Business Faculty
Arrowsmith | Carlson | Carmack | Coe | Fite
Gardner | Kreiner | Miller | Nelms | Nichols | Perrella | Sherrer | Taylor
John M. Misner, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor
Business Administration
Contact Information
Office: Camp Hall 212
Work#: (706) 778-8500 x1349
E-mail: jmisner@piedmont.edu
Academic Background
Ph.D. Business Administration
(Finance), Kent
State University
M.B.A. Finance, Investments and Banking, University of
Wisconsin
B.A. Political Science and History, Augustana College
Linda Arrowsmith
Assistant Professor
Accounting
Contact Information
Office: Ellard Hall Room 8 (Athens)
Camp Hall 305 (Demorest)
Phone: 706-548-8505 ext. 8192 (Athens)
706-778-8500 x 1207 (Demorest)
E-mail: larrowsmith@piedmont.edu
Academic Background
M.B.A. Financial Services and Managerial Leadership, Piedmont College
B.A. Accounting, Piedmont College
A.S. Georgia Perimeter College
Stephen C. Carlson, D.B.A.
Senior Fellow
Marketing, Management Chair, Undergraduate Programs, Athens
Contact Information:
Office: Ellard Hall Room 3 (Athens)
Camp Hall 216 (Demorest)
Phone: 706-548-8505 ext. 8026 (Athens)
706-778-8500 x 1522 (Demorest)
E-mail: scarlson@piedmont.edu
Academic Background:
D.B.A. Management and Marketing, Nova Southeastern University
M.S. Urban Administration, Georgia State University
B.A. Political Science and Economics, Jacksonville State University
Ed Carmack
Senior Fellow in Business
Contact Information
Office: Camp Hall 214
Phone: (706) 778-8500 x1254
E-mail: ecarmack@piedmont.edu
Academic Background
M.S. Information and Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S. Mathematics, Colorado State University
Melvin (Mel) Coe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Communications, Management
Contact Information
Office: Ellard Hall Room 6 (Athens)
Phone: (706) 778-8500 x1254
E-mail: mcoe@piedmont.edu
Academic Background
Ph.D. Educational Leadership, Colorado State University
M.B.A. Business Management, LaGrange College
B.A. Speech, Communications, and Theater, LaGrange College
Jonathan Fite
Assistant professor
Accounting, Finance
Contact Information
Office: Ellard Hall Room 7 (Athens)
Camp Hall 305 (Demorest)
Phone: (706) 548- 8505 ext. 8024 (Athens)
(706) 778-8500 x 1207
E-mail: jfite@piedmont.edu
Academic Background
C.P.A State of Georgia
M.B.A. University of Miami
B.S. Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Mark Gardner, Ph.D.
Professor
Economics
Contact Information
Office: Camp Hall 222
Work#: (706) 778-8500 x1250
E-mail: mgardner@piedmont.edu
Academic Background
Ph.D. Economics, Georgia State University
M.A. Economics, Duke University
M.A. Economics, Vanderbilt University
A.B. Economics, Kenyon College
Raymond F. Kreiner
Assistant Professor
Accounting
Contact Information
Office: Camp Hall 224
Phone: (706) 778-8500 ext.1317
E-mail: rkreiner@piedmont.edu
Academic Background
M.S. Accounting, Ball State University
B.B.A. Business Administration and Accounting, Campbell University
J. Glenn Miller, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Business Administration
General Business, Accounting and Finance
Contact Information
Office: Camp Hall 217
Phone: 706-778-8500 ext.1326
E-mail: gmiller@piedmont.edu
Academic Background
Ph.D. Industrial Engineering/Statistics, Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S. Management, Georgia Institute of Technology
B. S. Accounting, University of Virginia
Keith R. Nelms, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Computer Information Systems
Technology Coordinator -- Athens and Demorest
Contact Information
Office: Camp Hall 215
Work#: (706) 778-8500 ext.1289
E-mail: knelms@piedmont.edu
Academic Background
Ph.D. Instructional Technology, Georgia State University
M.S. Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S. Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Charles A. Nichols
Business Fellow
Management
Contact Information
Office: Camp Hall 221-A
Phone: (706) 778-8500 ext.1002
E-mail: cnichols@piedmont.edu
Academic Background
M.S. Management, Georgia State University
(Concentrations in Entrepreneurship and Strategic Decision Making)
B.S. Management, Georgia Institute of Technology
A.A. Business Administration, Clayton State College
Robert J. Perrella
Assistant Professor
Management
Marketing
Contact Information
Office: Camp Hall 214
Phone: (706) 778-8500 ext. 1335
E-mail: rperrella@piedmont.edu
Academic Background
Ph.D. (in progress) Management, Northcentral University
M.B.A Marketing, Fairleigh Dickinson University
B.S. Marketing, Management, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Patricia S. Sherrer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Business Administration
Operations Director for Business Programs, Athens
M.B.A. Director, Athens
Contact Information
Office: Ellard Hall Room 1 (Athens)
Phone: 706-548-8505 ext. 8025 (Athens)
E-mail: psherrer@piedmont.edu
Academic Background
Ph.D. Human Resource Development, Georgia State University
M.S. Ed. Reading Instruction, Georgia State University
B.S. Special Education, Georgia State University
Ed Taylor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Business Administration
Chair, Undergraduate Program, Demorest
M.B.A. Director, Demorest
Contact Information
Office: Camp Hall 221-B (Demorest)
Phone: (706) 778-8500 ext.1304 (Demorest)
E-mail: etaylor@piedmont.edu
Academic Background
Ph.D. Business Administration, University of Kentucky
M.B.A., Morehead State University
B.S. Business, Morehead State University