Our PROFESSORS/BUSINESS LEADERS

Our team of professors and business leaders create the backbone of every course. Here are just a few of our contributing professors...

DR. JOHN CRAGIN
Dr Cragin has a Ph.D. in Management and twenty years of business experience in thirty countries. He has worked for the Entrepreneur Company of the Year (Ernst and Young) and he has received the Entrepreneur Educator of the Year award. He has served as president of Management Technologies International Inc., an international consulting firm. He is also the co-founder and joint venture manager of Intertech Corp., Tianjin, China, and founder of Hunan Management Training Center, Changsha, China. John has been a business advisor for strategy projects for companies such as GM, Pittsburg Plate Glass, Sheraton ITT, Peavy, Detroit Edison, Dayton Hudsons, Great Lake Chemicals, and Motorola. He was done consulting work for major firms in thirty countries and six governments in Asia, Latin America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. He has taught at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

DR. TOM BUCKLES
Dr. Buckles teaches in the areas of Internet marketing, marketing strategy, and marketing research. His writings have been published in numerous journals in the areas of Internet marketing, e-commerce, service quality, and internal marketing. He has worked as a consultant for a number of private and public sector firms primarily in the areas of marketing strategy, research, and internet marketing. He has presented his research at several national and international conferences. He is involved in executive training programs for both domestic and international executives. He has received awards for his research and teaching and grants from the Kellogg Foundation and U.S. Navy. Dr. Buckles received his Masters in Marketing at California State University and his Ph.D. from Arizona State University.

DR. KEITH HARMAN
His two decades of experience in higher education as a faculty member and administrator are complemented by his experience in the not-for-profit sector, the military, and in the financial services industry. Dr. Harman has experience at all levels of management including stints as a member of state and regional commissions and as a board member. He has served as a consultant for the world-renowned Juran Institute. He spent his post-doctoral study with MIT and the U.S. Army.

Dr. Harman has been published extensively. His research areas of interest include learning objects and knowledge management, online education, scholarly communication, and evaluation of intellectual property. He serves as editor of numerous journals such as the Interdisciplinary Journal of Doctoral Studies (http://www.ijds.org), The Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects (http://www.ijklo.org), and The Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management http://www.ijikm.org).

DR. JOHN INGRAM
Dr. Ingram earned his doctorate from the University of South Carolina. He managed Human Resources for a 5,000 member multinational corporation with employees in 68 countries. He has spent fifteen years teaching at the college and graduate level including universities such as Columbia International University, East Carolina University, and Biola University. Dr Ingram’s writings have been published in a number of encyclopedias, journals, and magazines.