Faculty

Charlie Chen

Teaching with heart, vision and an eye for innovation: App State's Dr. Charlie Chen Apr 6, 2025

A Q&A with the university's 2025 UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award winner

Faculty, Dept - CIS, Front Page
Dr. Harry Davis at a Boone Chamber Event

Finance professor to receive Boone Chamber's 'Respect Your Elder' award Mar 19, 2025

The Boone Area Chamber of Commerce will honor Dr.

Faculty, Front Page, Dept - FIN, Harry Davis

Sustainable business professor warns that climate change initiatives may be other casualty of the pandemic Jun 30, 2020

Walker College of Business Sustainability Director, Dr. Rajat Panwar, predicts a downturn in sustainability initiatives due to the global...

Sustainable Business, Faculty, Global and Civic Engagement
Rajat Panwar

Walker College sustainable business director offers five ways for corporate sustainability professionals to make strides during COVID-19 Jun 15, 2020

A new article from Dr. Rajat Panwar, Sustainable Business Director for the Walker College of Business at Appalachian State...

Sustainable Business, Faculty, Dept - MGT, Research
Top: Dr. Chen, Dr. Iyer, Dr. Whitaker ; Bottom: Dr. Dave, Dr. Hadley. Dr. Nafees

Walker College faculty support global education virtually Jun 4, 2020

While the COVID-19 virus has traveled the world with relative ease, we humans have had to forego our travels for a time.

International, MBA, Faculty, Dept - ECON, Dept - CIS, Dept - FIN, Dept - MGT, Dept - MKT SCM, MSADA, Global and Civic Engagement
Bee researchers quotes in N&O, TechWire stories

Bee researchers quotes in N&O, TechWire stories May 26, 2020

While bee supporters everywhere celebrated World Bee Day on May 20, 2020,  faculty members at Appalachian State University created a "...

Faculty, Centers - CARE, Dept - CIS, Research
App State researchers estimate lost economic activity of $52.4 million due to April restaurant closures

App State researchers estimate lost economic activity of $52.4 million due to April restaurant closures May 19, 2020

The economic impact of COVID-19-related restaurant and bar closures in April 2020, alone, is estimated as $52.4 million in lost gross regional...

Faculty, Centers - CERPA, Dept - ECON, Research, Walker College News, Front Page, COVID-19
Dr. Joseph Cazier, left, and Dr. James Wilkes, members of Appalachian’s Center for Analytics Research and Education (CARE) team, check on beehives installed on Howard Street in Boone. Cazier is a professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems, and Wilkes is a professor in the Department of Computer Science.

Counting bees, because bees count — App State creates pollinator-tracking app May 18, 2020

BOONE, N.C. — “You can’t manage what you can’t measure,” is a saying attributed to Peter Drucker (1909–2005), one of the most widely known and...

Sustainable Business, Research, Faculty, Centers - CARE, Dept - CIS, Front Page
Pictured clockwise from top left are Collin Cornelius, Rachael Beller, Grayson Farmer, and Randy Edwards (foreground).

Appalachian honors business students, professor during leadership and legacy awards May 11, 2020

Four members of the Walker College of Business — Randy Edwards, Rachael Beller, Grayson Farmer and Collin Cornelius — were honored during...

Faculty, Students, Dept - MGT, Dept - MKT SCM, MBA, Dept - ACC, Front Page
82 participants participated in the Firm Meet and Greet on April 27, 2020

Accounting students log on for firm meet and greet during stay-at-home order May 4, 2020

In a successful effort to continue Appalachian State University's normal recruitment process, the Walker College of Business' Department of...

Students, Dept - ACC, Front Page, Faculty, COVID-19