Adjunct and Part-time Faculty

Dr. Barbara Knight is a Lecturer at the Belk College of Business. Dr. Knight joined the Belk College of Business with a primary teaching focus on business and management. Her research interests include corporate social responsibility, business ethics, organizational strain, international business management, corporate misconduct, and active learning pedagogy. Dr. Knight has over 30 years […]

Anita Pope Layton, CPA, CMA, MBA teaches in the Turner School of Accountancy in the undergraduate program of the Belk College of Business. Her area of focus is Managerial Accounting. She gained professional experience as a financial executive leading corporate finance, driving corporate strategies, implementing financial systems, and leading process improvement initiatives. She joined the […]

Sam Long teaches undergraduate and MBA courses in Finance. Sam is an accomplished Finance Executive with 25+ years of Corporate Finance Management experience with Fortune 200 companies such as TIAA, General Electric, and General Motors. He has managed budgets up $1.5 billion. Sam has a Bachelors of Science in Finance from the Indiana Institute of […]

Blaine Nashold is an adjunct professor of Management Information Systems in the Belk College of Business. Dr. Nashold has also taught courses in Operations Management. Additionally, Dr. Nashold’s teaching and research interests include financial technology (fintech), technology adoption, and data science with a specialty in artificial intelligence (AI). Dr. Nashold is currently a Director with […]

Jeremiah Nelson has more than 20 years of experience teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in leadership and management. Favorite UNC Charlotte courses to teach include Management & Organizational Behavior, International Business Management, and Strategic Management. Dr. Nelson’s research interests focus on the intersection of human resource management and innovation leadership as well as strategy and […]