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Emeritus Faculty

Gerald Blakely

  • Associate Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1995
  • Emeritus: 2019
  • Department(s): Management
  • Highest Degree: PhD, University of North Carolina
  • Administrative Positions: Director of Graduate Programs

Naomi Boyd

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 2008
  • Emeritus: 2022
  • Department(s): Finance
  • Highest Degree: PhD, Finance, George Washington University
  • Administrative Positions: Fred T. Tattersall Chair of Finance; Chairperson Finance; Associate Dean for Outreach, Innovation and Engagement

Richard Brooks

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1991
  • Emeritus: 2020
  • Department(s): Accounting
  • Highest Degree: PhD, Accounting, Louisiana State University
  • Administrative Positions: Chairperson Accounting

James Brown

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 2005
  • Emeritus: 2018
  • Department(s): Marketing
  • Highest Degree: DBA, Marketing, Indiana University
  • Administrative Positions: Kmart Chair in Marketing

Neil S. Bucklew

  • Professor and President Emeritus
  • Hired: 1986
  • Emeritus: 2015
  • Department(s): Management
  • Highest Degree: PhD, Industrial Relations, University of Wisconsin
  • Administrative Positions: President

Jay H. Coats

  • Professor and Dean Emeritus
  • Hired: 1971
  • Emeritus: 2005
  • Department(s): Accounting
  • Highest Degree: PhD, University of Pittsburgh
  • Administrative Positions: Dean; Director Graduate Programs; Director MBA Program; Director MPA Program

Robert Cook

  • Associate Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1990
  • Emeritus: 2010
  • Department(s): Marketing
  • Highest Degree: DBA, Kent State University
  • Administrative Positions: Chairperson Marketing

Brian Cushing

  • Associate Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1981
  • Emeritus: 2019
  • Department(s): Economics
  • Highest Degree: PhD, Economics, University of Maryland
  • Administrative Positions: Director Graduate Economics Programs

Stratford Douglas

  • Associate Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1990
  • Emeritus: 2018
  • Department(s): Economics
  • Highest Degree: PhD, Economics, University of North Carolina
  • Administrative Positions: Director Graduate Economics Programs

Randyl Elkin

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1973
  • Emeritus: 2010
  • Department(s): Economics, Management
  • Highest Degree: PhD, Economics, Iowa State University
  • Administrative Positions: Chairperson Department Industrial & Labor Relations; Director MS Industrial & Labor Relations

Jack Fuller

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1985
  • Emeritus: 2020
  • Department(s): Management
  • Highest Degree: PhD, University of Arkansas
  • Administrative Positions: Chairperson Management

Clifford Hawley

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1979
  • Emeritus: 2019
  • Department(s): Economics
  • Highest Degree: PhD, Economics, Duke University
  • Administrative Positions: Chairperson Economics; Director Economics Graduate Programs

Ming-Jeng Hwang

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1974
  • Emeritus: 2011
  • Department(s): Economics
  • Highest Degree: PhD, Economics, Texas A&M University

Cyril Logar

  • Professor and Dean Emeritus
  • Hired: 1976
  • Emeritus: 2016
  • Department(s): Marketing
  • Highest Degree: DBA, Kent State University
  • Administrative Positions: Dean; Associate Dean Academic Affairs; Chairperson Marketing

Patrick C. Mann

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1967
  • Emeritus: 2005
  • Department(s): Economics
  • Highest Degree: PhD, Economics, Indiana University
  • Administrative Positions: Chairperson Economics; Director of Graduate Programs in Economics

Ali Mansour

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1978
  • Emeritus: 2007
  • Department(s): Management
  • Highest Degree: PhD, Management Science, University of Georgia
  • Administrative Positions: Chairperson Management

David Pariser

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1989
  • Emeritus: 2014
  • Department(s): Accounting
  • Highest Degree: PhD, Economics, Southern Illinois University

John Porter

  • Assistant Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1980
  • Emeritus: 1999
  • Department(s): Marketing
  • Highest Degree: MBA, West Virginia University
  • Administrative Positions: Assistant Dean

Ann Pushkin

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1981
  • Emeritus:2007
  • Department(s): Accounting
  • Highest Degree: PhD, Business, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
  • Administrative Positions: Chairperson Accounting

William Reece

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1990
  • Emeritus: 2015
  • Department(s): Economics
  • Highest Degree: Ph.D., Economics, Washington University St. Louis
  • Administrative Positions: Associate Dean

William Riley

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1979
  • Emeritus: 2018
  • Department(s): Finance
  • Highest Degree: Ph.D., Economics, University of Arkansas
  • Administrative Positions: Chairperson Finance, Director Center for Chinese Business

Terry Rose

  • Associate Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1983
  • Emeritus: 2022
  • Department(s): Finance
  • Highest Degree: PhD, Insurance, University of Illinois
  • Administrative Positions: Hogan Chairperson

Frederick Scherr

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1977
  • Emeritus: 2007
  • Department(s): Finance
  • Highest Degree: PhD, Finance, University of Pittsburgh
  • Administrative Positions: Chairperson Finance

Wil J. Smith

  • Associate Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1967
  • Emeritus: 2004
  • Department(s): Economics, Management
  • Highest Degree: MS, University of Wisconsin

Tom S. Witt

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1970
  • Emeritus: 2012
  • Department(s): Economics
  • Highest Degree: Ph., Economics, Washington University St. Louis
  • Administrative Positions: Associate Dean for Research & Outreach; Director Bureau of Business and Economics Research

Robert E. Connor*

  • Associate Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1965
  • Emeritus: 1989
  • Department(s): Marketing
  • Highest Degree: MBA, West Virginia University
  • Administrative Positions: Director of Special Programs

Thomas S. Isaack*

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1951
  • Emeritus: 1989
  • Department(s): Management
  • Highest Degree: DBA, University of Indiana
  • Administrative Positions: Chairperson Business Administration

John Harpell

  • Associate Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1967
  • Emeritus: 2001
  • Department(s): Management
  • Highest Degree: DBA, Georgia State University
  • Administrative Positions: Chairperson Management & Business Law

Charles E. Hooper*

  • Associate Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1977
  • Emeritus: 1989
  • Department(s): Management
  • Highest Degree: EdD, West Virginia University

Joseph Newhouse*

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1949
  • Emeritus: 1989
  • Department(s): Finance
  • Highest Degree: MS, West Virginia University
  • Administrative Positions: Assistant Dean

Charles Skaggs*

  • Assistant Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1954
  • Emeritus: 1989
  • Department(s): Accounting
  • Highest Degree: MS, West Virginia University

Anthony Tuberose*

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1974
  • Emeritus: 1989
  • Department(s): Finance
  • Highest Degree: PhD, University of Texas
  • Administrative Positions: Assistant Dean Public Affairs; Coordinator of Alumni Affairs

Jack Turner*

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1969
  • Emeritus: 1989
  • Department(s): Marketing
  • Highest Degree: DBA, Indiana University
  • Administrative Positions: Dean

Donald Adams*

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1981
  • Emeritus: 2005
  • Department(s): Economics
  • Highest Degree: PhD, Economics, University of Pennsylvania
  • Administrative Positions: Chairperson Economics; Director of Graduate Programs

Vance Q. Alvis*

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1956
  • Emeritus: 1989
  • Department(s): Economics
  • Highest Degree: PhD, Economics, University of Virginia
  • Administrative Positions: Director Graduate Economics Programs

Lewis C. Bell*

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Department(s): Economics
  • Highest Degree: PhD, University of Kentucky
  • Administrative Positions: Director WV Council on Economic Education; Director Graduate Economics Programs

Thomas Campbell*

  • Professor and Dean Emeritus
  • Hired: 1948
  • Emeritus: 1989
  • Department(s): Economics
  • Highest Degree: PhD, Economics, University of Pittsburgh
  • Administrative Positions: Dean

Richard Gardner*

  • Assistant Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1979
  • Emeritus: 1999
  • Department(s): Management
  • Highest Degree: MBA, West Virginia University
  • Administrative Positions: Assistant Dean

Kern O. Kymn*

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1976
  • Emeritus: 2007
  • Department(s): Economics
  • Highest Degree: PhD, Economics, University of Chicago

Robert Maust*

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1963
  • Emeritus: 2013
  • Department(s): Accounting
  • Highest Degree: MS, Accounting, West Virginia University
  • Administrative Positions: Dean; Chairperson Accounting; Director MBA program

Douglas Mitchell*

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1984
  • Emeritus: 2007
  • Department(s): Economics
  • Highest Degree: PhD, Economics, Princeton

Ade Neidermeyer*

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1973
  • Emeritus: 2015
  • Department(s): Accounting
  • Highest Degree: P.D, Accounting, University of Iowa

Evan O. Roberts*

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1939
  • Emeritus: 1989
  • Department(s): Marketing
  • Highest Degree: PhD, Marketing, University of Wisconsin

Dieter Schaupp*

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1973
  • Emeritus: 2012
  • Department(s): Management
  • Highest Degree: DBA, University of Kentucky
  • Administrative Positions: Associate Dean; Chairperson Management & Marketing

Gail Shaw*

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1974
  • Emeritus: 2002
  • Department(s): Accounting
  • Highest Degree: PhD, Accounting, University of Missouri
  • Administrative Positions: Associate Dean; Chairperson Accounting & Finance

James H. Thompson*

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1948
  • Emeritus: 1989
  • Department(s): Economics
  • Highest Degree: PhD, Economics, University of Pittsburgh
  • Administrative Positions: Director Economics Graduate Programs

Royce Watts*

  • Assistant Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1965
  • Emeritus: 2017
  • Department(s): Economics
  • Highest Degree: MS, Economics, West Virginia University
  • Administrative Positions: Associate Dean WVU College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Fred E. Wright II*

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Hired: 1951
  • Emeritus: 1989
  • Department(s): Finance
  • Highest Degree: MA, West Virginia University
  • Administrative Positions: WV Insurance Commissioner

*deceased