DR. PATRICIA PARKER, Professor of Management. 

Dr. Parker received her Ph.D. in Management from St. Louis University, her MBA from Southern Illinois University and a BS in Accounting from the University of Missouri.  She has been at Maryville University since 1984, teaching both graduate and undergraduate classes in Management Science.  Her research interests include: employee development, job satisfaction, leadership and ethical behavior. 

Dr. Parker received a Best Paper Award for an article presented at the 2006 Academic Business World International Conference.  The paper entitled:  "Merging the Corporate Requirements of Organizational Leadership Into a University Course Founded in the Theoretical Aspects of Leadership," was published in Spring 2007, in The Journal of Learning in Higher Education.

 Courses taught for the John E. Simon School of Business:  Business Ethics, Leadership, and Organizational Behavior.