MBA Faculty and Staff
MBA Office Staff
MBA FACULTY
Dr. Robert Braun is a member of the graduate business faculty that teaches Accounting, he has published numerous articles in leading academic, practitioner, and pedagogical journals; serves on the editorial board of a leading journal in accounting education; provides consulting and training services in ethics and decision-making; more than 20 years of university teaching experience; teaches auditing, ethics, and accounting.
Dr. Robert Cope is a member of the graduate business faculty that teaches project management. His doctorate is in Information Systems and Decision Sciences from Louisiana State University, and he has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana State University. Dr. Cope has published many articles in several peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings. Industry experience includes employment as an Underground Zone Technical Engineer with Houston Lighting & Power Company, Field Engineer with General Electric, consultant for Louisiana State University's Center for Energy Studies, the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, and Acadian Consulting. Dr. Cope holds Professional Engineering Licenses in Electrical Engineering with the states of Texas and Louisiana.
Dr. John Cresson is a member of the graduate business faculty that teaches Finance. Dr. Cresson is an Associate Professor and Director of the Executive MBA program; he has served as a consultant to various businesses, individuals, and organizations, including the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Oklahoma Society of Financial Analysts, and American Express Financial Advisors; published or presented more than twenty five papers; research interests in the areas of corporate and portfolio diversification, index mutual funds, and measures of risk; awarded most outstanding MBA faculty member by MBA students; taught Finance, MBA, and EMBA classes for seven years in Oklahoma before joining the faculty at Southeastern; teaches finance.
Dr. Johnson teaches graduate Managerial Economics and Energy Economics. His doctorate in Economics is from the University of Houston. He also has an MBA from the University of Houston and a BS in Chemistry from the University of Mississippi. Dr. Johnson studies energy and environmental economics, industrial organization, and applied microeconomics. He has published several articles on these subjects and articles on teaching economic principles. He has ten years of experience teaching economics as well as 15 years of experience in research, sales, and management in the oil and gas and petrochemicals industries. |
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Dr. Rusty Juban is a member of the graduate business faculty that teaches management. Moreover, he worked as an executive trainer for six years with the United States Department of Agriculture and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; consultant to various businesses and organizations including government and nonprofit agencies; specialized research and publication in employee behavior, human resources, and new workplace technologies; teaches management. |
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Dr. Mario Krenn is a member of the graduate business faculty that teaches management. Dr. Krenn holds an MBA from Southeastern Louisiana University and an MS in Socio Economics from Johannes Kepler University (Austria). He has international consulting experience with private and public enterprises in the areas of logistics management (Czech Republic), health care management (Hungary), and industry experience as a business analyst for a multinational consumer electronics company (Central and Eastern European Markets). Dr. Krenn's research interests are in the areas of corporate governance, institutional theory, and management history. He regularly presents his research at the Academy of Management Meetings and received an outstanding paper award by the Academy of Management. He teaches Strategic Management. |
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Dr. Avinash Waikar is a member of the graduate business faculty that teaches Statistics. Dr. Waikar is a registered professional engineer with the Louisiana State Board of Professional Engineers; has approximately nine years of industrial/manufacturing experience in operations management; served as a consultant in the areas of operations management and statistics to businesses; published numerous journal articles in operations management and business; recipient of an Outstanding Paper Award; teaches statistics. |