Joe Fetsch
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Joseph Fetsch

Senior Lecturer Management and Entrepreneurship

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Areas of Expertise

Leadership Management Accounting

Professional Activities

Colonel Fetsch was an Air Force officer for 25 years, serving primarily as an air traffic controller, airspace manager, and airfield/airport manager. His 14th and final military assignment was as commander of Auburn University’s Air Force ROTC. After retiring in 2012, he and his family chose to stay in Auburn.

Joe was a full-time Auburn student from January 2013 to December 2017, earning four degrees while marching in the Auburn University Marching Band and serving as a mentor and tutor to student-athletes. Additionally, he taught aviation management classes in 2013 and accounting classes in 2016 and 2017.

Mr. Fetsch started teaching management classes part-time in 2018, and he became a full-time lecturer in 2019. He is also a doctoral candidate pursuing a PhD in Adult Education at Auburn.


Education

  • MEd (Higher Education Administration), Auburn University, 2022
  • EdS (Adult Education), Auburn University, 2017
  • MAcc, Auburn University, 2016
  • MBA, Auburn University, 2015
  • BSBA (Accounting), Auburn University, 2014
  • Master of Military Operational Art and Science, USAF Air University, 2002
  • MA (Management), Webster University, 1996
  • BS (Electrical & Computer Engineering), Clarkson University, 1987

Current Courses

  • MNGT 3100 - Principles of Management
  • MNGT 3810 - Management Foundations
  • MNGT 5560/6560 - Leadership

Previous Courses Taught

  • ACCT 2210 - Principles of Managerial Accounting
  • AVMG 3200 - Applied Analysis in Air Transportation
  • AVMG 5970 - Special Topics in Aviation
  • MNGT 4400 - Organizational Change

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