Department Head : Roberta Russell
Graduate Program Director : Paul Lowry (Ph.D. and Graduate Programs Director)
Professors:
Ralph Badinelli;
Parviz Ghandforoush (National Capital Region);
Paul Lowry;
Cliff Ragsdale;
Terry Rakes;
Loren Rees;
Roberta Russell;
Bernard Taylor;
Christopher Zobel
Associate Professors:
Alan Abrahams;
Idris Adjerid;
Jason Deane;
Barbara Hoopes (National Capital Region);
Tabitha James;
Lara Khansa;
Raymond Major (National Capital Region);
Lance Matheson;
Quinton Nottingham;
Onur Seref;
Alan Wang
Assistant Professors:
Vitali Mindel;
Wenqi Shen
Ralph Medinger Lenz Professor:
Ralph Badinelli
Bank of America Professor:
Cliff Ragsdale
William C. and Alix C. Houchens Professor:
Terry Rakes
Arthur Andersen Professor:
Loren Rees
R.B. Pamplin Professor:
Bernard Taylor;
Christopher Zobel
Collegiate Associate Professors:
Wade Baker (National Capital Region);
Michelle Seref
Suzanne Parker Thornhill Professor:
Paul Lowry
Business Information Technology Introduction
The PhD in Business with a concentration in Business Information Technology is designed to be a full-time, four-to-five year, residential program offering specialized study in information systems and technology, business analytics, security, and operations and supply chain management. The program emphasizes the study of systems and technologies used in the creation, storage, exchange, analysis, and use of information in organizational decision making. Considerable emphasis is given to the use of statistics, data science, machine learning, experimentation, surveys, field studies, and theory building. Study of these topics requires that the student have a strong background in quantitative methods and computing, but also strong conceptual thinking, creativity, and writing skills.
The primary objective of the program is to prepare graduate students for successful academic careers in tenure-track positions that value high-quality research and teaching. This objective is realized through a research-oriented program of study that provides extensive interaction with our faculty of outstanding researchers and teachers.