James Payne
Dean, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University at Oklahoma State University
📍 Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States
James Payne is the Dean of the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University, a role he assumed in 2023. An accomplished economist with a Ph. D. from Florida State University, he has extensive leadership experience, having previously served as dean at three other universities and as a provost.
He is recognized by Stanford University and Elsevier as being among the top 2% of scientists in the world based on citation impact.
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12 Years
Current Role
Dean, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University
Location
Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States
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Priorities
Topics James cares about
Higher Education Leadership
Has built a long career leading business schools, having served as Dean at four different major universities, including Oklahoma State and The University of Texas at El Paso.
Economic Research
He is a prolific academic economist with over 200 peer-reviewed articles and is ranked by RePEc in the top 5% of economists worldwide.
Career
Work history
7-2023
Dean, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma State University
5-2019
Dean, Woody L. Hunt College of Business
The University of Texas at El Paso
5-2017 - 4-2019
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Benedictine University
7-2014 - 4-2017
Dean, J. Whitney Bunting College of Business
Georgia College & State University
1-2013 - 6-2014
Provost
University of New Orleans
In the press
Media appearances
Payne named dean for Spears Business. Featured in Oklahoma State University News
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A Respected Resume. Featured in Oklahoma State University Magazine – Discover
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Education
1987 - 1989
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Florida State University
1985 - 1987
Master’s Degree
Florida State University
Social presence
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