Faculty

Dr. James Dovel |
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Title | Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Department Chair |
jdovel@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Phone | 304-876-5255 |
Office | WH 233B |
D.B.A. Wilmington University – New Castle, DE M.B.A. Portland State University – Portland, OR B.S. Oregon Institute of Technology – Klamath Falls, OR |
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Contact For | Entrepreneurship, Business Administration |

Dr. Joshua Beck |
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Title | Assistant Professor |
jbeck@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Phone | 304-876-5339 |
Ph.D. Instructional Management and Leadership, Robert Morris University Master of Business Administration, Saint Francis University B.A. Management and Accounting, University of Pittsburgh |

Carol Goolsby |
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Title | Assistant Professor of Business Administration |
cgoolsby@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
M.B.A Byrd School of Business – Shenandoah University, VA B.S Business Education – Shippensburg University, PA A.S Business Administration/Accounting – The Pennsylvania State University, PA |

Dr. Wm. Benjamin Martz, Jr. |
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Title | Dean, College of Business; Chair (Acting) Business Administration Department; Edward L. Snyder Chair for Business |
bmartz@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Phone | 304-876-5007 |
Office | WH 202B |
Ph.D. Business (Management Information Systems) – University of Arizona M.S. Management Information Systems – University of Arizona B.B.A Marketing – College of William and Mary – Williamsburg, VA |

Michael Dailey |
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Title | Adjunct Instructor of Business Administration |
mdailey@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Phone | 304-876-5367 |
M.B.A Mount Saint Mary’s University – Emmitsburg, MD B.S. Business Administration – Lewis University – Lockport, IL |

Michael Dixon |
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Title | Adjunct Instructor of Business Administration |
mdixon@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Phone | 304-876-5367 |
M.B.A. Marketing – Mount Saint Mary’s University – Emmitsburg, MD B.S. Business Administration – Mount Saint Mary’s University – Emmitsburg, MD |
Dr. James Elmore |
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Title | Adjunct Instructor of Business Adminstration & Aviation Management |
jelmo01@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Office | WH 215 |
Ph.D. Unmanned Systems – Capital Technology University – Laurel, MD M. Aeronautical Science Aviation and Safety Systems – Emery-Riddle Aeronautical University B.S. Aeronautics – Emery-Riddle Aeronautical University – Daytona Beach, FL |
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Contact For | Aviation Management |

Dr. Jennifer Flora |
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Title | Adjunct Instructor of Business Administration |
JFLORA@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Phone | 304-876-5295 |
Doctorate Executive Leadership – George Walker Fellow – University of Charleston – Charleston, WV M.A. Organization Communication Studies – West Virginia University – Morgantown, WV M.B.A. ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøUniversity – Shepherdstown, WV B.S. Fitness and Exercise Science – ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøUniversity – Shepherdstown, WV |

Dr. James Koshar |
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Title | Adjunct Instructor of Business Administration |
jkoshar@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Phone | 703-597-8625 |
Office | White Hall 215 |
Doctor of Strategic Leadership – Regent University M.S. Human Resource Management – La Roche University B.S. Business Administration – Chaminade University of Honolulu A.A. Associate Studies – Chaminade University of Honolulu |

Luis F. Mercado, Jr., MBA |
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Title | Adjunct Instructor of Business Administration |
lmercado@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Graduate Certificate, Student Development & Affairs – Drexel University – PA Post MBA Certificate, Supply Chain Management – Lehigh University – PA M.B.A. Marymount University – VA B.S. Marketing – Seton Hall University – NJ A.A. Business Administration – Union College – NJ |
Jena Mills |
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Title | Adjunct Business Administration Instructor |
jmills@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Office | WH 217 |
M.B.A. ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøUniversity, WV B.S. Business Administration – ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøUniversity, WV |

David Poe |
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Title | Adjunct Instructor of Business Administration |
dpoe@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Office | White Hall 215 |
M.S. Agricultural Economics – Utah State University, UT B.S. Agricultural Economics – Brigham Young University, UT |
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Contact For | International Business |

Dr. Zahra Pourabedin |
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Title | Assistant Professor of Business Administration |
ZPOURABE@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Office | White Hall 222 |
Ph.D. Marketing – University Technology Malaysia – Johor Bahru, Malaysia M. Management – Azad University, Iran B.S. Electronic Engineering – Azad University, Iran |
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Contact For | Marketing |

Dr. George Ray |
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Title | Assistant Professor of Business Administration |
gray@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Doctor of Management – Swiss Management Center University M.S. Software Engineering – West Virginia University M.S. Integrated Marketing Communications – West Virginia University B.S. Computer Science – University of Maryland B.S. Accounting – Magna Cum Laude – University of Maryland |
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Contact For | Aviation, Data Analytics, MIS |

Dr. Jimmie L. West, PMP |
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Title | Adjunct Instructor of Business Administration |
jwest@shepherd.edu ( Email ) | |
Ph.D University of North Texas, 1983 M.A. University of Texas at Austin, 1978 B.B.A. University of Texas at Austin, 1975 |
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Contact For | Project Management |