Alumni

As a DBA graduate, your three-year investment in this program welcomes you into the Gator Nation – one of the most powerful and enthusiastic networks in the country. Through your DBA experience, you have created meaningful relationships with fellow students and faculty who become lifelong and essential resources in your ever-growing professional network. These scholars will be a source of critical feedback and innovative ideas that will benefit your career for years to come.

DBA Alumni

Transforming Higher Education

DBA alumni are successful and diverse academics, who impact higher education in meaningful ways. Completion of the DBA program has provided graduates the necessary credentials to obtain faculty and research positions, as well as expanding opportunities for the professionals previously engaged in academia.

Our DBA alumni…

  • Hold faculty positions in prestigious universities and colleges.
  • Become influential thought leaders and administrators.
    • Dr. Thomas Arnold, Director of MS in Real Estate Program, Chapman University Argyros College of Business & Economics (Class of 2017)
    • Dr. Clint Buck, Assistant Dean for Operations at the Abilene Christian University College of Business Administration (Class of 2022)
    • Dr. Jennifer Cainas, Associate Dean for Financial Management and Undergraduate Programs, Muma College of Business, USF (Class of 2017)
    • Dr. Sonia Casablanca, Launch Dean of the New School of Business, Accounting, and Management, Valencia College (Class of 2019)
    • Dr. Joel Davis, Executive Director, David F. Miller Retail Center, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida (Class of 2020)
    • Dr. Jim Hoover, Director, Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Center, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida (Class of 2017)
    • Dr. Tim Halloran, Faculty Director, Executive MBA Program, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Tech University (Class of 2018)
  • Publish in the field’s highly respected, peer-reviewed journals.

Where Are DBA Alumni Now?

  • Abilene Christian University
  • Appalachian State University
  • Biola University
  • California State University Fresno
  • California State University Los Angeles
  • Chapman University
  • Coastal Carolina University
  • Eastern Kentucky University
  • Embry-Riddle
  • Emory University
  • Flagler College
  • Florida International University
  • George Mason University
  • Georgia Tech
  • Indiana University East
  • IPADE
  • Kennesaw State University
  • Le Moyne College
  • Lynn University
  • Menlo College
  • Miami of Ohio
  • Middle Georgia State University
  • Milliken University
  • Oglethorpe University
  • Ohio State University
  • Penn State University
  • Portland State University
  • Purdue University Fort Wayne
  • Salisbury University
  • Southern Connecticut State University
  • Stetson University
  • Syracuse University
  • Trinity Baptist College
  • University of Alabama
  • University of Central Florida
  • University of Florida
  • University of Maryland Global Campus
  • University of New Haven
  • University of North Florida
  • University of South Carolina Beaufort
  • University of South Florida
  • University of Tennessee
  • Valencia College
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Washington & Lee University
  • William & Mary University
  • Wofford College

Where Are DBA Alumni Published?

List of Publications of Warrington Colege of Business DBA Students [1]

  • Arnold, T.R. (2017). The appropriate taxation of carried interest: A reassessment.” Tax Notes Special Report, 156, 455-470.
  • Arnold, T.R., Ling, D.C., & Naranjo, A. (2017). Waiting to be called: The impact of manager discretion and dry powder on private equity and real estate returns. Journal of Portfolio Management, 43, 23-43.
  • Arnold, T.R., Ling, D.C., & Naranjo, A. (2019). Private equity real estate funds: Returns, risk exposure, and persistence. Journal of Portfolio Management, 45, 24-42.
  • Arnold, T.R., Ling, D.C., & Naranjo, A. (2021). Private equity real estate fund performance: A comparison to REITS and open-ended core funds. Journal of Portfolio Management, 47, 107-126.
  • Baig, A., Butt, H. A., Fitwi, A., & Smith, J. (2021). Does innovation explain the skewness of stock returns? American Business Review, 24, 12-31.
  • Biggs, H., Bussen, T., & Ramsey, L. (2019). Shaping the Global Leader: Fundamentals in Culture and Behavior for Optimal Organizational Performance. New York: Routledge.
  • Cainas, J. (2018). Use Snapchat to engage students. Strategic Finance, 100, 67-71.
  • Cainas, J., Jozsi, C., & Pope, K.R. (2022). Managerial Accounting. A Pearson eText. Book.
  • Ceccucci, W., Jones, K., Toskin, K., & Leonard, L. (2020). Undergraduate business analytics and the overlap with information systems programs. Information Systems Education Journal, Volume 18(4), 22–32.
  • Combs, J.G., Shanine, K.K., Burrows, S., Allen, J.S., & Pounds, T.W. (2020). What do we know about business families? Setting the stage and leveraging family science theories. Family Business Review, 33, 38-63.
  • Cooper, J. R. (2024). Was the Spin-Off of PayPal from eBay a Taxable or a Tax-Free Reorganization?.
  • Lawrie, G. R., & Cooper, J. R. (2023). Tax Consequences of the Bankruptcy of Sears Holdings Corporation. Journal of Case Research and Inquiry, 8, 189.
  • Cooper, J. R., & Cooper, P. B. (2022). The Influence of Seller Carry Notes in Transaction Pricing of Sales of Closely Held Business Organizations. Journal of Small Business Strategy, 32(4), 82-95.
  • Cooper, J. R., & Lee, D. W. (2021, July). What Information is Provided by Marginal Tax Rates?. In Business Forum (Vol. 29, No. 1, p. 16).
  • Cooper, J.R. (2021). Firm Value and Entity Choice in Closely Held Business Organizations: Do Taxes Play a Role?. Journal of Applied Business and Economics, 23(6).
  • Cooper, J. R., & Kawada, B. S. (2022). Balboa security v. M&M systems: Forensic accounting for determining commercial damages. Journal of Accounting Education, 58, 100755.
  • Darnell J.A. (2021). Corporate social responsibility and firm reputation risk: Bettering firm reputational risk through socially responsible activities. Strategic Management Quarterly, 9, 1-13
  • Darnell, J.A., Darnell, M.R, & Gopalkrishnan, S. (2018). Drivers of national differences on corporate social responsibility: the role of dominant ethical thought. International Journal of Business and Social Science.
  • Engle, R. L., Dimitriadi, N., & Toskin, K. (2021). Emotional and cultural intelligences’ impact on extra-role job performance in Russia. International Business: Research, Teaching, and Practice, 10, 1–29.
  • Fitwi, A., & Smith J. (Forthcoming). What does Tobin’s Q measure? Evidence from researchers’ use of Q. Empirical Economic Letters.
  • Goertz, M., Hanfelt, J., John, S.E., Berquist, S.H., Loring, D.W., Quyyumi, A.A., Clifford, G.D., Caccarino, V., Goldstein, F.C., Johnson, T.M., Kuerston, R., Marcus, M., Levey, A.I., & Lah, J.J. (2018). Rationale and design of the Emory healthy Aging and Emory Healthy Brain Studies. Neuroepidemiology, 53, 187-200.
  • Goodwin, P., Hoover, J., Makridakis, S., Petropoulos, F., and Taskman, L. (In Press). Business forecasting methods: Impressive advances, lagging implementation. PLoS ONE.
  • Halloran, T., & Lutz, R.J. (2021). Let’s give them something to talk about: Which social media engagements predict purchase frequency? Journal of Interactive Marketing, 56, 83-95. This article won the 2021 Journal of interactive Marketing Best Paper Award.
  • Hawthorne, B. (In Press). Re-exploring the Antecedents of Proactivity at Work. Management Review Quarterly.
  • Hoover, J. (2021). The UFO Project: Initial survey results. Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting, 60, 45-47.
  • Hoover, J., Tashman, L. (2022), The UFO Project (Usage of forecasting in organizations): Final survey results. Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting, 65, 41-47.
  • Hoover, J. (2022). Book Review: Intermittent Demand Forecasting: Context, Methods, and Applications. Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting, 64, 9-11.
  • Hoover, J. (2006). Measuring Forecast Accuracy: Omissions in Today’s Forecasting Engines and Demand-Planning Software. Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting, 4, 32-35.
  • Kunene, N., & Toskin, K. (2022). An Approach for Ushering Logistic Regression Early in Introductory Analytics Courses. Information Systems Education Journal, 20, 42–53.
  • Makridakis, S., Bonnell, E., Clarke, S. Fildes, R., Gilliland, M., Tashman, L., & Hoover, J. (2020). The benefits of systematic forecasting for organizations: The UFO Project. Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting, 59, 45-56.
  • Maynes, T.D., Podsakoff, P.M., Podsakoff, N.P., & Yoo, A. (In press). Harnessing the power of employee voice for Individual and organizational effectiveness. Business Horizons.
  • Meneau, L.K. & Moorthy, J. (2022). Struggling to make ends meet: Can consumer financial behaviors improve? International Journal of Bank Marketing, 40, 263-296.
  • Nichols, B., & Smith, J. (2022). For the money or the thrill of the game: The financial performance of National Basketball Association arena sponsors. Journal of Accounting, Business and Management (JABM), 29, 77-91.
  • Pino, L.J. (2017). Reinventing Senior Living: The Art of Living with Purpose, Passion & Joy. Manassas, VA: Impact Publications.
  • Podsakoff, N.P, Freiburger, K.J., Podsakoff, P.M., & Rosen, C.C. (2023). Laying the foundation for the challenge-hindrance stressor framework 2.0. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 10, 165-199.
  • Sanchez, E., & Oh, J. (2020). The unexpected and stickiness behavior of institutional investors in index funds. Managerial Finance, 47, 4-35.
  • Taylor, S.G., Buttes, M.M., Cole, M.S., & Pounds, T. (2021). Are you sick? Understanding the effects of coworker presenteeism on workplace mistreatment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106, 1299-1313.
  • Tietz, W., Cainas, J.M., & Miller-Nobles, T.L. (2019). Add data analytics to intro accounting. Strategic Finance.
  • Toskin, K. (2023). Impact of emergent technologies on US workforce: Exploratory analysis. Journal of Information Systems Applied Research, 16, 14–20.
  • Toskin, K., Pisano, M. A., & Corey, T. (2023). GetVirtual: A universal service-based learning framework. Journal of Information Systems Education, 34, 106-117.
  • Tufts, S.D., & Hilderhoff, K. (2022). Professional Selling: A consultative approach. Great River Learning: Dubuque, IA.
  • Toskin, K., & Kunene, N. (2021). Flow through regression: A guide to interpreting and communicating regression models for data analytics students. Information Systems Education Journal, 19, 31–44.
  • Toskin, K., & McCarthy, R. (2021). Information technology work value differences. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 61, 305–313.

Footnotes:

  1. This list only includes articles from journals or books published by students while they were in the Warrington DBA program or after they became alumni. Back to content

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