Business Faculty

Dr. Daniel L. Bauer, Dean
Dr. Daniel L. Bauer started at Bellarmine in 1995 and is currently serving as the dean of the Rubel School and teaching MBA courses. He was named to Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers in both 2000 and 2003 and received the 1999 Mid-Continent East “Innovation in Leadership Business Education Award” for development and implementation of an integrated MBA curriculum. His research and scholarly activities have earned Dr. Bauer a national reputation as an expert on business issues relating to “Generation X.” He holds an MBA from the University of Kentucky and a doctor of business administration degree from Mississippi State University. Before coming to Bellarmine, he was a federal bank examiner with the Farm Credit Administration.

Dr. Robert Brown
Robert Brown is an instructor of economics at Bellarmine. He is also a practicing attorney for a leading law firm, where he concentrates on emerging and international business. During three years of law school at the University of Louisville, he received a master’s in community development, an MBA and a JD. He also earned a master’s degree from Sophia University in Tokyo and two Ph.D.s, one from the University of Cambridge and the other from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He holds an Advanced Accounting Certificate from Bellarmine University and passed all parts of the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam. During the 2007-08 academic year, he is a visiting fellow at Oxford University

Dr. John T. (“Tom”) Byrd
Tom Byrd is chair of the department of business administration and professor of management and organizational behavior at Bellarmine University. Dr. Byrd received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. He has extensive consulting and training experience with numerous organizations, including Ford Motor Company and UPS. In 2005, Dr. Byrd co-authored the article “The Last Straw” for which he recieved the Best Case Award at the Midwest Management Association in Chicago. The article was published by the Society of Case Research in its Business Case Journal in 2006.

Dr. David T. Collins
David Collins currently serves as an associate professor of accounting at Bellarmine. He was the chair of the department of accounting at Bellarmine from 1994-99 and 2001-02 and chair of the department of business administration from 1998-99. He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a master of accountancy from the University of South Florida. In 1993, he obtained his Ph.D. in accounting from Georgia State University. Dr. Collins is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He was previously a partner at Anderson and Collins, CPAs.

Dr. Alan B. Deck
As an associate professor of accounting at Bellarmine, Dr. Alan Deck’s primary teaching areas are Financial and Managerial Principles, Financial II, and Managerial Accounting. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Texas Christian University and both a master’s and doctoral degree from The University of Alabama. He is also a certified public accountant (CPA) and certified management accountant (CMA). Previous professional experience includes a staff accountant position at Westinghouse and positions as an AIS consultant for various firms in the Lafayette and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, areas.

Dr. Joan Combs-Durso
After graduating from Bellarmine in 1978, Joan Combs-Durso spent four years on active duty as a Navy Supply Corps officer.  She earned a master’s degree in international political economics & development and a Ph.D. in economics at Fordham University in New York.  She previously taught at Eckerd College and Penn State Great Valley. She also spent four years in air finance at UPS.  She joined the Bellarmine business faculty in 2002 (?) and teaches finance, management science, and international economics in both the undergraduate and graduate programs.

Mr. Carl Hafele
Carl W. Hafele, instructor of business and economics, teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Mr. Hafele earned his MBA from Xavier University and his undergraduate degree from Thomas More. He was formerly CEO and portfolio manager at National Asset Management, an institutional money management firm managing over $20 billion. He has over 20 years experience in investments, marketing and management. He is a chartered financial analyst (CFA) and a certified public accountant (CPA). Currently he is chairman of First Kentucky Trust Company, a Louisville-based personal trust and investment firm.

Mr. Paul Krazeise
Paul Krazeise is an adjunct professor who holds BA, MBA, and JD degrees from the University of Louisville. He has been a manager for the Internal Revenue Service, senior attorney in the Office of the IRS Chief Counsel, special assistant U.S. attorney in the Office of the United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.

Dr. Ida Kutschera
Ida Kutschera is an assistant professor of management. She received her Ph.D. in organizational science from the University of Oregon and has an MBA from Washington State University. Her current research interests include social cognition and decision making, in particular the impact of cognitive styles and the use of intuition in managerial decision making. Dr. Kutschera is a member of the Academy of Management and the Society for Human Resource Management.

Dr. Michael R. Luthy
Michael Luthy (website) is professor of marketing in the department of business administration and a Fulbright Scholar alumnus. He earned his Ph.D. and bachelor’s degrees in business administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA degree from the University of Iowa. His professional work experience includes the United States Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation. Dr. Luthy has received national teaching awards for innovation and creativity in the classroom from the American Marketing Association and the Academy of Educational Leadership. His scholarship has been published in a wide variety of outlets including international business journals, national and regional conference proceedings, textbooks, pedagogical volumes, and newspapers.

Dr. Michael D. Mattei
Mike Mattei is a professor of management in the Rubel School of Business and executive director of the Bellarmine Center for Interdisciplinary Technology & Entrepreneurship. Dr. Mattei has been teaching information systems and entrepreneurship for 18 years. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Louisville and an MBA in finance from Indiana University-Bloomington. Prior to beginning a career in teaching, he was vice president of information technology at IMX, Inc. His 15 years of corporate experience includes work at Cincinnati Milacron, General Electric and Brown & Williamson, where he served as manager of domestic and international marketing systems.

Dr. Myra McCrickard
Myra McCrickard is a professor of economics at Bellarmine University. She received her Ph.D. in economics from North Carolina State University in 1990 with fields in labor economics and macroeconomics. At Bellarmine she teaches the principles sequence in micro- and macroeconomics, intermediate microeconomics and the senior seminar in economic research. Her research interests include labor economics, healthcare and economic education.

Dr. Frank Raymond
Frank Raymond is associate professor and chair of the department of economics. He received his bachelor’s in mathematics at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts, his master’s in mathematics at the University of North Carolina and his Ph.D. in economics at Indiana University-Bloomington. His research primarily focuses on mathematical modeling of issues in international development. He teaches undergraduate and MBA courses with a focus on international economics, macroeconomics and econometrics.

Dr. Keith Richardson
Keith Richardson, associate professor of accounting, is also the chair of the accounting department at Bellarmine. Primary teaching areas are Financial Principles, Financial I and Auditing. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Puget Sound, an MBA from Pacific Lutheran University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon. Previous professional experience includes: manager, Dwyer Pemberton & Coulson, CPA; Arthur Andersen & Co.; financial vice president, Affiliated American Corp.

Dr. Mike H. Ryan
Mike H. Ryan is a management professor. Previously, he founded and operated Prometheus Press, Inc. Among other activities, Prometheus Press Inc. published and edited Space Business Notes, one of the internet’s first space business journals. Dr. Ryan has consulted on issues ranging from technology and innovation to strategy and public policy. He is the author or editor of several books and more than 30 scholarly articles. Dr. Ryan earned his Ph.D. and master’s degrees from the University of Texas at Dallas and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Dallas. He is also a fellow of the British Interplanetary Society, a senior member of the American Astronautical Society and a Fulbright Senior Specialist candidate through 2011.

Dr. Richard W. Schrader
Richard Schrader, associate professor of accounting, primarily teaches financial accounting, theory and MBA classes. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University, a master’s degree from Central Michigan University, and a Ph.D. from Florida State University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA). Professional experience includes in-charge accountant, Coopers and Lybrand CPAs; controller, Tannewitz, Inc.; and consulting.

Dr. Patricia Miller Selvy
Patti Selvy is an associate professor of accounting in the Rubel School of Business. Her primary teaching areas are managerial and corporate governance. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Louisville and her Ph.D. from Georgia State University in Atlanta. She is a Kentucky CPA and is a member of the AICPA, the Kentucky Society of CPAs and a member of the State of Kentucky’s Parks Commission. Dr. Selvy is a native of Louisville and has been at Bellarmine for 20 years. She has taught across campus and internationally.

Lee B. Thomas, Jr.
Lee B. Thomas, Jr. currently serves as executive in residence in the Rubel School. He also has been chairman of Universal Woods, Inc. in Louisville since 1993. Previously, he served as president and CEO of Vermont American Corporation from 1962 until 1984, and as chairman of the board from 1984 until the company was sold in 1989. Thomas graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Yale University’s engineering school and received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Wilmington College.

Dr. Julie F Toner
Julie F. Toner, professor of marketing, has been with Bellarmine since 1999. She teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Her research interests include social marketing, public policy and marketing, and business ethics. Dr. Toner’s research appears in more than 75 peer-reviewed conference proceedings and journals. A native of Missouri, she earned her bachelor’s degree in public relations as well as an MBA at the University of Central Missouri. Dr. Toner earned her Ph.D. in marketing at Florida State University. She is a past president of the Marketing Management Association and MBAA-International. Her awards and recognitions include the MMA Fellow Award, Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers and 2000 Intellectuals of the 21st Century. She is often selected as a judge for master teacher competitions