Faculty & Staff
Allison Burrus
Allison L. Burrus, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Business at ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿, where she has taught since 2019. Her teaching centers on learning by doing. She builds her courses around real-world scenarios and applied assignments, so students practice the kinds of decisions and problems they will face in their careers. She draws on nearly a decade of professional experience as an auditor at BKD and Integra Bank, an accounting analyst at ADM, and Chief Financial Officer of the ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿ Coalition Against Domestic Violence. She also continues to consult with organizations on employee selection, 360 feedback, and data analysis, which keeps her classroom examples current. At ³Õºº¾ãÀÖ²¿, she is involved with the development of online courses and teaches courses in human resources management. She regularly mentors students on research projects presented at the college's Celebration of Excellence. Her own research in industrial and organizational psychology examines time management, career calling, and workplace well-being, and has been published in the Journal of Counseling Psychology and the Journal of Career Development. Burrus is a .
What do you enjoy most about working with students?
I really enjoy class discussions with students, learning their perspective helps me view my discipline with new eyes. In a consumer behavior course, students create short videos explaining theories from the course in unique ways. The creativity of the students and diversity of videos produced is so fun to observe.
Dr. Burrus consistently leaves me with the confidence that I am prepared for my future endeavors. Between the day-to-day syllabus work she assigns, the variety of outlets for course information, the diverse guest speakers and challenging projects, I always leave her classroom with my questions answered and the knowledge that I am growing academically. Because of her unique syllabus and warm classroom presence, when I finish the semester I know that I am walking away with a strong understanding of the topic at hand.