Faculty - Center for Entrepreneurial Studies - UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

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Shaping Leaders, Driving Results

Faculty

Kenan-Flagler boasts a remarkable set of faculty members dedicated to making the complex world of entrepreneurship accessible and tangible. We are fortunate to be located in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina, one of the top entrepreneurial regions in the country. Successful entrepreneurs enhance our classroom experience as adjunct professors, coaches and speakers.

Professors in the Entrepreneurship Concentrations

Chaired (Distinguished) Professors

  • Barry Bayus, Roy O. Rodwell Distinguished Professor of Marketing
  • W. Clay Hamner, Director, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and Frank Hawkins Kenan Professor of Entrepreneurship
  • James H. Johnson, Jr., Director, Urban Investment Strategies Center, Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and William Rand Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship
  • John D. Kasarda, Director of Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and Kenan Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship
  • Albert H. Segars, Faculty Director of the Center for Sustainable Enterprise, RBC Bank Distinguished Professor and Chair of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
  • Ted Zoller, Director, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and Clinical Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship

Distinguished Scholars

  • Arvind Malhotra, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Thomas V. and Janet R. Lewis Scholar
  • Atul Nerkar, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior/Strategy and Jeffrey A. Allred Scholar
  • Barry S. Roberts, Professor, Kenan Institute Entrepreneurial Scholar

Professors

Assistant Professors

  • Christopher B. Bingham, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
  • Lisa Jones Christensen, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
  • J. Andrew Petersen, Assistant Professor of Marketing
  • Michael Roach, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
  • David Roberts, Assistant Professor of Marketing
  • Carol A. Seagle, Director of Research, Center for Sustainable Enterprise and Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
  • Patrick Vernon, Interim Executive Director, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and Clinical Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship

Adjunct Professors and Entrepreneurs in Residence