhD (Waterloo)

Michael Mauws
Professor, ORGB
BComm (Hons.) (Manitoba)
PhD (Alberta) 

Shaun McQuitty
Professor, Marketing
BA (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta) 

Mark Morpurgo
Assistant Professor, Accounting
Undergraduate Programs Director
BComm (Alberta)
MBA (Alberta)
DBA (Athabasca)
FCPA, FCMA

Jacob Musila
Associate Professor, Economics
BA (Nairobi)
MA (Dalhousie)
PhD (Dalhousie) 

Eduardo Ordonez Ponce
Assistant Professor, Strategic Management

Pamela Quon
Academic Coordinator, Accounting
BComm (Alberta)
MDE (Athabasca)
CMA 

Teresa Rose
Assistant Professor, Organizational Analysis
BA (Campion College, SK)
MA (Alberta)
MBA (Alberta)  
DPhil (Alberta)

Saktinil Roy
Associate Professor
BA (Hons.) (Jadavpur University, India)
MA (Jadavpur University, India)
PhD (Memphis)

Simon Sigue
Professor, Marketing
DESC (ESSEC)
MSc (HEC Montreal)
PhD (HEC Montreal) 

Aris Solomon
Associate Professor, Accounting
BA (Middlesex University, UK)
BA (Hons.) (Westminster University, UK)
MA (Essex University, UK)
PhD (Sheffield University, UK) 

Saud Taj
Assistant Professor, ORGB
BA Economics(Balochistan, Pakistan)
MBA Finance (Iqra, Pakistan)
MSc Mgmt (Glascow)
PhD Strategic HRM (Glascow)

Janice Thomas
Professor
BSc (Victoria)
MBA (British Columbia)
PhD (Alberta)

Houda Trabelsi
Academic Coordinator, Economics
Dip Management and Econ Techniques (MET, Tunisia)
BComm (ISG, Tunisia)
BComm (Accounting) (UQAM)
MMAcct (ISG, Tunisia)
MSc (Information Tech) (Moncton)
MSc (Bus Admin) (Sherbrooke) 

Zengxiang (Eric) Wang
Associate Professor, Finance
Program Director, BCOMM
BSc (Shandong)
GD MIS (Xi’An Jiao Tong)
MBA (Saint Marys)
PhD (Queen’s) 

Pierre Wilhelm
Assistant Professor, Business Communications
BA (Regina)
BEd (Toronto)
MSc (Montreal)
PhD (Alabama) 

Angela Workman-Stark
Associate Professor, HRMT/ORGB
BComm (St. Mary's)
MBA (Athabasca)
PhD (Walden)

Academic Experts/Tutors

Naved Ahmad
Academic Marker/Expert
BSc (Hons.)(Karachi)
MSc (Karachi)
MPhil (Quaid-e-Azam)
PhD (Northeastern)

Patricia Anderson
Academic Marker/Expert, ADMN
BA (Athabasca)
MEd (Calgary) 

Joshua Anyangah
Academic Marker/Expert
PhD (Alberta)

Glenn Arnold
Academic Marker/Expert
BComm (Distinction) (Alberta)
MFA (Vermont College Fine Arts)
CA 

Elena Bernard
Individualized Study
Academic Marker/Expert

Kenneth Bolstad
Academic Marker/Expert, ACCT
BA (Calgary)
BGS (Athabasca)
BMath (Waterloo)
BSc (Calgary)
MBA (Alberta) 

Ida Chen
Academic Marker/Expert
BA (Toronto) 

Margaret Clappison
Academic Expert/Marker
BIS (Waterloo)
MBA (Athabasca)

Ann Conquergood
Academic Marker/Expert, ADMN
MEng (Alberta)
MBA (Alberta) 

Steve Dhillon
Academic Marker/Expert, ADMN
MBA (Athabasca) 

Gary Donell
Academic Marker/Expert, TAXX
BComm (Hon) (Concordia Univ) 

Barry Dwornik
Academic Marker/Expert, ACCT
BComm (Distinction) (Alberta)
CA (Inst CA Alberta) 

Mary Lou Fellows
Academic Marker/Expert, e-Commerce
MA (Royal Roads)

Oliver Franke
Academic Marker/Expert, ECON
BA (Hons.) (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)

Thomas Gordon
Academic Marker/Expert

Karen Gray
Academic Marker/Expert
BComm (Alberta)
CMA (CMA Alberta)

Martin Haworth
Academic Marker/Expert, ECON
BA (York)
MEcon (Alberta) 

Darlene Himick
Academic Expert/Marker

Jaycee Ho
Academic Marker/Expert, FNCE
BA (Washington State)
MBA (Washington State)
CMA (US)
CFM (US)
CGA (Alberta) 

Stephanie Husby
Academic Marker/Expert
BSc, Computer Science (Alberta)
MSc, Computer Science (Alberta)
MBET, Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology (Waterloo)

Stephanie Ibach
Academic Marker/Expert
BA (Alberta)
MBA (Alberta)
CGA 

Michelle Jarick
Academic Marker/Expert
PhD (Waterloo)

Donald Johnston
Academic Marker/Expert, ACCT
BA (Alberta)
BComm (Alberta) 

Melike Kinik-Dicleti
Academic Marker/Expert, ADMN
UCert BMgmt (Istanbul)
BSc (Mimar)
MBA (Simon Fraser) 

Sandy Kizan
Academic Marker/Expert
MBA (Athabasca)
CMA

Gregory Krabes
Academic Marker/Expert
BBA (Bishops's)
MBA (St. Martin's)

Hemant Kumar
Academic Marker/Expert, FNCE
BSc (Delhi)
MBA (Alberta)
MCA (Delhi) 

Suzanne Kyle
Academic Marker/Expert, ACCT
BComm (Distinction) (Saskatchewan)
CMA 

Lorraine Laville
Academic Marker/Expert
BA (Distinction) (Saskatchewan)

Jack Lee
Academic Marker/Expert

Julie Levi
Academic Expert, ADMN
BA (Vermont)
AGDDE(T) (Athabasca)
MDE (Athabasca)

Allison MacNabb
Academic Marker/Expert

Renee Majeau
Academic Marker/Expert
BSc (Alberta)
MBA (Alberta)

Peter Manousos
Academic Marker/Expert
BA (Calgary)
MA (Royal Military College, Kingston)
LLB (Wales, UK)

Neil Mardian
Academic Marker/Expert, FNCE
BMgmt (Lethbridge)
MSc (Lethbridge)
CFP

Lula Mengesha
Academic Marker/Expert

Trevor Mills
Academic Marker/Expert, ACCT
BComm (Hons.) (Alberta) 
CA (Inst CA Alberta)
CIA (Inst Int Auditors)

Sue Mitchell
Academic Marker/Expert, ORGB
BA (McMaster)
MA (Gonzaga)

Jean-Anne Moors
Academic Marker/Expert
MA (Toronto)
MIR (Queen’s)

Esam Mustafa
Academic Marker/Expert
M Mgmt (UTM Johor)
PhD (UTHM Johor)
C. Mgr. (Canadian Institute of Management)

Dwayne O’Coin
Academic Marker/Expert
BComm (Alberta)
CPA
CA

Omill Oloo
Academic Marker/Expert, FNCE
BA (Hons.) (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)
MBA (Alberta) 
CFA

Wayne Pelletier
Academic Marker/Expert, FNCE
BMgmt (Distinction) (Lethbridge)
MBA (Simon Fraser)

Tamara Renkas
Academic Marker/Expert

Cameron Roberts
Academic Marker/Expert, MKTG
BMgmt (Lethbridge)
MBA (Calgary)

Wilf Roesler
Academic Marker/Expert
BMgmt (Lethbridge)
MBA (Quebec)
CFP
CMA

Linda Roth
Academic Marker/Expert
BGS (Athabasca)
MEd (Athabasca)

Regner Sabillion
Academic Expert/Marker
CTech
Dip Francaise (San Pedro Sula)
BSc (San Pedro Sula)
MBA (Politecnica de Madrid)
MSc (UOberta de Catalunya, SPAIN)
ISP

Grace Shi
Academic Marker/Expert, MGSC
BSc (JiLin)
MBA (Simon Fraser)
MEng (JiLin)

Chandan Shirvaikar
Academic Marker/Expert, ECON
BA (Simon Fraser)
MA (Simon Fraser)

Michelle Smith
Academic Marker/Expert, ACCT
BComm (Hons.) (Memorial)
CA
CMA 

Yum Chung To
Marker, ACCT
MSc (Sheffield Hallam)
CGA
FCCA 

Dylan van Eerden
Academic Marker/Expert

Lantry Vaughan
Academic Marker/Expert, ADMN
BA (Hons.) (Oakland)
MACT (Alberta)

Tanya Ward
Academic Marker/Expert
BEd (Regina)

Betty Wong
Academic Marker/Expert
BComm (Alberta)
CPA, CA
CPA(Ill)

Tony Wong
Academic Marker/Expert, ACCT
BComm (Hons.) (Windsor)
BSc (Toronto)
MBA (Alberta)
CMA 

Colleen Wright
Academic Marker/Expert, ACCT
BA (Calgary)
CMA 

Debbie Yeung
Academic Marker/Expert, ACCT
BComm (Alberta)
MBA (Alberta)
CA
CIA

Professors Emeritus/Adjunct

Kay Devine
Professor Emeritus
BSc (Summa cum laude) (Oregon State)
MEd (Colorado State)
PhD (Washington)

Dwight Thomas
Professor Emeritus
BComm (Alberta)
MBA (Toronto)
PhD (Colorado)

George Robert Winter
Professor Emeritus
BSc (Alberta)
MSc (Iowa State)
MEd (British Columbia)
PhD (Iowa State)

 

Information effective Sept. 1, 2019 to Aug. 31, 2020.

Updated August 27 2019 by laurab

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