Dr. Cheryl Dale was appointed as the dean of the School of Business in 2005. She began her teaching career at Delta State University and joined William Carey University in 1997. Her areas of teaching are statistics, operations management, and management. Her main interest lies in quality management. She has served as an examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the Mississippi Quality Award, the Washington State Quality Awards, and the 2002 and 2003 Governor’s Achievement Awards. In 2008, Dr. Dale was appointed as the Thomson Endowed Chair at William Carey University. In 2009, she was selected as the WCU Administrator of the year by the Student Government Association and the WCU HEADWAE recipient. She currently serves as vice president of the Southern Regional Assembly of the International Assembly of Collegiate Business Education (IACBE). She is a member and co-advisor for the WCU chapter of the Society for Advancement of Management and a member of Sigma Beta Delta international honor society.

Ph.D., Operations Management | University of Alabama
Master of Business Administration | University of Southern Mississippi
Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering | Mississippi State University