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Management Faculty

Full and part-time faculty are committed to fulfilling the college’s mission of “We create student-focused learning environments and engage in predominantly applied research that contributes to educational excellence, and business and industry practices” to our more than 6,000 students from the Greater Houston Metropolitan Area and beyond. Each member of the UHD Marilyn Davies College of Business community play a vital role in lives of our students.

Dr. Nathan Neale
Department Chair
Associate Professor
B410K 713-221-7962
nealen@uhd.edu
Dr. Whitney Morgan
Assistant Chair
Professor
B410J 713-226-5559
morganw@uhd.edu
Tasia Parker
Administrative Assistant II
B410J 713-221-8901
parkerta@uhd.edu 
MANAGEMENT FACULTY
Dr. Fatemeh Askarzadeh
Assistant Professor
B469 713-221-8475
askarzadehf@uhd.edu
Dr. Julio Canedo Soto
Associate Professor
B432 713-226-5247
canedosotoj@uhd.edu
Mr. Bradley Cannaday
Lecturer
B316 713-221-8252
cannadaym@uhd.edu 
Dr. Steven P. Coy
Emeritus
 
coys@uhd.edu
Dr. Cheryl Dowie
Assistant Professor
B425 713-226-5553
dowie@uhd.edu
Dr. David Epstein
Associate Professor
B484 713-223-7956
epsteind@uhd.edu
Dr. Omprakash Gupta
Professor
B491 713-222-5343
guptao@uhd.edu
Dr. Zahir Latheef
Associate Professor
B448 713-221-8113
latheefz@uhd.edu
Dr. Xiaoying Li
Clinical Assistant Professor
B482 713-221-8238
lixi@uhd.edu
Dr. Rob Austin McKee
Associate Professor
B457 713-221-5826
mckeer@uhd.edu
Dr. Whitney Morgan
Professor
B410J 713-226-5559
morganw@uhd.edu
Dr. Mohamad Nayebpour
Clinical Assistant Professor
B429 713-221-8262
nayebpourm@uhd.edu
Dr. Sal Saad
Clinical Assistant Professor
B468 713-226-5535
saads@uhd.edu
Dr. Margaret F. Shipley
Emeritus
 
shipleym@uhd.edu
Mr. Steven Tannous
Lecturer 
B461 713-221-8261
tannouss@uhd.edu
Dr. Candace TenBrink
Associate Professor
B482 713-221-5832
tenbrinkc@uhd.edu
Dr. Elisa Thomas
Assistant Professor
B480 713-222-5358
thomasel@uhd.edu
Dr. Shovna Tripathy
Assistant Professor
B431 713-226-5239
tripathys@uhd.edu 
Dr. Yingchun Wang
Associate Professor
B418 713-221-2776
wangy@uhd.edu
Dr. Zhonghao Wang
Assistant Professor
B415 713-221-5824
wangz@uhd.edu
Dr. Guolei (Chris) Zhang
Assistant Professor
B423 713-222-5352
zhangg@uhd.edu
BAAS FACULTY
Dr. Jarvis Thomas
BAAS Coordinator
Lecturer
B452 713-226-5231
thomasjar@uhd.edu 
Dr. Payal Cascio
Lecturer
B-310T 713-222-5334
casciop@uhd.edu
Dr. Tara Nuwal
Lecturer
B12.456E 713-226-5231
NuwalT@uhd.edu
Dr. Jerry Pyka
Lecturer
B-316 713-221-5861
pykaj@uhd.edu