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At The University of Tulsa, we empower the next generation of business leaders. The Collins College of Business prepares students for successful careers through innovative programs, strong industry connections, and a focus on real-world experience. Our dedicated faculty and supportive community foster growth, leadership, and lifelong learning, providing students with the real-world skills to be successful professionals.

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Jennifer Bennett

Interim Dean, Collins College of Business
918-631-2276
jennifer-bennett@utulsa.edu

Jennifer Bennett is interim dean of the Collins College of Business, chief of staff for the president of The University of Tulsa, and is responsible for strategy implementation. She is a former energy executive who has 30 years of experience with multibillion-dollar companies and expertise in strategy development and implementation, mergers and acquisitions, international business development and negotiation, project management and digital transformation, operations and facilities management, commercial market analysis, risk assessment and crisis management, and stakeholder management.

While at UTulsa, Bennett has taught graduate and undergraduate classes in negotiation, strategic management, decision and risk analysis and risk and resilience and has been honored with eight Most Valuable Professor awards. She is a graduate of Duke University, the University of Rochester and the University of Southern California and has published in Science.

Dean's Executive Staff

Dontae Doughty

Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs

Tally Ferguson

Associate Dean of Student Affairs

Madison Hill

Director of Development

Toby Joplin

Director of Graduate Business Programs

Photograph of Lisa Martin

Lisa Martin

Director of Operations

Baylee Spoon

Director of Engagement and Events

Photograph of Ashley Warren

Ashley Warren

Director of Professional Relations and Program Economics

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Sandra Whitaker

Executive Assistant to the Dean

Dontae Doughty

Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs

215-E Helmerich Hall
918-631-3121
dontae-doughty@utulsa.edu

Tally Ferguson

Associate Dean of Student Affairs

215-G Helmerich Hall
918-631-2139
tally-ferguson@utulsa.edu

Madison Hill

Director of Development

918-631-3513
madison-hill@utulsa.edu

Toby Joplin

Director of Graduate Business Programs

303-A Helmerich Hall
918-631-3558
toby-joplin@utulsa.edu

Lisa Martin

Director of Operations

215-D Helmerich Hall
918-631-2220
alesia-martin@utulsa.edu

Baylee Spoon

Director of Engagement and Events

215-H Helmerich Hall
918-631-3726
baylee-spoon@utulsa.edu

Ashley Warren

Director of Professional Relations and Program Economics

918-631-3178
ashley-warren@utulsa.edu

Sandra Whitaker

Executive Assistant to the Dean

215-I Helmerich Hall
918-631-2278
sandra-whitaker@utulsa.edu

Points of Pride

  • All college programs are fully accredited by AACSB International, the premier accrediting body for business colleges.
  • The Risk Management Center provides our students with a lifelike financial laboratory (complete with stock ticker boards, extensive financial databases, Bloomberg terminals, computers, and computer software) to apply and extend the knowledge they have gained in the classroom.
  • Our internationally recognized faculty is committed to providing students with the best educational experience possible by sharing their talents, interests, knowledge, and vision in and out of the classroom.
  • Students have many opportunities to participate in research projects like the Tulsa Undergraduate Research Challenge (TURC)
  • Our Williams Student Services Center provides personalized academic advising and career guidance for business students.
  • Our low student-faculty ratio of 9-1 and small class sizes (on average 19 students per class) give students an incredible opportunity to work closely with professors and instructors in and out of the classroom.
  • All business students have opportunities to study abroad and participate in international study experiences. In addition, the college offers an undergraduate International Business and Language program.
  • The Student Investment Fund provides students with an opportunity to invest more than $5 million in real money in an environment similar to that of an investment management firm.
  • UTulsa is one of only 11 institutions in the country with an American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL) approved energy management major and energy minor to prepare students for careers in the energy industry.
  • Students may participate in a large variety of student organizations that supplement their coursework, while providing community service and professional networking opportunities.
  • All business students have an opportunity to compete in statewide, regional and national business plan competitions.
  • The Family-Owned Business Institute is the only resource center of its kind in the region. The institute offers programs to meet the needs of multi-generational family businesses and a specialized management degree focusing on family-owned business issues.
  • Friends of Finance is a professional organization that brings leading executives of national and international companies to the UTulsa campus eight times per year to share their knowledge and explore important business issues. These luncheons are attended by an average of 400 business executives, faculty and students.
  • The college offers accelerated degree plans including a 3+3 B.S.B.A. and law degree which enables a student to complete both degrees in six years, a 4+1 accounting undergraduate and master’s program which allows a student to complete both degrees and become eligible to take the CPA exam in five years and a 3+1.5 program which allows a student to complete a bachelor’s degree in a business discipline and a Master of Business Administration in four-and-a-half years.

Collins College of Business

Office of the Dean
215 Helmerich Hall

3102 E. Fifth St.
Tulsa, OK 74104

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