Faculty
Meet the Business and Management Faculty
The interdisciplinary minor in Business and Management draws upon Knox faculty expertise in several areas related to Business and Management—economics, political science, philosophy and psychology. The academic fields for professors are listed below, with additional information and e-mail contacts on each person's linked profile page.
John Spittell, Chair
Professor of Business and Management and Executive-in-Residence
M.B.A., Northwestern University, 1974
Roy AndersenCharles W. and Arvilla S. Timme Professor of
EconomicsPh.D., University of Illinois, 1972
"I am especially interested in conning the wider implications of global interdependence on the lower income countries of the world."
Richard StoutProfessor of
Economics Ph.D., Indiana University, 1984
"My new interest is modeling oxygen uptake and maximal effort of cardiac patients participating in rehabilitation programs prescribed to restore as much cardiovascular function as possible."
Carol ScottonAssistant Professor of
Economics Ph.D., Georgia State University, 2000
"The worth or value I'm interested in is not finding the price, but the value that people place on a good (or avoiding a bad)."
Cooperating Faculty and Staff
Steve CohnProfessor of
Economics Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1986
"I am interested in environmental economics and in fundamental philosophical questions involved in the economics curriculum."
L. Sue HulettChair and Professor of
Political Science Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1979
"My research focuses on changing American roles in the new world order. The U.S. faces a dilemma as a single superpower in a chaotic multipolar world."
Frank McAndrewCornelia H. Dudley Professor of
Psychology Ph.D., University of Maine, 1981
"To the extent that there is a common theme tying my research together, it is that I study human social behavior from an evolutionary perspective."
Duane OldfieldAssociate Professor of
Political Science On-Site Co-Director, Buenos Aires program
Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1992
"I am currently working on a book which analyzes the ways in which social movements of the Left and the Right make sense of, politicize, and form alliances to deal with the processes frequently labeled with the term 'globalization.'"
Robert SeibertRobert W. Murphy Professor of
Political Science Ph.D., Tulane University, 1969
"I am studying the role of Rotary International in world affairs, which will require research visits to Belgium, Switzerland, Bahrain, India, and the Philippines."
Lecturers
Carissa Murphy
Lecturer in Business
M.S., Bradley University, 2005
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