Dr. Ryan Douglas Assistant Professor of Business
POINT LOOKOUT, MO. — College of the Ozarks is entering the 2024-2025 academic year with four new faculty members. The College is excited to welcome these members onto campus.
Dr. Ryan Douglas will serve as assistant professor of business at College of the Ozarks. Before College of the Ozarks, Douglas worked as a business consultant for Cerner Corporation, and then he worked as an accountant in their finance department. After that, he served as a project accountant for Burns and McDonnell, staff accountant for Ferrellgas Partners, L.P., and an accountant for Mediware Information Systems, now known as WellSky. In higher education, he served as business faculty at Grantham University, now known as University of Arkansas Grantham. Douglas served in a faculty position at Highland Community College. For the past six years, he has served in a faculty position at the University of Mount Olive. Douglas also served as the department chair of accounting and cybersecurity, then as the department chair of economics and finance. Douglas earned his bachelor's degree in accounting at Northwest Missouri State University, and then earned his master’s degree in business administration. He earned his doctorate in business administration from California Southern University. Douglas is married to his wife of 12 years and is raising two young daughters.