Background 

Katrice Branner is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. She earned her Doctorate in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where she was also a lecturer of business information systems and operations management. Prior to joining academia, Katrice spent over 20 years in industry as the president of a small business consulting firm, a Senior Vice President at Bank of America, and a chemical engineer with The Dow Chemical Company.  She obtained her MBA from Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management and her Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from the University of Tennessee. 

Research Interest 

With a passion for small business and scholarly teaching, my research interests focus on the following:

• Entrepreneurship | Entrepreneurial Orientation | Entrepreneurial Passion
• Small Business Resilience | Small Business Operations Management
• Student Engagement, Belonging, and Community

Education 

• DBA, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2020 
• MBA, Vanderbilt University, 2006 
• BS, Chemical Engineering, The University of Tennessee, 1998