Innsbruck Faculty
The Stetson School of Business Administration Summer Innsbruck Program (S.I.P.) courses are taught by full-time faculty members from Stetson University and distinguished visiting professors, who typically include:
Nancy Barber
The Stetson University Sullivan Lecturer in English, Barber majored in political science at Davidson College, then worked as a journalist before earning a masters degree in English at Stetson University and a master of fine arts in poetry writing at the University of Florida. Barber specializes in creative nonfiction and has written about family business, human cannonballs, BBQ competitions and biking solo cross country. In 2008, she co-wrote Meals Worth Stopping for in Florida.
Michelle DeMoss
Professor of Marketing and chair of the marketing department, Dr. DeMoss is a specialist in marketing ethics, sustainable business practices and marketing education. She has written several business cases, including one selected for publication by the Department of Environmental Protection. A dedicated teacher, Dr. DeMoss has played an integral role in developing the university's new undergraduate business curriculum to better meet the needs of students and potential employers. Over the last 20 years at Stetson, she has won awards for both her service to and teaching in the School of Business Administration.
Scott Jones
Dr. Jones is an associate professor of marketing in the School of Business Administration at Stetson University. Dr. Jones has published more than 25 blind peer-reviewed intellectual contributions including manuscripts in the Journal of Service Research, Journal of Public Policy and Marketing and Sport Marketing Quarterly. Broadly, his research interests lie at the intersection of consumers and brands. Dr. Jones teaches courses in the university's First Year Seminar program, sport marketing and other core marketing requirements including Marketplace and Consumers. He is the advisor for Stetson University's American Marketing Association.
James Mallett
Dr. Mallett is a professor of finance and director of the Summer Innsbruck Program. He received his bachelor of arts degree from West Virginia Wesleyan College and his doctorate from Wayne State University. Former director of the student-managed Roland George Investment Program, Dr. Mallett's insights provide a practical and applicable orientation to his business finance course.
Kandy Queen-Sutherland
Dr. Queen-Sutherland is a professor of religious studies with a specialty in Hebrew scriptures and brings years of travel and teaching experience to the European humanities course. She came to Stetson University after eight years as a professor of an international theological faculty in Switzerland, has traveled and lectured widely across Europe and continues to offer travel courses to the Middle East and to Greece and Turkey. Dr. Queen-Sutherland believes that studying and experiencing European cultural expression is a journey.
Tom Smith
Past CEO of a $3 billion multinational company, Mr. Smith brings realism and practical experience to the business strategy course. His undergraduate and graduate education is from Tulane, Louisiana State University and Columbia University in chemical engineering and business administration. Students have consistently rated Mr. Smith's classes as "excellent."
John Tichenor
Dr. Tichenor is an associate professor of decision and information science. He received his bachelors and masters degrees from Baylor University and his doctorate from Florida State University. With many years of applied research and data analysis experience, Dr. Tichenor brings real-life examples to his teaching of business statistics.
Mercedes Tichenor
Dr. Tichenor is a professor of teacher education and received her bachelors degree from Baylor University, her masters degree from Florida State University and her doctor of education degree from Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Tichenor has more than twenty years of teaching experience in public elementary and college-level education. Growing up in a small, Bavarian mountain town in southern Germany, teaching in the Innsbruck program is like going home for her. Dr. Tichenor is a native German speaker and enjoys sharing her knowledge of the region with students.
