Meet the Management, Entrepreneurship & Hospitality Faculty and Staff Members

Meet the Management, Hospitality and Entrepreneurship Faculty and Staff within Coles College of Business! Our department is dedicated to providing high-quality education and fostering innovative thinking in the fields of management, hospitality and entrepreneurship. Our deparment members are experts in their respective fields, with years of experience in academia, industry, and research. 

Faculty

Name
Position
  • chitalu adams

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Management

    cadam193@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6785
    BB 328

  • colin ake

    Director, Incubation and Commercial

    cake@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3689
    KH 3409

  • Part-Time Instructor of Management

    hasfandi@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • Part-Time Instructor of Management

    causti43@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3114
    KC 237

  • photo of folahan ayeni

    Part-Time Instructor of Management

    fayeni3@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • ace beorchia

    Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship

    abeorchi@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5979
    House 3207 - 204

  • photo of christal blalock

    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Management

    cblalo13@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • photo of tim blumentritt

    Associate Professor of Management

    tblument@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2075
    BB 307

  • Part-Time Instructor of Music and Entertainment Business

    cbowles9@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    House 55

  • photo of jonathan brown

    Culinary Liaison and Lecturer of Hospitality Management

    jbrow729@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6171
    BB 419

  • photo of angelo brown

    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Management

    abrow485@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • bruce bryan

    Part-Time Instructor of Real Estate

    bbryant@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • Part-Time Instructor of Music and Entertainment Business

    bcalho11@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • photo of robin cheramie

    Tony and Jack Dinos Eminent Scholar Chair of Entrepreneurial Management, Dean of Michael J. Coles College of Business and Professor of Management

    rcheram1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6425
    BB 258

  • Part-Time Instructor of Management

    gbc6886@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • jeffrey costa

    Part-Time Instructor of Management

    jcosta10@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • photo of birton cowden

    Academic Director of the Robin and Doug Shore Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center and Associate Professor of Management

    bcowden@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3671
    KC 409

  • Assistant Professor of Supply Chain and Operations Management

    adag@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6709
    BB 357

  • andrea daniels

    Part-Time Instructor of Management and Entrepreneurship

    adani195@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • james davis

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Management

    jdavi797@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • sara davis

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Business

    sdavi386@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5712
    HSE 56 (3207) 203

  • sheryl ehlers

    Part-Time Instructor of Hospitality Management

    sehlers2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • Part-Time Instructor of Management

    telhadda@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • photo of john furrh

    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Management

    jfurrh@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • kevin geowets

    Limited Term Instructor of Management

    kgecowet@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • Part-Time Instructor of Management and Entrepreneurship

    rgnuse@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • qing-gong

    Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

    qgong@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2528
    BB 340

  • Juanne Greene

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Management

    jgreene@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6584
    BB 338

  • scott henry

    Part-Time Instructor of Management

    shenry72@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • photo of Kenneth Hill

    Senior Lecturer of Management

    khill@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2366
    ALC 5650 A

  • Part-Time Instructor of Music and Entertainment Business

    jhopki36@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • photo of danny howes

    Associate Director and Music & Technology Lecturer of Joel A. Katz Music & Entertainment Business Program

    dhowes@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2147
    House 3209 - 109

  • Brian Hults

    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Management

    bhults@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • maggie ishak

    Limited Term Instructor of Operations Management

    mishak@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • photo of leonard jackson

    Assistant Professor of Hospitality Management

    ljack202@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6079
    BB 420

  • Part-Time Instructor of Management

    djohn279@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • Part-Time Instructor of Management, Entrepreneurship, and Hospitality

    mjone720@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • Stacey Kessler

    Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior/Human Resources Management

    skessle4@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2502
    BB 327

  • photo of yoon hee kim

    Associate Professor of Management

    ykim121@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4840
    BB 329

  • jordan krolick

    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Management

    jkrolick@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • cynthia lemay

    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Management

    clemay2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • Sergey Lebedev

    Associate Professor of Strategic Management

    slebedev@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6733
    BB 334

  • Dennis Loubiere

    Program Manager & Part-Time Instructor of Management

    dloubier@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6078
    House 3207

  • Graham Lowman

    Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior/Human Resources Management

    glowman@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4777
    BB 335

  • photo of melih madanoglu

    Michael A. Leven Endowed Chair and Professor of Hospitality

    mmadano1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7404
    BB 312

  • michael maloni

    Caraustar Professorship of Purchasing and Operations Management and Professor of Management

    mmaloni@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6549
    BB 337

  • lou marino

    Director of the Michael A. Leven School of Management, Entrepreneurship and Hospitality and Professor of Entrepreneurship

    lmarino1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6972
    BB 305

  • Part-Time Instructor of Hospitality Management

    smayers2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • photo of shelby meek

    Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship

    smeek5@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6306
    House 3207 - 209

  • Ginger Merritt

    Part-Time Instructor of Management

    gmerrit9@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • James Meurs

    Associate Professor of Management

    jmeurs@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3789
    BB 309

  • Deborah Mixson Brookshire

    Director of Coles Online Programs and Professor of Management

    dmixson@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2074
    BB 311

  • Doug Moodie

    Professor of Management

    dmoodie@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3333
    BB 339C

  • Part-Time Instructor of Music and Entertainment Business

    smorri20@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • Canan Mutlu

    Associate Director of the Michael A. Leven School of Management, Entrepreneurship and Hospitality and Associate Professor of Management

    cmutlu@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6446
    BB 303

  • Stuart Napshin

    Associate Professor of Management

    snapshin@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2676
    BB 308

  • john neglia

    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Management

    jneglia@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • Muhammad Obeidat

    Professor of Operations Management

    mobeida1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7286
    BB 336

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Music and Business Entertainment

    aoraefo@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7670
    House 3209

  • Joshua C. Palmer

    Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior/Human Resources Management

    jpalme67@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6251
    BB 339A

  • carolyn parris foster

    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Human Resources

    cfost106@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • Lead Academic Advisor & Part-Time Instructor of Interdisciplinary Studies

    tlf0557@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2685
    KH 1303C

  • photo of keith perissi

    Director of the Music and Entertainment Business Certificate Program and Senior Lecturer of Music Entertainment

    kperissi@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2875
    House 3209 - 112

  • Steven Phelan

    Professor of Entrepreneurship

    sphelan5@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6582
    House 3207 - 106

  • nicole phillips

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Management

    tphil102@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7548
    House 3207 - 103

  • Greg Quinet

    Executive Director, Robin and Doug Shore Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center and Associate Professor of Strategic Management/Entrepreneurship

    gquinet@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7519
    House 3207

  • photo of jacquelin quiroga

    Assistant Vice President, Enrollment Services & Part-Time Instructor of Management

    jdunca44@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2548
    TP 1015

  • photo of robert randolph

    Research Director and Associate Professor of Family Business/Management

    rrandol7@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3539
    House 3207 - 202

  • photo of ronny richardson

    Professor of Operations Management

    rricha68@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5542
    BB 301

  • photo of ricardo rodriguez caceres

    Part-Time Instructor of Management

    rrodri16@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • jenna roman

    Part-Time Instructor of Management

    jroman10@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship

    rryan19@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4775
    House 3207

  • Michael "Todd" Shinholster

    Part-Time Instructor of Management

    tshinhol@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • Part-Time Instructor of Music and Entertainment

    asimon31@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7670
    House 3209

  • photo of thomas single

    Part-Time Instructor of Management

    tsingle@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • Part-Time Instructor of Music and Entertainment Business

    tsmit336@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • Part-Time Instructor of Management

    ksmit201@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • photo of james swaim

    Clinical Associate Professor of Management

    jswaim2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6317
    BB 363

  • photo of richard teters

    Part-Time Instructor of Management

    rteters@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • photo of rajaram veliyath

    Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship

    rveliyat@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3329
    BB 302

  • Part-Time Instructor of Management, Entrepreneurship, and Hospitality

    gwall2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • photo of jim wermert

    Part-Time Instructor of Management

    jwermert@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • jacob whitney

    Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

    jwhitne8@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3914
    BB 330

  • Part-Time Instructor of Management, Entrepreneurship, and Hospitality

    awil1164@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • simona womack

    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Management

    swomac16@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • photo of susan young

    Associate Professor of Management

    syoun103@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4536
    BB 310

  • Part-Time Instructor of Management

    czhang18@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

Staff

Name
Position
  • Program Manager

    faffolde@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6089
    BB 421

  • cammie con

    Program Manager, MEBUS

    cconn4@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7670
    House 3209 - 103

  • Program Manager, Family Enterprise Center

    sdavi407@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    HSE 56 (3207) 204

  • kaytlin-graham

    Program Manager

    kgraha58@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3889
    BB 304

  • Academic Program Specialist

    jhuntin3@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4859
    House 3207 - 112

  • alexis philips

    Office Manager

    aphilip1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6552
    BB 333

  • Academic Program Support Specialist

    kshaver6@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7030
    House 3207 - 112