Faculty Research Expertise

Field of Study

Accounting
Faculty Name Areas of Research Expertise
Thomas Amlie Financial Disclosures, Earnings Management, Financial Assumptions (pension plans and incentive compensation plans) 
Thomas Buttross Managerial Accounting Education and Advanced Managerial Accounting Tools and Techniques, especially those related to the lean movement
Renee Flasher Ethics, Standard Setting, Fraud Enforcement & Prosecution, Data Breaches
Seung Won Lee CEO Turnover, Executive Compensation, Corporate Governance, Corporate Innovation, Earnings Management, Financial Analysts, Merger & Acquisition
Jody Salsman Taxation, Financial Reporting, Whistleblowing
Richard Scheib Taxation, Business Law, Elder Law
Haimeng Teng Climate Risk, Corporate Taxation, Income Shifting, Organization Capital, Financial Disclosure

Economics
Faculty Name Areas of Research Expertise
Nihal Bayraktar Macroeconomics, Microeconomic Foundations of Macroeconomics, Applied Economics, Development Economics, Public Finance
David Buehler  International Trade, Economic Integration, International Development, International Migration, Labor Economics, Sports Economics
Indrit Hoxha Macroeconomics, Financial Economics, Real Estate Economics
Zeliha Ozdogan Macroeconomics, Financial Crises, International Finance, Quantitative Business Analysis
Sabri Yilmaz Applied Microeconomics, Economic Networks, Trade, Real Estate Economics, Mathematical Economics

Finance
Faculty Name Areas of Research Expertise
Qiang Bu Mutual Funds, Portfolio Management, Behavioral Finance
Rajib Chowdhury Corporate Bankruptcy, CEO Compensation, Corporate Governance, CSR, M&A, Corporate Cash Holding, Hedging, Dividend Policy, Information Asymmetry, Geographic Influence
Patrick Cusatis Corporate Restructuring, Derivative Securities, Portfolio Management, Fixed Income Capital Markets, Municipal Finance
Premal Vora Corporate Financing Decisions, Household Investment Decisions

Human Capital Management
Faculty Name Areas of Research Expertise
Faiza Abbas Management Practices, Labor Markets, Worker Rights, Gender Issues
Mohammad Ali Employment Relations, International Labor Standards, Strategic Human Resource Manage
Ray Gibney Employee-Employer Relationship, Labor Unions
Stephen P. Schappe Fairness in Organizations, Union-Management Relations, Performance Management, Citizenship Behavior, Organizational Commitment, Job Satisfaction

Information Systems
Faculty Name Areas of Research Expertise
Khaleed Fuad Digital Innovation, Digital Transformation, Artificial Intelligence, Business Value of IT
Roderick Lee Strategic IT Alignment and Organizational Agility, Human-Centered Design, Innovation Adoption and Resistance, STEM Education & Workforce  
Parag Pendharkar Management Information Systems, Direct Marketing & Consumer Credit Screening, Distributed Artificial Intelligence, Genetic Algorithms, Inductive Learning, Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic, Case-based Reasoning, Information Systems & Decision Support in Manufacturing, IS Implementation, Quality Issues in Health Care & Production Industry
Girish H. Subramanian Software Engineering, CASE Tools, Information Systems Management, International Software Development, Systems Integration

Management
Faculty Name Areas of Research Expertise
Arpita Agnihotri Strategic Management, Marketing Management, International Business
Richard Brown Corporate Political Activity (Lobbying, Regulatory Capture), Corporate Failure (Managerial Dysfunctions, Bankruptcy), Franchising (Franchisor-Franchisee Power Dynamics), Oligopolistic Competition (Cartelization, Anti-Trust, Monopoly Power)
William Kline Managerial/Entrepreneurial Decision Theory, Corporate Political Activity, Executive Compensation, Firm Performance
Amanda Merryman Employee Engagement & Motivation, Employee Voice in Organizations, Socially Responsible/Mission-Driven Business, Gender & Organizations
David Morand Power & Politeness, Status Leveling, Climate Change & Organizations
Dale Watson Multi-team Systems, Team Adaptation & Team Resiliency, Leading Change & Innovation, Team Coordination, Strategic Leadership
Teng Zhang Conflict Management & Negotiation, Social Hierarchy in Organizations, Behavioral Ethics & Morality

Marketing
Faculty Name Areas of Research Expertise
Ozge Aybat Consumer Emotions, Goal Pursuit, Individual Differences
Darrell Bartholomew Consumer Behavior, Religiosity, Digital Marketing/Social Media, Marketing Education, Retail Media Networks, Sales Leadership Development
Siddharth Bhatt Pricing, Retailing, Food Marketing
Stephen Hampton Marketing Strategy Domain with a primary research interest in interparty relationships focused in contexts of high information asymmetry like many multi-actor service settings
Hossein Hashemi Sales and Sales Force Management, Meta-Analysis, Textual Analysis, Deep Learning

Project and Supply Chain Management
Faculty Name Areas of Research Expertise
Angappa Gunasekaran Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Generative AI in Business, Technology Management, Business Analytics
Tony Lynch Gray Swan Risks in Supply Chains, Reverse Logistics, Supply Chain Disruptions, Trade Policy & the Global Supply Chain, Supply Chain Strategy, Public Policy & the Focal, Local (i.e., national) and Global Supply Chains, Transportation & Logistics
Dinesh Pai Supply Chain Management, Business Analytics, Operations Management in the Service and Healthcare Industry, Research Methodologies that mainly include multivariate statistical methods, Mathematical Programming
Piyal Sarkar Supply Chain Risk, Supply Chain Contracts, Supply Chain Finance, Data-Driven Decision Making in Operations Management

Technology
Faculty Name Areas of Research Expertise
David Kitlan STEM Education, Information Security, E-Government, E-Commerce, Internet Voting Systems, Leadership & Management
Jesse Middaugh Project Management, Portfolio Management, Risk Management
Andrew Morrow Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Risk Analysis, Network Security, Computer & Cyber Forensics
Joseph Oberto Design Thinking in Technology & Artificial Intelligence, Research & Theories on Accessibility with Technology