Chairs and Professorships

International Perspective

Thanks to an endowed professorship, international business scholar Dr. Balbir Bhasin now calls UAFS home

“It was a big deal; it made a big difference,” says Dr. Balbir Bhasin of the Ross Pendergraft Endowed Professorship that helped bring him to the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith this fall to teach international business and, ultimately, to develop an international business program. Read more...

A Renowned Expert

Dr. Amelia Baldwin was highly recruited but the Neal Pendergraft Professorship of Accounting made her decision easier

Dr. Amelia Baldwin has taught accounting for more than 20 years at universities in the United States, Australia, and Thailand. With over 40 refereed articles published, she is a renowned expert in the fields of cost and managerial accounting. Read more…

Innovative Ideas and Scholarship

Dr. Steve Williams, the Joel R. Stubblefield Endowed Chair of Business, sees endowed positions as an ‘upward spiral’

Recruited by other universities in a highly competitive marked for business faculty, Steve Williams became Dean of UAFS's College of Business in July 2008. He holds the Joel R. Stubblefield Endowed Chair of Business. Read more...