MLA (Oklahoma City) Professor Hobbs' primary teaching emphasis is in marketing. He has co-authored papers published in professional journals and periodicals. As coordinator of Applied Business Programs, Professor Hobbs is responsible for coordinating the Scholarship Program, internships and co-ops for Price College. Prior to joining the University of Oklahoma, he was president of a restaurant supply distributorship and also served as a division finance officer in the U.S. Army.

Address:

OU Price College of Business
Divisions of Marketing and Supply Chain Management
307 W. Brooks, suite 1H
Norman, Oklahoma 73019

Contact:

(405) 325-2668
jhobbs@ou.edu

Dr. Richard Little is the Associate Vice President for Outreach at the University of Oklahoma. He is responsible for program activity, credit and credit-free, in the areas of business, education, aviation, engineering, geosciences, arts & sciences, and economic development. He also administers the University's Advanced Programs activities for military education, providing eight different Master's Degrees delivered at 37 sites around the world. Managing a total budget of over $56M, he also is responsible for contracts with the US Postal Service with a work force of 235 personnel and the Federal Aviation Administration with 322 personnel, and Tinker Air Force Base. He works extensively managing, developing and administering programs for business, industry and the public sector. Through his efforts the University of Oklahoma has national contracts with the American Bankers Association, Federal Aviation Administration, United States Postal Service, Department of Homeland Security, the US Chamber of Commerce, US Department of Defense and the International Economic Development Council. He is active in the Price College of Business where he teaches in the College's signature undergraduate program, the First Fidelity Integrated Business Core (IBC). He teaches the management curriculum. Dr. Little is a member of the Dean's Business Development Committee and has been an advisor for business student activity groups. He also serves as a member of OU's graduate faculty by teaching courses in the areas of Human Resource Management, and Organizational Behavior. He has served on numerous national boards including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Excellence, and the Council of College and Military Educators, where he served as president. He has also earned a reputation for developing topic specific programs by request for professional client groups, companies and organizations. Dr. Little is a faculty member of the University's Price College of Business

During his tenure at the University of Oklahoma he has compiled an outstanding record and national reputation in the field of management, leadership and motivation as an innovator, consultant, and administrator. He brings to the University a unique blend of practical experience and knowledge gained from working with some of the country's most prestigious corporations. Fortune 500 companies Richard has worked with include Exxon, General Electric, Digital Equipment, Hewlett-Packard, Burlington Industries, Magnavox, Ford Motor Company, Borg-Warner, Morton Salt and Goodyear Aerospace. Federal agencies and professional groups include NASA, Department of Energy, Federal Aviation Administration, National Contract Management Association, American Medical Association, Conference of State Bank Supervisors American Bankers Association and Military Bases around the world. He has lectured on the campuses of Notre Dame, Stanford, Michigan State, University of Tennessee, University of Texas, University of California at Los Angeles, Ohio State University, Miami University, University of Colorado, Iowa State University, Oklahoma State University, Georgia Tech, and the United States Military Academies at Colorado Springs and West Point.

JD (Oklahoma) LL.M. (Tulsa) Michelle Shelly Grunsted teaches The Legal Environment of Business, Real Property Law, and International Business Law at the graduate and undergraduate level. Professor Grunsted also teaches Employment Law for the graduate programs and is the Director of the First Fidelity Integrated Business Core (IBC) program in which students develop, market, advertise and sell a product. The proceeds support a community service project they volunteer with throughout the semester.

Her work has appeared in many publications such as the Oklahoma Law Review, the Tulsa Law Review and the National Sovereignty Symposium. Professor Grunsted's research focuses on Native American issues of jurisdiction, Full Faith and Credit, and tribal courts. She also researches Employment law, International treaties, and federal/state/tribal court jurisdictional issues. Professor Grunsted has consulted with several Native American tribes in the areas of land and economic development, grant writing and implementation, and the design and implementation of tribal court regulatory and civil codes.