Faculty Directory and Expertise
Edward Ackerley
Faculty, Career Track, Eller College Department of Marketing
Areas of Expertise
Advertising
Creativity
Leadership
Anil Agarwal
Adjunct Instructor in International Business
Areas of Expertise
Global Brand Management
Global Marketing
International business
Carlos J. Alsua
Professor of Practice
Academic Director, Global Entrepreneurship
Areas of Expertise
Cross cultural management
Global entrepreneurship and innovation
Global ethics
Global leadership
Implementation of managerial practices in developing economies
Motivation in an international context
Positive psychology
Heather Altman
Senior Lecturer in Accounting
Areas of Expertise
Government and not-for-profit accounting
Managerial accounting
Anne Anderson
Senior Lecturer
Areas of Expertise
Corporate Governance
Corporate Restructuring
Markets and Institutions
Mergers and Acquisitions
Regulation
Valuation
Lehman Benson III
Vice President of Black Advancement and Engagement, University of Arizona
Associate Professor of Management and Organizations
Associate Professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering
Areas of Expertise
Conflict management and negotiations
Judgment and decision making
Risk management
Sports management
Alice Bonaime
Finance Department Head
Philip Rhoads Endowed Professor in Finance
Areas of Expertise
Empirical Corporate Finance
Mergers and Acquisitions
Payout Policy
Product Market Competition
Share Repurchases
Laura Brandimarte
Associate Professor of Management Information Systems
Areas of Expertise
Privacy and behavioral economics
Cheryl Brodersen
Senior Lecturer, Business Communication
Areas of Expertise
Intercultural Communication
Effective business writing
Online and distance education
ESL and post-traditional student (veterans, LD) success
David Brown
Associate Professor of Finance
Brian and Clara Franke Endowed Chair in Finance
Areas of Expertise
Asset management
Early-stage financing and IPOs
Institutional investors
Price feedback and price informativeness
Taxes and retirement planning
Susan Brown
Stevie Eller Professor
Areas of Expertise
Diffusion of Misinformation
Individual Motivations for and Consequences of IT Use
Mediated Interactions
Research Methods
Merrie Brucks
Professor Emerita, Marketing
Areas of Expertise
Buyer knowledge and expertise
Children's responses to advertising
Marketing communications
Psychology of consumer decision making
James Brushwood
Director of Graduate Programs, Dhaliwal-Reidy School of Accountancy
Senior Lecturer in Accounting
Areas of Expertise
Financial accounting
Accounting for Income Taxes
Stock-Based Compensation
Zhi Cao
Assistant Professor, Management and Organizations
Areas of Expertise
Behavioral Theory of the Firm
Entrepreneurship
Organizational Learning
Technical Innovation
Kevin Cassell
Senior Lecturer, Business Communication
Areas of Expertise
Course-based business simulations
Cross-cultural communication
Impression management
Learner Experience Design
Presentation design and delivery
Professional scientific and technical writing
Rhetorical theory and praxis
Scott Cederburg
Professor of Finance
Thomas C. Moses Endowed Chair in Finance
Areas of Expertise
Asset pricing (empirical and theoretical): factor models, cross-sectional anomalies, long-run risk, asset allocation and applied Bayesian econometrics
Hsinchun Chen
UA Regents' Professor of MIS
Thomas R. Brown Chair in Management and Technology
Director, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Director, AZSecure Cybersecurity Program
Areas of Expertise
Cybersecurity and cyber threat intelligence
Data mining, text mining and web mining
Digital library and search engines
Health analytics and mobile health
Health informatics and security informatics
Knowledge management and business intelligence
Shannon Chen
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Areas of Expertise
Corporate tax avoidance
Tax disclosure
Tax-motivated income shifting
Mei Cheng
Associate Professor of Accounting
Eller Fellow
Areas of Expertise
Disclosures and Related Economic Consequences
Market Intermediaries
Mikel Chertudi
Co-Director & Senior Lecturer, Business Communication
Areas of Expertise
International business and cross-cultural communication
Small business development
Strategic communication
Preeti Choudhary
Professor of Accounting
Eller Fellow
Areas of Expertise
Capital markets financial accounting
Financial reporting for taxes
Financial reporting reliability and auditing
Materiality
Recognition versus disclosure
Christian Cox
Assistant Professor of Economics
Areas of Expertise
Industrial Organization
Political Economics
Faiz Currim
Professor of Practice in MIS
Assistant Director, INSITE: Center for Business Intelligence and Analytics
Areas of Expertise
Data modeling
Data security and privacy
Healthcare data management
Temporal and spatial data management
XML Schema
Inga Deimen
Assistant Professor of Economics
Areas of Expertise
Economics of information
Game theory
John Delaney
Senior Lecturer, Business Communication
Areas of Expertise
Communicating analytics
Consulting
Corporate training
Professional writing and presenting
Jeremy Douthit
Associate Professor of Accounting
Eller Fellow
Areas of Expertise
Budgetary reporting
Management control systems
Managerial decision making
Sarah Doyle
Associate Professor of Management and Organizations
Areas of Expertise
Cooperation and competition
Interpersonal and intergroup relations
Interpersonal helping
Social hierarchy
Status
John Z. Drabicki
Vice Chair of Economics
Associate Professor of Economics
McCoy/Rogers Faculty Fellow
McClelland Fellow
Areas of Expertise
Macroeconomics
International economics
Applied microeconomic theory
Sandra Du Plessis
Adjunct Lecturer, McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship
Associate Director, Venture Programs
Margaret Ebeling
Lecturer in Marketing
Aleksander P.J. Ellis
Stephen P. Robbins Chair in Organizational Behavior
Research Director, Center for Leadership Ethics
Areas of Expertise
Counterproductive behavior, specifically unethical and deviant behavior in the workplace
Human resource management issues, including turnover and performance appraisal
The behavior of groups and teams in organizations
Price V. Fishback
Regents Professor
APS Professor of Economics
Areas of Expertise
Economic history
Labor Economics
Law and economics
Political economy and regulation
Anthony Fortunato
Adjunct Lecturer in MIS
Areas of Expertise
Enterprise security management
Leadership
Network management and security
Systems administration
Team Dynamics
Michael Fricke
Professor of Practice in Management and Organizations
Associate Director, Center for Leadership Ethics
Areas of Expertise
Behavioral ethics
Commercial law
Corporate law
Corporate social responsibility
Intellectual property
Yong Ge
Associate Professor of Management Information Systems
Eller Fellow
Areas of Expertise
Business analytics
Data mining
Machine learning
Recommender systems
Anastasiya Pocheptsova Ghosh
Associate Dean, Partnerships
Eller Partnerships Office
Eller Executive Education
Areas of Expertise
Field experiments and behavioral interventions
Financial industry and fintech
Judgment and decision making
Online retail
Bikram Ghosh
Associate Professor of Marketing
Eller Fellow
Areas of Expertise
Effect of user-generated review of products on firm competition and strategy
Social movements
Mrinal Ghosh
Gary M. Munsinger Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Areas of Expertise
Business models in technological markets and entrepreneurial ventures
Designing win-win cooperative relationships in marketing channels and business markets
Healthcare marketing
Pricing strategies in technology and business markets
Salesforce design and compensation
Eyran Gisches
Senior Lecturer in Management Information Systems
Manager, Organizational Behavior Laboratory
Areas of Expertise
Behavioral game theory
Behavioral operations management
Interactive decisions in networks
Revenue management
Barry Goldman
Associate Professor of Management and Organizations
McClelland Fellow
Areas of Expertise
Human resource management
Conflict management and negotiation
Organizational justice
Employee legal-claiming
Social exchange
Ken Gyure
Senior Lecturer, MIS
Areas of Expertise
Business strategy
Earned Value
Operations
Project Management
Supply chain
George W. Hammond
Economic and Business Research Center Director
Research Professor
Areas of Expertise
Energy forecasting
Higher education and human capital accumulation
Regional economic forecasting
Workforce development
Matthew J. Hashim
Associate Professor of MIS
Associate Director, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Eller Fellow
Interim MIS Department Head
Areas of Expertise
Digital privacy
Electronic commerce
Experimental and behavioral economics
Information security and privacy
Daniel J. Herbst
Assistant Professor of Economics
Areas of Expertise
Higher education
Household finance
Labor Economics
Max Hewitt
Associate Professor of Accounting
Eller Fellow
Areas of Expertise
Forecasting and valuation implications of financial statement information
Implications of financial statement presentation
Investors’ reaction to disaggregated financial statement information
Brian Hilligoss
Associate Professor of Management and Organizations
Peter and Nancy Salter Fellow in Healthcare Management
Areas of Expertise
Coordination
Healthcare management
High-reliability organizations
Organizational change
Organizational routines
Sensemaking
Caitlin Hills
Senior Lecturer, Business Communication
Areas of Expertise
Legal analysis
Nonprofit management
Online and distance education
Professional writing
Lance Hoopes
Adjunct Lecturer in MIS
Associate Director, Information Assurance and Security Education Center
Areas of Expertise
Information security and information assurance
Information security risk management
Balint Horvath
Lecturer in Finance
Areas of Expertise
Banking
Financial Economics
International finance
Regulation
Songcui Hu
Associate Professor of Management and Organizations
Eller Fellow
Areas of Expertise
Adaptive aspirations (goals) and attention allocation
Behavioral strategy
Behavioral Theory of the Firm
Firm risk-taking behavior
Organizational Learning
M. Gray Hunter
Senior Lecturer, Business Analytics
Assistant Director, Business Analytics
Areas of Expertise
Economics of education
Labor Economics
Public economics
Justin Jarvis
Senior Lecturer in Economics
Director of Master's Studies
Areas of Expertise
Business strategy
Homelessness
University teaching
Catherine Jennings
Senior Lecturer, Business Communication
Areas of Expertise
Building and sustaining high performing teams
Data Visualization and Storytelling
Leveraging Technology for Success
Perception Management and Executive Coaching (Hogan Certified)
Presentation Coaching
Strategic Planning and Communication
Women's Leadership Development
Janeé Johnson
Associate Director, Dhaliwal-Reidy School of Accountancy
Senior Lecturer in Accounting
Areas of Expertise
Tax compliance
Financial accounting
Ryan Johnson
Adjunct Lecturer in Economics
Areas of Expertise
Economic history
Labor arbitration
Law and economics
Kathleen Kahle
Ann Griffin Endowed Chair in Finance
Areas of Expertise
Capital Structure
Corporate Finance
Equity issues and repurchases
Paul Kealey
Lecturer in Management Information Systems
Associate Director, Information Assurance and Security Education Center
Areas of Expertise
Information security and privacy
Information security risk management
Network management and security
Systems administration
Aamir Khan
Principal Lecturer in Finance
Director, MSF Career Management and Experiential Learning
Areas of Expertise
Behavioral finance
Empirical asset pricing
Financial market contagion
Price discovery
Valuation
Jasper Kim
Senior Lecturer, Management & Organizations
Areas of Expertise
AI, Tech Innovation, FinTech and LegalTech
Business Law (US / Comparative / International)
Business strategy and decision making
Persuasion and Negotiations
Sandy Klasa
Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Finance
Areas of Expertise
Capital Structure
Corporate Governance
Entrepreneurial Finance
Mergers and Acquisitions
Tamar Kugler
Associate Professor of Management and Organizations
Eller Fellow
Areas of Expertise
Emotions and decision making
Group decision making
Inter-group conflict
Interactive decision making
Trust
Ashley Langer
Associate Professor of Economics
Areas of Expertise
Environmental and energy economics
Industrial Organization
Transportation economics
Derek Lemoine
Director of Graduate Studies
Professor of Economics
Areas of Expertise
Climate change
Decision making under uncertainty and over time
Environmental and energy economics
Technological change
Gondy Leroy
Research Director, Center for Management Innovations in Healthcare
Associate Dean for Research
Professor of MIS
Areas of Expertise
Human computer interaction and user studies
Medical and biomedical informatics
Natural language processing, text mining and text analytics
Search engines, information retrieval/extraction and understanding by consumers
Yong Liu
Vice Dean, Programs and Strategic Initiatives
Director, HSLopez School of Business Analytics
HSLopez Endowed Chair
Professor of Marketing
Areas of Expertise
Competitive strategies for business and nonprofits
Firm strategies during product-harm crisis
Innovation and business models
Marketing strategies for media and cultural products, especially movie marketing
Social interactions and new media
Alison Mackie
Lecturer, Dhaliwal-Reidy School of Accountancy
Areas of Expertise
Internal Control
Government Budgeting
Managerial accounting
Michael Mandel
Senior Lecturer, Business Communication
Areas of Expertise
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as a strategic advantage
Hogan Assessments coaching and training
Management consulting
Reputation Management at individual and organizational levels
Strategic communication
Visual design strategies
Brent Marinan
Senior Lecturer, Business Analytics
Areas of Expertise
Actuarial probability
Business intelligence
International marketing
Brandon Marshall
Lecturer in MIS
Areas of Expertise
Interpersonal relationships
Decision making and problem solving
Critical thinking and interpersonal communication
Evan Martin-Casler
Lecturer, Business Communiation
Areas of Expertise
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Leadership
Negotiation, Mediation, and Conflict Resolution
Teaching and Teacher Education
Writing and editing
Laurent Mathevet
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
Environmental and energy economics
Industrial Organization
Transportation economics
Katie Maxwell
Undergraduate Program Director, Dhaliwal-Reidy School of Accountancy
Principal Lecturer in Accounting
Areas of Expertise
Financial accounting
Management accounting
Ann McGrath
Senior Lecturer in Accounting
Areas of Expertise
Auditing
Communications
Financial accounting
Healthcare financial analysis
Healthcare resource management
Healthcare strategic planning
Managerial accounting
Paul Melendez
University Distinguished Outreach Professor
Founder, Center for Leadership Ethics
Areas of Expertise
Organizational ethics
International business
Innovative thinking
Marisa Michaels
Co-Director, Business Communication
Lecturer, Business Communication
University of Arizona Faculty Fellow
Areas of Expertise
Impression management
Interpersonal communication
Organizational Behavior
Presentation design
Public speaking coaching and consulting
Paul Michas
Professor of Accounting
Deloitte Professor of Accounting since 2021
Areas of Expertise
Auditing
Emerging markets
International and cross-country accounting/auditing
Adam Molnar
Lecturer, Business Analytics
Academic Director, Business Analytics, MSBA Program
Areas of Expertise
Probability and Language
Research Methods
Statistics Education
Amber Montz Richard
Senior Lecturer, Business Communication
Areas of Expertise
Instructional design and educational technology
Professional and Leadership Presence
Strategic Interpersonal Communication
Michael Myers
Associate Director, Center for Management Innovations in Healthcare
Adjunct Lecturer, Management & Organizations
Todd C. Neumann
Senior Lecturer in Economics
Areas of Expertise
Economic history
Labor economics and industrial organization
William T. Neumann
Professor of Practice in MIS
Director, BS/MS Professional Programs
Honors Professor and Faculty Fellow
Areas of Expertise
Enterprise systems and infrastructure
Information security risk management
Jesper Nielsen
Marketing Department Head
Director, Rising Stars in Marketing
Areas of Expertise
Attention
Emotion
Psychology
Charles Noussair
Eller Professor of Economics
Director, Economic Science Laboratory
Areas of Expertise
Experimental economics
Jay F. Nunamaker
UA Regents' Professor of MIS
Soldwedel Chair in Management Information Systems
Director, Center for the Management of Information
Areas of Expertise
Collaboration technology
Decision support and decision centers
Patti Ota
Associate Professor of MIS
Areas of Expertise
Critical thinking and interpersonal communication
Decision making and problem solving
System design
Karen Otto
Senior Lecturer in Accounting
Areas of Expertise
Auditing
Financial accounting
Information systems
Juan Pantano
Professor of Economics
Areas of Expertise
Empirical microeconomics
Health economics
Labor Economics
Erin Paradise
Lecturer, Management & Organizations
Areas of Expertise
Organizational leadership
Public speaking
Talent development
Teaching and coaching
Mark W. Patton
Senior Lecturer in Management Information Systems
Program Administrator, AZSecure Cybersecurity Program
Areas of Expertise
Agent-based systems
Cybersecurity and security informatics
Decision support systems for automated deception identification
Organizational modeling and simulation
Mark Peterson
Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Areas of Expertise
Family business
Global entrepreneurship
Hybrid entrepreneurship
Retail and online selling
Asaf Plan
Senior Lecturer in Economics
Director, Master's Program, Department of Economics
Areas of Expertise
Behavioral theory
Game theory
Microeconomic theory
Nathan Podsakoff
Department Head, Management and Organizations
Eller Professor
Areas of Expertise
Employee citizenship/prosocial behavior
Influence and Leadership
Methods of organizational research
Organizational stress
Scholarly impact in the field of management
James L. Powell
Economics Department Head
Professor of Economics
Areas of Expertise
Econometrics
Statistical modeling
Sudha Ram
Anheuser-Busch Foundation Professorship for Entrepreneurial Business Studies
Professor of Management Information Systems
Director of INSITE: Center for Business Intelligence and Analytics
Areas of Expertise
AI Interpretability and Explainable AI
Big Data Analytics
Health Care Analytics
Large Scale Network Science and Data Mining
Machine learning
Sami Raynes
Adjunct Lecturer in Accounting
Areas of Expertise
Forensic accounting
Auditing
Financial accounting
Martin Reimann
Associate Professor, Marketing, and McClelland Fellow
Director, Arizona Think Tank for Behavioral Decision Making
External Faculty Affiliate, Stanford Institute for Research in the Social Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Brands and branding
Consumer experiences
Consumer neuroscience
Consumer psychology
Emotional-motivational states predicting consumer behavior
Product design and aesthetics
Social relations with humans, products, pets, and AI
Andrea Rossi
Assistant Professor of Finance
Sheafe/Neill/Estes Fellow in Finance
Areas of Expertise
Asset management
Corporate insiders
Investor behavior
Private equity
Tirthankar Roy
Senior Lecturer of Marketing
Director of Master's Program in Marketing
Areas of Expertise
Marketing strategy
Pricing
International marketing
Carletta Sanders
Adjunct Lecturer, Business Communication
Areas of Expertise
Ethical Communication
Intercultural Communication
Organizational Behavior
Personal Branding and Professional Persona
Jason Sandvik
Associate Professor of Finance
Areas of Expertise
CEO/Corporate Activism
Corporate Finance
Disclosure Policy
Labor Economics
Diza Sauers
Professor of Practice, Emerita, Business Communication
Areas of Expertise
Corporate communication Strategy
Data Storytelling
E-learning and simulations
Executive coaching
Jennifer Savary
Associate Professor of Marketing
Terry J. and Tina Lundgren Endowed Chair for Marketing and Retail
Co-director of the Lundgren Retail Collaborative
Areas of Expertise
Consumer psychology
Identity and Self-signaling
Judgment and Decision-making
Motivation and goals
Katina Sawyer
Associate Professor of Management and Organizations
Areas of Expertise
Diversity/equity and inclusion in organizations
Employee well-being
positive organizational scholarship
Jeffrey Schatzberg
Professor, Accounting
Frances McClelland Chair of Accounting
Areas of Expertise
Auditing issues
Behavioral and managerial/cost accounting
Oliver Schilke
Professor of Management and Organizations
Professor of Sociology (by courtesy)
Director, Center for Trust Studies
External Faculty Affiliate, Stanford University's Institute for Research in the Social Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Collaborations (including strategic alliances)
Institutional theory
Organizational routines/capabilities
Social cognition
Trust
Richard Sias
Professor of Finance
Tyler Family Endowed Chair in Finance
Areas of Expertise
Asset pricing
Investments
Investor behavior
Valuation
Sherri Silverberg
Lecturer in Accounting
Areas of Expertise
Financial accounting
Managerial accounting
Jerel Slaughter
Eller Professor of Management and Organizations
Areas of Expertise
Counterproductive and unethical behavior in organizations
Leader personality and well-being
Pre-employment selection tests
Recruitment and job search
Hilmi Songur
Senior Lecturer in Finance
Areas of Expertise
Corporate Finance
Investment analysis
Valuation
Mark Stegeman
Associate Professor of Economics
Areas of Expertise
Game theory
Industrial Organization
Microeconomic theory
Rob Stussie
Senior Lecturer in Accounting
Areas of Expertise
Auditing
Consolidation accounting
Financial accounting
Jayanthi Sunder
Dhaliwal-HSLopez Chair in Accounting
Areas of Expertise
Compensation contracting
Debt contracting
Financial reporting and capital markets
Shyam Sunder
Director, Dhaliwal-Reidy School of Accountancy
Lou Myers Professor of Accounting
Areas of Expertise
Financial accounting
Financial analysts
Financial disclosure/statements
Financial reporting
Evan J. Taylor
Associate Professor of Economics
Areas of Expertise
Applied econometrics
Labor Economics
Migration
Joseph Valacich
Muzzy Endowed Chair
Areas of Expertise
Deception and fraud detection
Human-computer interaction
Tech entrepreneurship
Technology-mediated collaboration
Ricardo Valerdi
Professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering
Director, Sports Management Program
Pac-12 Faculty Athletics Representative
Areas of Expertise
Concussion education
Consultancy for professional and collegiate sports
Product development
Sports analytics
Ben Van Landuyt
Associate Professor of Accounting
Areas of Expertise
Auditing
Experimental economics
Financial reporting
Sangeetha Venkataramani
Assistant Marketing Department Head
Lecturer in Marketing
Areas of Expertise
Healthcare marketing
Marketing analytics
Marketing research
Melanie Wallendorf
Professor Emerita
Areas of Expertise
Ethnic, gender, racial and class differences in consumption and its meanings
Political ideology and consumption
Socio-cultural shaping of consumers' use of space
Sociological aspects of consumer behavior
The development of taste cultures
Caleb Warren
Susan and Philip Hagenah Fellowship in Marketing
Areas of Expertise
Emotions
Goal pursuit
Symbolic value
Nooshin Warren
Associate Professor of Marketing
Eller Faculty Fellow
Areas of Expertise
Corporate activism and corporate political culture
Financial consequences of marketing actions and assets
Firm/stock market communication strategies
Purpose driven marketing
David Weber
Senior Lecturer of Management Information Systems
Areas of Expertise
eSports
IT for development
Microfinance
Risk management
Matthijs Wildenbeest
Professor of Economics
Areas of Expertise
Applied econometrics
Applied microeconomics
Industrial Organization
Tiemen Woutersen
Eller Professor of Economics
Areas of Expertise
Duration models
Econometrics
Identification of IO models
Panel data models
Mo Xiao
Professor of Economics
Eller Fellow
Areas of Expertise
Applied microeconomics
Industrial Organization
Seokjun Youn
Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems
Areas of Expertise
Applied Econometrics, Discrete Optimization, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing
Health IT, Patient Portal, Online Health Communities
Human-AI Collaboration, Applications of AI
Operational Efficiency in Healthcare Delivery Systems
Patient Flow and Healthcare Resource Management
Supply Chain Management and Logistics
Jeff Jiewei Yu
Associate Professor of Accounting
Areas of Expertise
Banking
Debt contracting
Information Externalities
Short Selling
Yufei Zhong
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Interpersonal relationships
Power and Status Dynamics
Social hierarchy
