Meet the Faculty

Even though several of our faculty members have impressive records of publishing, the focus in the Department is on teaching. We genuinely enjoy spending time in the classroom teaching subjects about which we are passionate to talented young people. Two of our Department’s professors have been honored as PC’s Professor of the Year (Dr. Smith and Prof. Scarborough), and one was also named the South Carolina Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (Prof. Scarborough).

Dr. Suzanne J. Smith
Robert M. Vance Professor of Business Administration
Department Chair

B.S., Presbyterian College
B.E., Vanderbilt University
Ph.D., Clemson University
Joined PC Faculty: 1987
Email: ssmith@presby.edu
Dr. Smith’s profile

Dr. Jody Lipford
Professor of Economics and Business Administration

B.S., Francis Marion College
M.A., Ph.D., Clemson University
Joined PC Faculty: 1991
Email: jlipford@presby.edu
Dr. Lipford’s Profile

Professor Cindy Lucking
Associate Professor of Economics and Business Administration

CPA, Illinois
B.A., Northwestern University
M.S., DePaul University
Joined PC Faculty: 2010
Email: cblucking@presby.edu
Professor Lucking’s Profile

Dr. Jerry K. Slice
Professor of Economics and Business Administration

B.S., Clemson University
M.S., Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Joined PC Faculty: 1989
Email: jkslice@presby.edu
Dr. Slice’s Profile

Professor Norman M. Scarborough
William Henry Scott III Associate Professor of Information Science

B.S., M.S., Clemson University
Joined PC Faculty: 1979
Email: nmscarb@presby.edu
Professor Scarborough’s Profile

Professor Samuel L. Howell
Professor of Business Administration

B.S., Presbyterian College
M. Acc., University of South Carolina
Joined PC Faculty: 1980
Email: slhowell@presby.edu
Professor Howell’s Profile

Dr. Foard H. Tarbert Jr.
Professor of Business Administration

B.A., Newberry College
Ph.D., Clemson University
Joined PC Faculty: 1974
Email: ftarb@presby.edu

Dr. Tobin Turner
Assistant Professor of Economics and Business Administration

B.S., Presbyterian College
MBA University of Stirling, Scotland
Ph.D., Clemson University
Joined PC Faculty: 2010
Email: turner@presby.edu
Professor Turner’s Profile