Featured Faculty

Trident University is unique among online Universities in that it actively conducts research on a regular basis.  TUI has more than a 90% doctoral faculty including many professors who are leaders in their fields and are actively publishing with our Ph.D. students.

TUI is not simply shaped by its faculty; rather, they define it. Recognizing this, we are proud to feature

Dr. Wendy Wang

Professor for Information Systems

"I believe online education is the direction of where we are going. I have already seen many traditional schools adopting this online education work mode. I consider Trident is more like a pioneer in this field.” Read More

Dr. Frank Gomez

Program Director for Health Sciences

"Trident is a fascinating place to teach, because we work with students that live in the real world. Our graduate students bring real world experience to the classroom and for faculty that is exciting because we like to stay at the cutting edge and work with our students." Read More

Dr. Lisa L Mohanty

Program Director, General Education

"By facilitating the development and use of critical thinking skills of our students, a teacher promotes real learning and understanding, not just superficial memorization of the material." Read More

Dr. Debra J. Louis

Program Director for Business Administration Masters Programs

"I came to Trident in 2003 when it was very new. I was attracted to the idea of building an entirely different type of University – one that offered classroom quality education in a completely online environment." Read More

Dr. Stephen Pollard and Dr. Josh Shackman

Presented their manuscript "What does the Penn World Table 7.0 tell us about Government Expenditure and Economic Growth?" at the Academy of Business Research Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada November 14-16, 2011 and won the “Best Paper” award at the Academy of Business Research conference. The paper was published in the International Journal of Economics and Management Sciences.

Dr. Stephen K. Pollard has a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the Ohio State University. He is a senior economist with over 30 years of experience investigating and analyzing credit management, agricultural/rural credit, lending policies, collections, delinquency control, loan administration, and macrofinancial policy. Read More

Dr. Joshua D. Shackman has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles. His current research interests include the economics of corruption, national culture, and international finance. Read More