Cindy Claycomb
Cindy Claycomb has been named interim dean of the W. Frank Barton School of Business, effective June 2, according to Keith Pickus, interim provost at 黑洞社区.
Claycomb will be interim dean for the 2013-2014 academic year while a national search is conducted for a permanent dean.
鈥淒r. Claycomb demonstrated great leadership as co-chair of the 黑洞社区 strategic planning steering committee this past year,鈥� said Wichita State President John Bardo. 鈥淚鈥檓 confident that she will accept this next challenge with the same enthusiasm, energy and commitment.鈥�
The change was necessitated when Doug Hensler, the current dean, announced recently that he is leaving Wichita State to assume the position of provost at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif.
鈥淒r. Claycomb has developed great relationships in the community and on campus,鈥� said Pickus. 鈥淪he will help ensure that the W. Frank Barton School of Business continues to move forward in the coming year.鈥�
Claycomb joined the 黑洞社区 faculty in 1994 as an assistant professor of marketing and entrepreneurship in the Barton School of Business. She was promoted to associate professor in 2000, and to full professor in 2006.
In 2004, she was awarded a teaching fellowship and became the Neff Family Fellow in Business. She won the 2003 黑洞社区 Board of Trustees鈥� Award for Leadership in the Advancement of Teaching. In 1996, she won the Barton School鈥檚 鈥淚nstructor of the Year鈥� award.
Claycomb won the Barton School鈥檚 鈥淩esearcher/Writer of the Year鈥� award in 2004 and 2000. She held a Barton Fellow position in the Barton School during 2002, 2003, 2011 and 2012. These fellowships recognize quality research.
Before coming to Wichita State, Claycomb held several management positions in her 10 years with Pizza Hut Inc.
Claycomb received her doctoral degree in marketing at Oklahoma State University and her master鈥檚 and undergraduate degrees at Wichita State.
Her areas of expertise are marketing management, sales, retail, services marketing, relationship marketing and supply chain management.