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College Leadership & Staff

Carol W. Johnson

Dean & Department Head - College of Business

carjohns@nmu.edu 906-227-2947

Office Location:

304 Cohodas Hall

Stacy Boyer-Davis

Assistant Department Head - Accounting & Graduate Program

sboyerda@nmu.edu 906-227-1805

Office Location:

301A Cohodas Hall

Brian Zinser

Assistant Department Head - Undergraduate Program

bzinser@nmu.edu 906-227-1810

Office Location:

301A Cohodas Hall

Julie Downs

Executive Secretary

judowns@nmu.edu 906-227-2960

Office Location:

301 Cohodas Hall

Gayle Maurer

Student Success Specialist

gamaurer@nmu.edu 906-227-2604

Office Location:

301A Cohodas Hall

Faculty Members

Kevin Berry

Professor - Accounting

keberry@nmu.edu 906-227-2597

Office Location:

310B Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

Ph.D., Accounting, Oklahoma State University
Master of Accountancy, University of Missouri-Columbia
B.S., Accounting, Bradley University

Stacy Boyer-Davis

Associate Professor – Accounting

sboyerda@nmu.edu 906-227-1805

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Office Location:

310 I Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

Ph.D., Business, Capella University
M.H.R.M., Human Resources, DeVry University
M.B.A., Business Administration, DeVry University
M.A.F.M., Accounting and Financial Management, DeVry University
B.S., Accounting, Clarion University

Corinne Bodeman

Assistant Professor – Entrepreneurship

cbodeman@nmu.edu 906-227-1803

Office Location:

310G Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

D.B.A., Management, Anderson University
M.S., Environmental Management, Illinois Institute of Technology
B.S., Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Gary Brunswick

Professor - Marketing

gbrunswi@nmu.edu 906-227-1261

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Office Location:

310E Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

Ph.D., Business Administration, Arizona State University
M.B.A., Marquette University
B.S., Business Administration, Northern Michigan University (Summa Cum Laude)

Paul Byrnes

Associate Professor - Accounting

pbyrnes@nmu.edu 906-227-1247

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Office Location:

310F Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

Ph.D., Management, Rutgers University
M.S., Accounting, Michigan State University
B.S., Accounting, Lake Superior State University
B.S., Management, Lake Superior State University
B.S., Psychology, Lake Superior State University

Michael Crum

Professor - Management

mcrum@nmu.edu 906-227-2895

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Office Location:

310AA Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

Ph.D., Entrepreneurship, University of Louisville
M.B.A., Indiana University Southeast
M.S., Strategic Finance, Indiana University Southeast
B.S., Accounting and Finance, Indiana University Southeast

Jodi Hunter

Office Location:

301 Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

M.S., Accounting, University of Connecticut
B.S., Accounting and Business Management, Lake Superior State University
B.S., Business Education, Lake Superior State University

Tom Isaacson

Associate Professor - Public Relations

tisaacso@nmu.edu 906-227-1665

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Office Location:

303E Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

Ph.D., Michigan State University
M.A.,Master of Arts in Communication, Michigan State University
B.A., Northern Michigan University

Kathleen Isleib

Instructor - Accounting

kisleib@nmu.edu 906-227-1239

Office Location:

310K Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

M.S., Accounting Science, Northern Illinois University
B.A., Accounting, Michigan State University

Carol W. Johnson

Dean & Department Head - College of Business

carjohns@nmu.edu 906-227-2947

Additional Title:

Instructor - Accounting

Additional Title:

Faculty Chair

Office Location:

304 Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

M.B.A., Northern Michigan University
B.S., Business Administration, Northern Michigan University

Daniel Konku

Associate Professor - Finance

dkonku@nmu.edu 906-227-1816

Office Location:

309E Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

Ph.D., Finance, Florida Atlantic University
M.B.A., Business Administration, Alcorn State University
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Science & Technology

Jared Linna

Assistant Professor - Finance

jalinna@nmu.edu 906-227-1243

Office Location:

309D Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

Ph.D., Finance, University of Memphis
MSBA, Finance, University of Memphis
M.B.A., Auburn University at Montgomery
B.S., Commerce and Business Administration, University of Alabama

Jim Marquardson

Associate Professor - Computer Information Systems

jimarqua@nmu.edu 906-227-1802

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Office Location:

303F Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

Ph.D., Management Information Systems, University of Arizona
Master of Information Systems Management, Brigham University
B.S., Information Systems, Brigham Young University

Murong Miao

Assistant Professor - Marketing

mmiao@nmu.edu 906-227-2938

Office Location:

310J Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

Ph.D., Marketing, Old Dominion University
M.A., International Brand Management, Kedge Business School
B.A., Journalism, Xiamen University

Heejung Park

Assistant Professor - Marketing

hepark@nmu.edu 906-227-1236

Office Location:

303G Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

Ph.D., Marketing and Sustainable Business Practices, University of Wyoming
M.S., Financial Planning, University of Georgia
B.B.A., Bachelor of Business Administration, Chung-Ang University

Gary Stark

Professor - Management

gstark@nmu.edu 906-227-1244

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Office Location:

310A Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

Ph.D., Organizational Behavior, University of Nebraska
M.B.A., Kansas State University
B.S., Accounting, Kansas State University

Jessica Thompson

Professor - Public Relations

jessitho@nmu.edu 906-227-1057

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Office Location:

3010D Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

Ph.D., University of Utah
M.S., Environmental Journalism, University of Utah
B.A., Northern Michigan University

Brian Zinser

Associate Professor - Marketing

bzinser@nmu.edu 906-227-1810

Office Location:

310H Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

D.B.A., Marketing, Anderson University
M.B.A., J.L.Kellogg Graduate School of Management
A.B., Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Majid Asadi

Assistant Professor

masadi@nmu.edu 906-227-2969

Office Location:

303B Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

Ph.D., Computer Engineering, Azad University
M.S., Computer Engineering, Azad University
B.S., Computer Engineering, University of Isfahan

Jaeseung Baek

Assistant Professor

jbaek@nmu.edu 906-227-2707

Office Location:

303H Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

Ph.D., Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rutgers University
M.S., Industrial and Information Engineering, Yonsei University
B.S., Applied Mathematics, Hanyang University
B.S., Business Administration, Hanyang University

Steven Edelson

Assistant Professor - Management

sedelson@nmu.edu 906-227-1839

Office Location:

309A Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

Ph. D., Human Resource Management, Temple University
M.Sc. in Business Administration, Jönköping International Business School
BBA, Bishop's University

Don Ludemann

Instructor

dludeman@nmu.edu 906-227-2900

Office Location:

310C Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

Master of International Management, American Graduate School of International Management
Master of Divinity, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary
B.S., Foreign Service, Georgetown University School of Foreign Science

Jeff Martin

Instructor

Office Location:

303D Cohodas Hall

Emily Xu

Instructor CPA

jxu@nmu.edu 906-227-2699

Office Location:

310I Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

MBA, Northern Michigan University
B.S. in Accounting, University of Iowa

Adjunct and Contingent Faculty

Michele Stephenson

Student Success Advisor

mstephen@nmu.edu 906-227-1849

Office Location:

310 L Cohodas Hall

Naomi Salfrais

Student Success Advisor

nsalfrai@nmu.edu 906-227-2867

Office Location:

310 L Cohodas Hall

Derek Hall

Adjunct Assistant Professor

halld@nmu.edu 906-227-2716

Office Location:

409 Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

Ed.D., Educational Leadership & Policy, University of Utah
M.A., Mass Communications, Brigham Young University
B.A, Public Relations, Brigham Young University

Margaret Brumm

Adjunct Assistant Professor

mbrumm@nmu.edu 331-444-8497

Degrees:

B.S.Ch.E. from Michigan Technological University, with Honor
Juris Doctorate from the University of Michigan Law School

Janey Joffee

Adjunct Instructor

jjoffee@nmu.edu 906-227-2900

Office Location:

301 Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

M.B.A., Northern Michigan University
B.S., Entrepreneurship, Northern Michigan University
B.S., Management, Arizona State University

Dr. Lucy Johnson

Contingent Associate Professor

lucyjohn@nmu.edu 906-227-6762

Office Location:

603 Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

Ph.D., English: Rhetoric and Composition, Washington State University
M.A., English: Pedagogy, Northern Michigan University
B.A., English, Northern Michigan University

Debra LaMere

Adjunct Instructor

dlamere@nmu.edu 906-227-2900

Office Location:

301 Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

SHRM - CP (Society of Human Resource Management Certification)
PHR (Professional Human Resource) Certification, HRCI
M.P.A., Northern Michigan University
B.S., Business Administration, Michigan Technological University

Paul Wright

Contingent Instructor

pwright@nmu.edu 906-227-2900

Office Location:

301 Cohodas Hall

Degrees:

M.B.A., Northern Michigan University
M.A., American History, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
B.A., History and Biology, Northland College