Faculty Directory
With more than 30 faculty driving the many academic and ancillary programs, students, alumni and business partners have a variety of opportunities to connect and participate in the SOM community.
Our faculty have been quoted in the media, cited by a Nobel Laureate, been recipients of prestigious and highly coveted grants, and have been named Fulbright scholars.
Accounting Faculty
Dr. H. Charlie Sparks
Accounting Program Director
Professor, Accounting
Office 219B, Bunnell Building
907-474-5037
hcsparks@alaska.edu
Dr. Ken Abramowicz
Associate Professor, Accounting
Office 225C, Bunnell Building
907-474-7080
kfabramowicz@alaska.edu
Dr. Kevin Berry
Associate Dean
Associate Professor, Accounting
Office 207A, Bunnell Building
907-474-1808
kberry9@alaska.edu
Amy Cooper
Term Instructor, Accounting
Faculty Advisor, Great Alaskan Accounting Students (GAAP)
Office 225G, Bunnell Building
907-474-5745
akcooper@alaska.edu
Business Administration Faculty
Dr. Thomas (Xiyu) Zhou
Business Administration Program Director
Associate Professor, Business Administration
Office 208C, Bunnell Building
907-474-2788
xzhou2@alaska.edu
Dr. Liz Ross
MBA Program Director
Term Instructor, Business Administration
Faculty Advisor, Native Alaskan Business Leaders (NABL)
Office 219E, Bunnell Building
907-474-7793
bmross@alaska.edu
Dr. James Collins
Associate Professor, Business Administration
Office 218B, Bunnell Building
907-474-6524
jmcollins@alaska.edu
Dr. Nicole Cundiff
Director of the Northern Leadership Center
Assistant Professor, Business Administration
Faculty Advisor, Students Offering Leadership Development (SOLD)
Office 109B, Bunnell Building
907-474-5401
nlcundiff2@alaska.edu
Dr. Lily Dong
Associate Professor, Business Administration
Office 213D, Bunnell Building
907-474-1993
lily.dong@alaska.edu
Dr. Chelsea Xiaoqi Han
Assistant Professor, Business Administration
Office 213E, Bunnell Building
907-474-5437
xhan2@alaska.edu
Dr. Ping Lan
Professor, Business Administration
Office 218A, Bunnell Building
907-474-7688
plan@alaska.edu
Dr. Wayne Marr
Professor, Business Administration
Office 225D, Bunnell Building
907-474-7916
mwmarr@alaska.edu
Jim McDermott
Term Instructor, Business Administration
Office 219D, Bunnell Building
907-474-2476
jcmcdermott@alaska.edu
Dr. Ashok Roy
Associate Professor, Business Administration
Vice President for Finance & Administration / CFO, University of Alaska
Office 208, Butrovich
(907) 450-8026
akroy@alaska.edu
Wendy Tisland
Term Instructor, Business Administration
Faculty Advisory, Associated Students of Business (ASB)
Office 213C, Bunnell Building
907-474-6532
wrtisland@alaska.edu
Craig Wisen, Ph.D., CFA (Sabbatical Leave AY14)
Associate Professor, Business Administration
Faculty Advisor, Student Investment Fund (SIF)
Office 208B, Bunnell Building
907-474-5531
chwisen@alaska.edu
Economics Faculty
Dr. Jungho Baek
Economics Program Director
Associate Professor, Economics
Office 213B, Bunnell Building
907-474-2754
jbaek3@alaska.edu
Dr. Joe Little
MS Resource & Applied Economics Program Director
Associate Professor, Economics
Office 209A, Bunnell Building
907-474-2711
jmlittle2@alaska.edu
Dr. Josh Greenberg
Associate Professor, Economics
Office 372, O'Neill Building
907-474-7189
jagreenberg@alaska.edu
Dr. Mark Herrmann
Dean, School of Management
Professor, Economics
Office 201C, Bunnell Building
907-474-7116
mlherrmann@alaska.edu
Dr. Mike Pippenger (Sabbatical Leave AY14)
Associate Professor, Economics
Office 217A, Bunnell Building
907-474-6530
mkpippenger@alaska.edu
Dr. Doug Reynolds
Professor, Economics
Office 219C, Bunnell Building
907-474-6531
dbreynolds@alaska.edu
Sherri Wall
Term Instructor, Economics
Faculty Advisor, Students Who Enjoy Economic Thinkings (SWEET)
Office 217B, Bunnell Building
907-474-6526
slwall@alaska.edu
Dr. Christopher Wright
Term Instructor, Economics
Office 213H, Bunnell Building
907-474-5905
cwright16@alaska.edu
Homeland Security & Emergency Management Faculty
Cameron Carlson
Director of the Homeland Security & Emergency Management Program
Office 222B, Bunnell Building
907-474-6537
cdcarlson@alaska.edu
Nick Catrantzos
Adjunct, Homeland Security & Emergency Management
ncatrantzos@alaska.edu
Christopher Elg
Adjunct, Homeland Security & Emergency Management
clelg@alaska.edu
David Kang
Adjunct, Homeland Security & Emergency Management
dbkang@uaa.alaska.edu
Hans Odegard
Term Instructor & Outreach Coordinator, Homeland Security & Emergency Management
Office 218C, Bunnell Building
907-474-6673
hpodegard@alaska.edu
Ashleigh Sanders
Adjunct, Homeland Security & Emergency Management
alsanders2@alaska.edu