Faculty and Staff
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Elizabeth “Liza” Nagel, Ph.D.Assistant Vice Chancellor of Professional Programs509-372-7398 Elizabeth “Liza” Nagel holds her Ph.D. in Higher Education from WSU and is currently serving as the Academic Director of Education at Washington State University Tri-Cities. Previously, Dr. Nagel was the Accreditation Coordinator for the College of Education and Associate Dean for the Graduate School at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Nagel spent her early career years as the Director of the Institute of Substance Abuse Prevention Studies at Lewis-Clark State College, an externally-funded research and training institute where she was responsible for the grant writing and administration of multi-state prevention programs. |
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Nancy W. Ashley, Ph.D.Department of Management, Information Systems, and EntrepreneurshipClinical Associate Professor 509-372-7359 Nancy W. Ashley, PhD came to WSU Tri-Cities in 1999 from State University of West Georgia, and is a native of Portland, Oregon. She earned her Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from the University of Arizona in 1995. She also holds a Master of Library Science degree from the University of Arizona and a B.S. from Whitworth College in Spokane. She teaches Management Information Systems and Operations Management courses. |
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Tim Baker, Ph.D.Department of Finance and Management ScienceAssociate Professor 509-372-7277 Tim Baker, PhD, Associate Professor of Decision Science, came to WSU Tri-Cities in 1999 from Bass Hotels and Resorts, where he was the revenue management research head. He received a PhD in 1994 from Ohio State University in Operations Management. |
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Jesus Bravo, Ph.D.Department of Management, Information Systems, and EntrepreneurshipAssistant Professor 509-372-7331 Jesus Bravo joined the WSU Tri-Cities Business Faculty in the Fall 2011. He had previously served as an Assistant Professor at Arizona State University after earning his Ph.D. in Business Administration at the University of Illinois in Chicago. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. |
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Jesse Catlin, Ph.D.Department of MarketingAssistant Professor 509-372-7215 Jesse Catlin, Assistant Professor of Marketing, joined the faculty at WSU Tri-Cities in 2012. He holds a Ph.D. in Management with a concentration in Marketing from the University of California, Irvine, in addition to M.A. and B.A. degrees in Economics from California State University, Sacramento. |
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Kraig Jones, MA, CPADepartment of AccountingInstructor 509-372-7311 Kraig Jones, MA, CPA, joined the resident faculty at WSU Tri-Cities as a Visiting Professor of Accounting in 2010. He had previously served as an Adjunct Instructor since 2008, while working as a Supervisor at LeMaster Daniels in Kennewick. |
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Sheen Liu, Ph.D.Department of FinanceAssociate Professor 509-372-7386 Sheen Liu holds his first Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and his second Ph.D. in Finance from Syracuse University, and is currently Associate Professor of Finance. Before his academic career, he was an engineer for Carrier Corporation, United Technologies. |
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Paul Skilton, Ph.D.Department of Management, Information Systems, and EntrepreneurshipAssistant Professor 509-372-7240 Paul Skilton, PhD, Assistant Professor of Management, came to WSU Tri-Cities in 2010 from Arizona State University Polytechnic Campus where he served as an Assistant Professor of Business Administration. He earned his PhD in Business Administration with a concentration in Management from the W.P.Carey School of Business, Arizona State University. He also holds an MBA degree from The Wallace E. Carroll Graduate School of Management, Boston College, Newton, Massachusetts. |
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Li Xu, Ph.D.Department of AccountingAssistant Professor 509-372-7246 Li Xu, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at the school of accountancy. She received her BA in Finance from Wuhan University, MS in Finance from Suffolk University and her Ph.D. in Accounting from Duke University. |
Staff
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Karina BarajasAdminstrationPrincipal Assistant to the Vice Chancellors 509-372-7208 |
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Helen BerryProfesional ProgramsProgram Coordinator 509-372-7394 |
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Melanie CasciatoProfessional ProgramsCoordinator 509-372-7360 |
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Cheryl JensenProfessional ProgramsOffice Assistant 509-372-7396 |
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Kristen WilsonUndergraduate Advising & Learning CenterUndergraduate Business Advisor 509-372-7614 |