Faculty

Chris Elmore

Adjunct Professor

Called a “Startup Hero” by North Carolina Business Magazine and a maverick and mold breaker by SouthPark Magazine, Chris has written 10 books on the accounting process as well as sales and management. Chris is an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Computer Science, Business and Arts department at UNC – Charlotte. Chris has also […]

Joyce Beggs

Associate Professor of Management

Joyce Beggs teaches in the areas of strategic management and business ethics. Before coming to UNC Charlotte in 1989, she taught at West Virginia University. Her research interests include strategic management, organizational commitment, human resources management issues, business ethics and entrepreneurship, and her articles have been published in a number of journals. She is an […]

Dr. Franz W. Kellermanns

Academic Director, DBA Program; Distinguished Professor and Addison H. & Gertrude C. Reese Endowed Chair

Franz W. Kellermanns is the Addison H. & Gertrude C. Reese Endowed Chair in International Business and Professor of Management in the Belk College of Business at the University of North Carolina – Charlotte. He is the founding academic director of the DBA program at the University of North Carolina – Charlotte. Prior to his […]

Dr. Vijay Patel

Clinical Associate Professor of Management

Dr. Patel is a clinical professor in the Department of Management, Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte. His research and teaching interests include strategy, international business, entrepreneurship and innovation and entrepreneurial leadership. He has published in a number of journals and conference proceedings including European Journal of Management, Journal of Family Business Strategy, Business […]

Torsten Pieper

Associate Professor of Management

Growing up in a multinational family business involved with the manufacturing of building materials in Germany, Torsten has experienced firsthand the many aspects of operating a family enterprise that spans borders, languages and generations. Torsten is Associate Professor of Management in the Belk College of Business at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. Before joining […]

Dr. Krista Saral

Associate Professor of Economics

Krista J. Saral received her Ph.D. in Economics from Florida State University in 2009 and is an associate professor in the Department of Economics at UNC Charlotte. Her research interests broadly lie in auction markets, management/personnel economics, entrepreneurship, and experimental methods. Her research has published in leading journals including the Economic Journal, European Economic Review, […]

Dr. Laura Stanley

Associate Professor of Management

Laura J. Stanley is an associate professor in the Department of Management in the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte. Her work has appeared in such journals as the Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Vocational Behavior and Human Performance. She currently serves on the editorial board of Journal of […]

Dr. John Tuders

Adjunct Professor of Innovation and Management

John F. Tuders is an adjunct professor in the Department of Management & Marketing in the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte. He teaches Design Thinking & Innovation, as well as Human Behavior in Organizations and Executive Communication all at the graduate level for 10+ years. He received his DBA from the University of […]

Justin W. Webb

Director of Entrepreneurship Academic Programs and Research/Belk Distinguished Professor of Business Innovation

Justin W. Webb is the Belk Distinguished Professor of Business Innovation in the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte. His research interests include understanding the contextual and individual influences on the entrepreneurship process. He has undertaken this research in a number of contexts, including in studying market-based solutions to poverty in base-of-the-pyramid markets, entrepreneurship […]