Novak (DBA 2019) recounted her journey from public accounting into academia in a new piece featured in The CPA Journal. Rather than taking the usual Ph.D., she took the sometimes overlooked path of a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA). Her
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Ram Jupudy (DBA ’25) | November 2024
Jupudy (DBA 2025) was recently named among the Top 15 Entrepreneurs Disrupting Their Industries featured on MSN. Jupudy is the driving force behind his brand Theracycle, combining his entrepreneurial vision with cutting-edge AI solutions to revolutionize rehabilitation for neuro disorders. Read
Jim Fatzinger (DBA ’20) | November 2024
Jim Fatzinger (DBA ’20) has been honored with the Fulbright Association Excellence in Advocacy Award. The award recognizes his support of the Fulbright mission through his role as Fulbright Specialist with the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and
Amber Yoo (BSBA ’04, MBA ’10, DBA ’23) | October 2024
Yoo (BSBA 2004, MBA 2010, DBA 2023) was featured as an Innovative Leader in the November 2024 issue of Modern Luxury magazine. The publication spotlighted her work in the generative AI space. Yoo is Co-Founder and Vice President of SKY
Shannon Bedore (DBA ’25) | October 2024
Bedore (DBA 2025) is CEO of Sightline Retail. She was recently named to AY Magazine’s Intriguing Women 2024 list. Read more about Bedore in this interview with AY.
A decade of doctoral success
After former UF Warrington Dean John Kraft read an AACSB study in the early 2000s about an expected gap between the large number of available faculty positions and the small number of Ph.D. students with business degrees, he quickly came
Patricia Goodwin-Peters (DBA ’25) | August 2024
Goodwin-Peters (DBA 2025) is Chief Human Resources Officer at Atlas Air. She is responsible for providing strategic leadership through the development of human resources policies and practices that reflect the company’s values and support its strategy. Goodwin-Peters joined Atlas Air
Award-winning dissertation reveals that women commit embezzlement more than men
Contrary to prior belief, women commit more embezzlement in the workplace than men. Dr. David P. Weber (DBA ’23) made this discovery in his dissertation for candidacy in the University of Florida Warrington College of Business Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)
Jennifer M. Cainas (DBA ’17) | May 2024
Cainas (DBA 2017) is among the recipients of the American Accounting Association/J. Michael and Mary Anne Cook/Deloitte Foundation Prize, which is the foremost recognition of an individual who consistently demonstrates the attributes of a superior teacher in the discipline of
DBA alumnus’ dissertation born out of personal tragedy awarded for excellence
Growing up in South Florida, Jim Fatzinger (DBA ’20) experienced a tragedy that many Floridians are all too familiar with – losing his family home in a natural disaster. Despite the devastating loss, Fatzinger found his own way to make
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