Faculty Listing

Business Administration Department -College of Business

Faculty Member	Contact Info
Dr. Festus Olorunniwo Dr. Olorunniwo is a Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management and the Head of Department of Business Administration at Tennessee State University. He holds a Doctorate degree in Operations Research (Management Science) from The University of Texas at Austin, and M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Polytechnic University, New York. His research and consulting interests are in Service and Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain Management, and Management of Quality. He has consulted for several companies in Tennessee, Singapore, Malawi, Ukraine, and Nigeria. Twice a consultant to United Nations Development Program, he has also published over 75 research articles in refereed journals and proceedings.	Office: K432 Email: folorunniwo@tnstate.edu Tel. No.: 615-963-7346
Dr. Tilden Curry Dr. Curry’s current teaching is focused on Business Orientation. The teaching of business ethics has been his major research interest in recent years with articles in Decision Line, Journal of Developing Areas, The Dean’s Perspective, eNewsline, and the “Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the International Association of Business and Society.” Topics of recent professional presentations include ethics in business and education, continuing education, the role of American business schools, off campus alliances, student internships and placement, town-gown best practices, basic differences in initial and maintenance of accreditation, teaching business ethics, entrepreneurship, and economic development in Tennessee. He was, also, one the business deans selected for the filming of the video for AACSB International, entitled, "Dean's on Deaning".	Office: K426 Email: tcurry@Tnstate.edu Tel. No.: 615-963-7124
Dr. Millicent Lownes-Jackson Dr. Lownes-Jackson is the associate dean of the College of Business. Dr. Lownes-Jackson is a small business specialist, author, a newspaper columnist, researcher, certified small business coach, and a tenured Professor of Management. Her current research interests are in the areas of entrepreneurship and leadership with a special interest in research pertaining to women’s entrepreneurship and African American entrepreneurship.	Office: H405 Email: mlownes@tnstate.edu Tel. No.: 615-963-7127
Dr. Chunxing Fan Dr. Fan’s research interests are Supply Chain Strategy and Collaborative Optimization, Integrated Production and Distribution Optimization, Logistics and Transportation Network Design, and Resource/Project Management. He has published articles in refereed journals and proceedings such as Journal of the Operational Research Society, Transportation Research, International Journal Management and Enterprise Development, etc.	Office: K445 Email: cfan@tnstate.edu Tel. No.: 615-963-7393
Dr. Phyllis Flott Dr. Flott's current research interests include the Relationship Between Bankruptcy and use of Differed Deposit Services, Ethical Issues Related to Fringe Banking, and Location Patterns of Deferred Presentation Companies in Nashville.	Office: K428 Email: pflott@tnstate.edu Tel. No.: 615-963-7135
Dr. Joel Jolayemi Dr. Jolayemi’s areas of active research interest include project scheduling, supply chain management, production management, total quality management, quality strategic planning, and credit scoring. He has published in many international journals. These include International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Applied Statistics and Data Analysis, The Indian Journal of Statistics, Ecological Modeling, Omega, etc. Altogether, he has published nothing less than 30 journal articles.	Office: K446 Email: jjolayemi@tnstate.edu Tel. No.: 615-963-7134
Dr. Xiaoming Li Dr. Li’s current research interests include stochastic inventory management, demand evolution in supply chains, reverse logistics, and evolutionary game theory. His articles appear in various refereed journals, such as European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Scheduling, Omega, and Supply Chain Management.	Office: K441 Email: xli1@tnstate.edu Tel. No.: 615-963-7073
Dr. Vaidotas Lukošius Dr. Lukosius' research interests include analyzing consumer behavior in the virtual environments, modeling service encounters in retail environments, and advertising trends. Dr. Lukošius has published in Ekonomika, Journal of Electronic Commerce Research, Proceedings of Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators.	Office: K401 Email: vlukosius@tnstate.edu Tel. No.: 615-963-7128
Dr. Byron Pennington Dr Pennington holds a Doctorate degree in Finance from Ohio State University and a MS degree in Physics & Mathematics from Virginia Tech. His research and consulting interests include valuation methodologies and investment strategies employed in the development and use of urban land.	Office: I406 Email: jbbna@comcast.net Tel. No.: 615-963-7130
Dr. Sharon Thach Dr. Thach’s research interests include international entrepreneurship, international distribution, and ethics. Dr. Thach has published in such journals as International Marketing Review, Journal of Business Ethics, and Industrial Marketing Management, The Journal of Product Innovation Management, The Journal of Business Research, and The Journal of Business and Industrial Management among others. Dr. Thach is also on the Editorial Boards of The Journal of International Marketing and The Journal of African Business.	Office: K438 Email: sthach@tnstate.edu Tel. No.: 615-963-7133
Dr. Ramaprasad Unni Dr Unni’s research interests are in the area of consumer behavior in interactive environments. His research has examined the relative effectiveness of virtual product trial, consumer evaluations of wireless location-based marketing, value creation through customization, and use of information sources in different shopping contexts. He has published in the Journal of Interactive Advertising, Marketing Education Review, Proceedings of the AMA Educators Conference, Proceedings of Association for Consumer Research, and other national conference proceedings.	Office: K439 Email: runni@tnstate.edu Tel. No.: 615-963-7343
Dr. Kenneth Kungu Dr. Kungu’s academic background is in the areas of Human Resource and Leadership Development, Human Resource Management, and Adult Learning. His current research interests include lifelong learning; self-directed learning in workplace and college settings; and intersections of culture and HRM/HRD practices. He has published in The International Journal of Learning and Journal of International Diversity. He has also presented in several national conferences.	Office: K429 Email: kkungu@tnstate.edu Tel. No.: 615-963-7379
Dr. Carrie Hurst Dr. Hurst's research interests relate broadly to individual and organizational career development issues and occupational health and safety. Specifically, recent publications have focused on consequences of experiencing a career plateau (Career Development Quarterly) and how employees cope with being plateaued in their jobs (Journal of Vocational Behavior). Dr. Hurst is also interested in research methods, with a recent book chapter focusing on the methodological rigor/validity of published qualitative research.	Office: K444 Email: churst@tnstate.edu Tel. No.: 615-963-7341

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