Ruhter (DBA 2024) is among the Idaho Business Review Excellence in Finance winners for 2024. The Idaho Business Review Excellence in Finance awards program celebrates financial professionals in Idaho whose fiscal accomplishments set a high bar for their company and Idaho’s
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Patricia Goodwin-Peters (DBA ’25) | February 2025
Goodwin-Peters (DBA 2025) is Chief Human Resources Officer at Atlas Air. With over 24 years of experience in Human Resources, Goodwin-Peters has combined her professional observations with insights derived from academic research to explore the behaviors and characteristics of management

Christie Novak (DBA ’19) | November 2024
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
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.
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
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)
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
Warrington doctoral candidate co-authors book by CFA Institute
Zack Ellison (DBA ’25) co-authored the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Research Foundation’s latest book: An Introduction to Alternative Credit. The doctoral candidate of business administration at the University of Florida Warrington College of Business contributed a chapter on the
What you can do with a DBA
Students and business professionals enroll in the University of Florida Warrington College of Business’s Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program for any number of reasons. Many intend to use their doctorate to attain academic jobs or further their research, but
Why most airports are poorly managed, with Mike Jones
Airports are missing out on $35 billion in economic impact because they’re not well run – that’s according to pilot, airport management expert and DBA alumnus Mike Jones (DBA ’23). He explains the cause of this underperformance and why the