Higher Education Center
Meet the Staff
Dr. Joan McBee
Welcome to Southern Oregon University. My name is Dr. Joan McBee, and I am the advisor for the Business Degree Completion Program as well as Director of the Medford Campus. The degree completion program is offered both online and at night in Medford. I sometimes teach marketing and management courses in the program, so you may not only have me as your advisor, but you might have me as your instructor as well.
The Business Degree Completion Program began in 1997 with a grant from the Oregon legislature. It started as a night and weekend program in Medford to help working adults return to college and finish their degree. The program continues to grow making it possible for adults to now complete their upper division coursework in management or accounting online.
Before coming to SOU in 1997, I taught for five years at Southwestern Oregon Community College in Coos Bay. I also spent two years teaching in the business department at Rogue Community College. Prior to teaching, I sold mutual funds and real estate investments, financed commercial loans, and worked as a title officer for an escrow company.
My education includes a BS degree (1985), an MBA degree (1991), both from Southern Oregon State College. In 2007, I completed my Doctorate in Business Administration from Argosy University in Orange, California. My dissertation research examined factors that lead to persistence of the nontraditional students.
I currently live in Shady Cove with my husband and one of our seven children. The other six are grown and in college or working. I am a proud grandmother of two! My hobbies include running, fishing, and collecting antique fishing lures. I am the assistant cross country coach for Eagle Point Hight School in the fall and spend most of my summers bass fishing.
