Dr Fabian has published articles in several leading journals including Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management Studies, and Management International Review.   Frances concentrates on strategic decision making.  This interest has led to research on the corporate environment,  and the nature of information, knowledge and wisdom for organizations.

Though raised in South Pasadena, California, Frances took her undergraduate degree at Smith College and her MPP at Harvard University in Massachusetts. After 6 years with the Dallas, Los Angeles and San Francisco offices of the GAO, she left for her PhD with UT Austin.

Following Austin, she taught for 7 years at Tulane University in New Orleans, and 4 years with UNC Charlotte in North Carolina.  She is happily settled in the Memphis region in Bartlett, TN.