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Dean of the Collat School of Business - F2850P
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL · Posted recently posted
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The chair you’re filling
Christopher L. Shook
2023–2026 (Dean, Collat School of Business, July 1, 2023–spring 2026)
- Education
- Ph.D. (business administration) 1997, LSU; MBA, University of Mississippi; bachelor's in accounting, University of Northern Colorado; CPA (Colorado)
- Career path
- Regional accounting firm → Federal Reserve Bank of Oklahoma City → faculty: NIU, UT Arlington, Auburn (chair, Russell Professor) → Dean, Montana (2016) → Dean, WKU (2019) → Dean, UAB (2023)
- Known for
- Management/entrepreneurship scholar: 35+ publications incl. structural-equation-modeling methods work (SMJ, 2004); WKU reported 10,000+ citations (2022). Russell Professor (Auburn); Wells Fargo Professor (UAB).
- The seat
- Serial external dean hire; seventh Collat dean, July 1, 2023–spring 2026; retiring after spring 2026 commencement.