School of Business and Professional Studies Faculty and Staff

School of Business and Professional Studies

Business & Economics

Dr. Yasemin Akcan Barto
Assistant Professor of Economics

Monday: 9:25 am - 10:25 am, 11:25 am - 1:25 pm, and 2:20 pm - 3:20 pm

Wesdnesday/Friday: 9:25 am - 10:25 am, and 11:25 am - 1:25 pm

Other times available by appointment (in person or online via zoom).

Dr. Sunghan Bae
Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Tuesday: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm, and 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Wednesday: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Thursday:12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Other times available by appointment (in person or online via zoom).

Dr. Michael Barnes
Associate Professor of Accounting, Graduate Program Director, Audit Guru

Monday/Wednesday: 10:30 am - 1:20 pm, and 2:30 pm - 3:20 pm

Friday: 10:30 am - 1:20 pm

Other times available by appointment (in person or online via zoom).

Mr. Jim Bergman
Instructor of Business Administration

Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm, and 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Other times available by appointment (in person or online via zoom).

Dr. Xiaofen Chen
Professor of Economics

Online: Monday - Thursday: 9:30 am - 11:50 am (Zoom link posted on Brightspace and next to office door)

In person: Please contact me for in-person office hours.

Dr. Musa Demirtas
Associate Professor of Business Administration

Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 10:25 am - 12:25 pm (In Office)

Tuesday/Thursday: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm (Virtual via Zoom)

Other times available by appointment (in person or online via zoom).

Office Hours during Finals Week are BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.

Dr. Liz Diers
Associate Professor of Accounting

Tuesday/Thursday: 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Wednesday: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Other times available by appointment only.

Prof. Andrew Greiner
Assistant Professor of Accounting

Monday: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm (In Person)
Tuesday: 12:00 pm - 1:20 pm (In Person)

Wednesday: 10:30 am - 2:30 pm (Virtual via Zoom)

Thursday: 12:00 pm - 1:20 pm (In Person)

Other times available by appointment (in person or online via zoom).

Dr. Isaac Ison
Associate Professor of Accounting

Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 8:00 am - 10:30 am, and 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Other times available by appointment (in person or online via zoom).

Dr. Stacey Kaden
Business and Economics Department Chair; Associate Professor of Accounting

Monday: 9:00 am - 11:30 am

Tuesday: 8:30 am - 10:00 am

Wednesday: 8:30 am - 11:30 am, and 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Thursday: 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Other times available by appointment (online or via zoom).

Ms. Erin Lay
Office Assistant

Office Hours: Mon. 08:00 am-12:00 pm, 1:00 pm-3:30 pm, Tues. - Fri. 08:00 am-12:00 pm, 01:00 pm-05:00 pm

Dr. Jie Li
Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Monday/Wednesday: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm, and 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Friday: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm, and 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Other times available by appointment (in person or online via zoom).

Dr. Huanxin Liu
Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 8:00 am - 10:30 am, and 12:20 pm - 1:20 pm

Other times available by appointment (in person or online via zoom).

Dr. John McNeill
Assistant Professor of Economics

Monday/Wednesday: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Other times available by appointment (in person or online via zoom).

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Dr. Kathy Otero
Associate Professor of Accounting

Monday/Wednesday: 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Friday: 9:30 am - 1:30 pm

Other times available by appointment (in person or online via zoom).

Dr. Yung-hwal Park
Professor of Business Administration

Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 12:30 pm - 3:50 pm

Other times available by appointment (in person or online via zoom).

Mr. Scott Templeton
Associate Professor of Business Administration

In Office: Tuesday/Thursday: 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Virtual: Monday/Wednesday: 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/my/bsad234

Zoom Meeting ID: 6603417602

Other times available by appointment (in person or online via zoom).

Dr. Haneul Yi
Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Tuesday/Thursday: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Other times available by appointment (in person or online via zoom).

Dr. Lin Zhang
Professor of Business Administration

Tuesday/Thursday: 10:30 am - 11:50 am

Wednesday: 8:00 am - 11:00 am, and 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Military Science

Jacqueline Donnelly
Assistant Professor of Military Science

Monday and Wednesday 1100-1300

Friday 1230-1430

Other days/times by appointment only. 

Steve Laz
Professor of Military Science, Department Chair

Monday: 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Tuesday: 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

Wednesday: 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.; 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Thursday: 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. 

Friday: By appointment only

Other times by appointment only. 

Bradley Young
Human Resources Assistant

Monday - Friday 8:00AM to 2:00PM

 Office is open outside of listed hours (You are welcome to come by)

 Please schedule appointments here: https://calendar.app.google/9wVwcHegmawRGS6JA or email for availability.

Nursing

Charissa Lohmann
MSN - Non-tenure track, Assistant Professor (Temporary)

Monday - Wednesday - Friday - 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. by appointment.

Also by arrangements. Email to set up an appointment - clohmann@truman.edu

Pamela Melvin
MSN - Associate Professor of Nursing and Nursing Simulation Center Coordinator

I have office hours on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 1000-1200, and 1330-1430. Additional office hours are offered each week and are variable by appointment. Email me at pmelvin@truman.edu .

To view office hours or to schedule an appointment, please use this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wIKhw39AbJTmvFWemvNZq4Z3ACdT_O-qq1a-dWCNIkE/edit

 

 

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Brenda Mitchell
Assistant Professor - Maternal/Neonatal Nursing

Monday & Wednesday   1:00PM - 3:00PM

Friday     9:00AM - 12:00AM

Sign-up sheet on Office Door

Dr. Teak Nelson
Phd - Nursing - Professor of Nursing

Academic Year (Fall/Spring Semesters):

Monday 1030-1230 and 1530-1700; Wednesday 1030-1230 and 1430-1600; and Friday 1030-1230 and 1330-1430, as well as additional hours as designated on the Google Calendar (see link below). Office hours will be conducted during these times by appointment using Google Calendar scheduling function.

https://calendar.app.google/HHEUEpC31w6DA59B9

When scheduling a time to meet for office hours you will have the following options (note which kind of meeting you are scheduling in the comments box:

A.  Face-to-face (HS 3230)
B. Zoom ( Zoom Link:  https://zoom.us/j/91187253811): Waiting room will be enabled to prevent others from joining in until their own appointment times - thus ensuring privacy).

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Prof. Sheena Nichols
MSN - Associate Professor

Monday through Thursday from 12:00pm-3:00pm. Please use the following link to schedule a time to meet with me.  Book time with Nichols, Sheena: Open Office Hours 

Jana Ogden
MSN - Associate Professor - Tenured

Monday/Wednesday: 12:00PM - 5:00PM

Tuesday/Thursday/Friday:  By Appointment 

Students may stop by my office to sign up for an appointment time OR email me to sign up for an appointment

Dr. Albien Rafael Tubongbanua
EdD in Nursing - Associate Professor

MONDAY  

10:30  Nursing Research

11:30  Nursing Research

LUNCH BREAK

01:00 Office Hours

02:00 Office Hours

02:30 Office Hours

03:00 Office Hours

03:30 Office Hours

WEDNESDAY  

10:30  Nursing Research

11:30  Nursing Research

LUNCH BREAK

01:00 Office Hours

02:00 Office Hours

02:30 Office Hours

03:00 Office Hours

03:30 Office Hours                         

FRIDAY

10:30  Nursing Research

11:30  Nursing Research

LUNCH BREAK

01:00 Office Hours

02:00 Office Hours

3-5 Faculty Meetings

Psychology & Counseling

Dr. Yuna Ferguson
Professor of Psychology

MW 2:30 - 4:30pm; Tu 10am-12pm virtual only; other times by appointment

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Dr. Katie Judd
Department Chair; Associate Professor of Psychology

Spring 2026
Monday/Wednesday: 9:00-11:00
Tuesday/Thursday: 10:00-11:30
Or by appointment 

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Dr. Elsa Leggett
Associate Professor of Counseling

Office Hours: Wednesdays 1 - 4 and 6 - 7. Central Time

Zoom Virtual Office Link: Visit w Dr. Leggett

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Dr. Katrina Schmerold
Associate Professor of Psychology

MWF: 10–10:15am; 12:30–1:15pm; 2:30–3:30pm
Also by appointment (in-person and/or Zoom)

 

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Dr. Fred Shaffer
Professor of Psychology

M-F 9:30-10:30 and by appointment. You may request a Zoom appointment for another time.

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Dr. Maverick Smith
Assistant Professor in Psychology

Student Hours (in-person, Zoom or by appointment):

       Tuesdays: 10:00am – 12:00pm

       Thursdays: 1:00pm – 3:00pm

       Fridays: 11:30am – 1:30 pm

See syllabus for Zoom option

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Dr. Robert Tigner
Professor of Psychology

In person Wednesdays 10-1 (VH2340))

via Zoom Mondays anytime 8-5 (email rtigner@truman.edu to set time)  

Dr. Jeffrey Vittengl
Professor of Psychology

12:30-1:20 PM Tu, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM W, 12:30-1:20 PM Th, and by appointment on days when classes are in session.

Dr. Karen Vittengl
Professor of Psychology

Spring 2026

In person: Tuesday 8:30-10:20am and by appointment.

Zoom: Wednesday 1:30-3:20 and by appointment.

Office hours are held on days when regular classes are in session and by appointment.

(Note that my office has moved to VH 2326)

 

 

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Dr. Caitlyn Ybarra

Monday: 8am - 2pm CST 

Wednesday: 11am - 2pm CST

**By appointment

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Communication Disorders

Dr. Megan Batzer
Assistant Professor

Spring 2026

Mondays: 9:30-11:00 am

Wednesdays: 9:30-10:30 am

*Other times by appointment.

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Dr. Julia Edgar
Professor

Fall Semester, 2023

Appointmens are readily available by appointment! Just send an email or call and a mutually available time will be determined.

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Dr. Ilene Elmlinger
Professor

Monday - Thursday 10:00-11am

Anytime by appointment 

Please email for an appointment. 

 

Patricia Hanson
Clinical Instructor

Please email to make an appointment (thanson@truman.edu).  Zoom appointments available upon request.

Ms. Melissa Passe
Director of Clinical Education, Truman Speech and Hearing Clinic

I typically supervise in the clinic on M-W and am often available in between clinic sessions. Some "typical" office hour times are Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons. However I travel extensively, work from home on occasion and am also frequently pulled into student meetings.  I am also in other clinical rooms, offices and labs at any given time and am thus often not sitting at my desk. It is best to e-mail me a request to meet!

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Ms. Andrea Richards
Clinical Instructor

To request an appointment, please email arich@truman.edu.

 

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Education

Dr. Jill Arnold
Associate Professor of Education

Spring 2026 Office Hours:
Monday: 8:45-9:30 AM; 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:45-9:30 AM; 11:00 AM - 1:45 PM

Tuesday/Thursday: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM ONLINE

Please email jmarnold@truman.edu to schedule at least 24 hours in advance.

Instr. Melissa Chapman
Instructor in Education

Spring 2026 Office Hours:
Mondays 8:00-11:00 and 12:00-3:00

I will schedule other office hours by appointment.

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Jenna Cook
Lecturer in Education

Spring 2026 Office Hours:
By appointment.

Dr. Madeline Good
Assistant Professor of Elementary Education

Spring 2026 Office Hours:

Mondays: Email to schedule virtual office hours

Tuesdays: 11:15 - 1:15

Wednesdays: Email to schedule virtual office hours

Thursdays: 11:15 - 1:15; 3:00 - 4:00

I can also accommodate evening meetings with students as needed, especially those in internship placements!

 

 

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Mrs. Charisse Hatfield
Certification Officer/Assessment Coordinator

Fall/Spring Office Hours
Monday-Friday: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Summer Office Hours:
Monday-Thursday: 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Mrs. Sarah Jensen
Office Assistant

Spring 2026 Office Hours:
Monday-Friday: 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM

 

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Matt Kennedy
Lecturer in Education

Spring 2026 Office Hours:
By appointment.

Dr. Holly Kincaid
Assistant Professor of Education

Spring 2026 Office Hours:
Tuesday/Thursday: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Other times by appointment. 

 

Dr. Christopher Maglio
Professor of Education, MAE Foundations and Assessment

Spring 2026 Office Hours:
Monday: 9:00 - 11:30 AM
Wednesday: 9:00 - 11:30 AM
Other times by appointment. 

Personal Pronouns: he/him

Jason Miller
Lecturer in Education

Spring 2026 Office Hours:
Virtual hours by appointment.
 

Dr. Enrique Pareja
Associate Professor of STEM Education, MAE Mathematics and Science

Spring 2026 Office Hours:
Mondays and Wednesdays:
   07:30 to 10:30 in MG 3012
   13:30 to 14:30 in VH 2360

Tuesdays:
   13:00 to 15:00 in MG 2360

Available via Zoom at these times using the following link:
https://truman-edu.zoom.us/my/epareja 

Schedule an appointment:
https://calendly.com/epareja-tsu/office-hours

Other times by appointment.

Dr. Martha Strange
Associate Professor of Special Education

Spring 2026 Office Hours:
Monday: 9:00 - 11:00 AM, 12:00 - 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 9:00 - 11:00 AM
Wednesday: 9:00 - 11:00 AM
Thursday: Virtual office hours available by appointment.
Friday: Virtual office hours available by appointment.

Supervision of interns may alter office hours so scheduling an appointment is advisable.

Sarah Young
Lecturer in Education, MAE Gifted Education

Spring 2026 Office Hours:
Virtual Hours By Appointment.

Exercise Science

Dr. Julene Ensign
Department Chair, Associate Professor of Exercise Science, MAE Physical Education

Spring 2026 Office Hours:
Monday/Wednesday 8:30-12

Tuesday/Thursday: 10:30-12

Other times by appointment. 

Melody Jennings
Instructor in Exercise Science

Spring 2026 Office Hours: 
MW= 10:30-11:20 & 12:30-2:20    T/TH no office hours 

F=9:30-10:20

 

 

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Liz Jorn
Instructor in Exercise Science; Faculty Athletics Representative

Spring 2026 Office Hours: 

Monday 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Wednesday 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Tuesday & Thursday 9:00-12:00 noon. 

Other hours available by appointment. 

Mr. Carson Lackey
Exercise Science Instructor

Spring 2026 Office Hours: 

M/W/F: 9:30-11:15 a.m. & 1:00-2:00 p.m. 

T/TH: 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Additional hours available by appointment. 

Dr. Jerry Mayhew
Professor Emeritus of Exercise Science

Spring 2026 Office Hours:  
Monday-Friday: 1:30 -4:30 p.m.
 

 

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Kale Moore

Spring 2026  Office Hours:

Office hours by appointment. 

Dr. James Padfield
Professor of Exercise Science

Spring 2026 Office Hours:  
3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Monday -- Friday

Additional office hours by appointment only. 

 

Dr. John Palazzolo
Assistant Professor

Spring 2026 Office Hours: 

M= 1:30-3:30 p.m., T=11:00-12:00 noon, W=1:00-3:00 p.m.

TH=11:00-12:30 p.m.,  F=8:00-9:30 a.m. 

Additional hours available by appointment. 

 

 

Dr. Brandy Schneider
Assistant Professor of Exercise Science; Director of Athletic Training Program

Spring 2026 Office Hours: 

M=11:30-12:00 noon.  T=9:00-10:30 a.m.

W=11:30-12:00 noon  TH-9:00-10:30 a.m.  F=9:00-10:30 a.m.

Or by appointment 

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Dr. Brian Snyder
Professor of Exercise Science

Spring 2026 Office Hours: 

    M=9:40-10:18 a.m. & 11:25-12:30    T=9:32-10:18 & 1:10-2:10

W=9:32-10:18 & 11:25-12:30      TH=9:32-10:18 & 1:10-2:10 

F=9:32-10:18 & 11:25-12:30 

Additional hours by appointment

Kaz Yanagi
Instructor in Athletic Training, Clinical Education Coordinator

Spring 2026 Office Hours: 

M/W 8:00-9:30 a.m.  T/TH=1:30-3:30  

Wednesday afternoons by appointment=1:30-3:30. 

 

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