Business
Accounting/Economics
Calvin Blackwell
Associate Professor, Economics and Finance
843.953.7836
- Economics of taxation
- Tax evasion
- Public spending
- Environmental economics
Lisa Covert
Assistant Professor, History
843.953.5711
- Economic history (specifically in Latin America)
- Public history (specifically in Latin America)
- Tourism (specifically in Latin America)
Jocelyn Evans
Professor, Economics and Finance
843.953.6668
- Bankruptcy
- Financial management
- Banking
Frank Hefner
Professor, Economics and Finance
843.953.8111
- Current economic conditions
Ben R. Lever III
Adjunct Faculty, Management and Entrepreneurship
Executive in Residence, Marketing and Supply Chain Management
843.953.7273
- International business
- International marketing
- Trade
- Globalization
- Automotive industry
- Marketing research
Todd Nesbit
Assistant Professor, Economics and Finance
843.953.5192
- Public economics, including tax policy, excise taxation, tax induced smuggling, school choice, economic freedom and optimal voting rules
- Sports Economics
Mark Pyles
Associate Professor, Economics and Finance
843.953.7991
- Investment (IPOs, venture capital, options)
- Corporate (capital budgeting, capital structure)
- Economic effects of tobacco smoking bans
- Banking (syndicated loans)
Doug Walker
Associate Professor, Economics and Finance
843.953.8192
- Economic and social impacts of legalized gambling
- Public Finance
- International economies
Mark Witte
Assistant Professor, Economics and Finance
843.953.3986
- International trade and finance
- Macroeconomics
Entrepreneurship
Tom Kent
Associate Professor, Management and Entrepreneurship
843.953.2658
- Leadership
- Teams
- Motivation
- Productivity
David Hansen
Assistant Professor, Management and Entrepreneurship
843.953.6447
- Entrepreneurship
- Opportunity recognition
- Business ideas
- Ecopreneurship
- Environmental entrepreneurship
Hospitality/Tourism
Andrea Canberg
Instructor, Hospitality and Tourism Management
843.953-8043
- Ecotourism and sustainable tourism development
- Event management
- Tourism in national parks and public lands
Lisa Covert
Assistant Professor, History
843.953.5711
- Tourism (specifically in Latin America)
- U.S.-Latin American relations
- Expatriation (specifically in Latin America)
John C. Crotts
Professor, Hospitality and Tourism Management
843.953.6916
- Tourism marketing
- Crime on visitors
- Consumer behavior
Robert Frash
Chair/Professor, Hospitality and Tourism Management
843.953.0827
- Training and development
- Restaurant management
- Business plans
Stephen Litvin
Professor, Hospitality and Tourism Management
843.953.7317
- Hospitality
- Tourism
- Cruise ship industry
Brumby McLeod
Assistant Professor, Hospitality and Tourism Management
843.953.0735
- Commercial lodging
- Hotel reservation systems
- Online travel agencies
Bing Pan
Director/Assistant Professor, Hospitality and Tourism Management
843.953-2025
- Tourism information technologies
- Destination marketing
- Tourist behavior
Wayne W. Smith
Assistant Professor, Hospitality and Tourism Management
843.953-6663
- Festivals (economic impact and social conditions)
- Consumer behavior
- Community development and tourism issues
Marketing
Kent Gourdin
Professor, Marketing and Supply Chain Management
843.953.5327
- Transportation issues
- Logistics
- Service quality
Alan Shao
Dean, School of Business
843.953.5627
- Marketing research
- Competitive strategies and managerial ties to China
Other
Jennifer Baker
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
843.953.7272
- Business ethics
Denny Ciganovic
Director, Career Center
843.953.5692
- Company recruiting of college students
- Experiential education (internships, cooperative education, volunteering)
Stephen Della Lana
Senior Instructor, German and Slavic Studies
843.953.5774
- German business
- German business ties with South Carolina
Rachel Graefe-Anderson
Assistant Professor, Economics/Finance
843.953.5181
- Corporate governance
- Executive compensation
- Corporate finance
Ben R. Lever III
Adjunct/Executive-in-Residence, Management and Entrepreneurship
843.953.7273
- International business
- International marketing
- Trade
- Globalization
- Automotive industry
- Marketing research
Richard Nunan
Professor, Philosophy
843.953.6522
- Political philosophy/philosophy of law/legal ethics
- Business ethics
Martin Perlmutter
Professor, Philosophy
843.953.5682
- Ethics and medicine
Godwin O. Uwah
Chair/Professor, French, Francophone and Italian Studies
843.953.5723
- Business opportunities in West Africa
- French for business and marketing
