Faculty Profiles

Along with the influence of The Arabian Nights on 19th-Century French Literature, Balzac and La Comédie Humaine, Louissa’s research interests include Alf Layla wa Layla, the Orient, Levantine and Modern Middle Eastern Literature, and Lebanese Francophone writers.

Foreign language pedagogy and Japanese language and literature

Corporate Finance; Investment Banking; Mergers and Acquisitions

Social and Political Philosophy; Latin American and Caribbean Philosophy; Queer and Feminist Philosophy; Philosophy of Race

Accounting; Auditing; Financial Accounting

Entrepreneurship, Family Entrepreneurship, Family Learning

Latin American Literature; Foreign Language Pedagogy

Innovation management; Intellectual property strategy; Predictive models for decision making in law practice; Quantitative methods, technology and law;

credit risk analysis, raising capital, project finance

Early Modern English Literature, Shakespeare, Medieval & Early Modern European Historiography, Marlowe, Maps & Travel Narratives

Applied Mathematics/Statistics/Microeconometrics

Arts & Entertainment and Sports Marketing, Marketing Strategy

Entrepreneurship, Gender, Pitching, Decision-Making

The expanded field of painting and the intersection of painting and poetry.

Composition; Literature; Creative Writing; Business Writing

Finance; Corporate Finance

Retail; Supply Chain Management

Strategic Management; Management Consulting; Business Turnarounds/Restructuring; Private Equity

Strategy, Innovation, Corporate Entrepreneurship; Decision Making, Problem Solving, Solving Big Corporate Problems, Solving Big Societal Problems.

Accounting; Auditing; Business Analysis; Financial Reporting

Corporate Finance; Corporate Strategy; Entrepreneurial Finance

Macroeconomics; Innovation Strategy; Economic Development; Entrepreneurship

Activity Based Budgeting; Activity Based Costing; Accounting Information Systems; Management Reporting; Working Capital Management

Molecular Biology; Biotechnology; Genetics; Diabetes; Sustainability; Systems Thinking

Leadership; Leadership Development; Coaching

-Entrepreneurship-Design Thinking-International Trade-Ecosystem Building

Marketing management and strategy as well as communications.

Contemporary Art, Photography, Painting

Pedagogy, Curriculum Innovation, Inclusive Teaching Practices, Critical Race Theory (CRT), Organizational Behavior, and DEIJ (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice) within academic spaces and the workplace.

Entrepreneurship; New Venture Creation; Nascent Ventures; Angel Financing; Venture Capital Financing; Gender and Entrepreneurship; Healthcare Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy

Critical Race Theory, Indigenous Studies Settler Colonialism; U.S. Politics; Political Theory;

Leadership Development; Organizational Behavior and Psychology; Strategy

Effective training, course design, and teaching methodologies for students, working professionals, and small to mid-sized businesses related to organizational behavior and leadership.

Biogeochemistry, climate change, land cover change, Arctic ecology, rivers, salt marshes, forests, soils, silicon, carbon

Strategy

Corporate Innovation; Entrepreneurship; New Venture Creation; Management Consulting

Sustainability, Energy, Investment

Entrepreneurship, governance and Family business

Macroeconomics; Money & Banking; International Economics; International Finance

Environmental governance, Amazonia, Social Movements, Comparative Politics, Latin American Politics, Sustainable Development, Climate Politics, Water Management, Dams, Renewable Energy, Critical race and feminist studies

Chinese Language Instruction, Foreign Language Pedagogy, Second Language, Acquisition, Distance Learning, Business Chinese

Writing Centers; Rhetoric and Composition; Community Engagement

Biomechanics; Market Research; Sports Research; Statistics

Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; National Competitiveness Strategy

New Venture Creation; Entrepreneurial Cognition & Learning; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship Education

Accounting; Auditing; Financial Accounting; Russian Business Environment

Digital Disruption; Women Entrepreneurship; Marketing Education; Marketing Strategy

Strategy, Strategic Human Capital, Human Capital Resources, Social Capital, Social Networks, Healthcare, Problem Solving, Management Consulting, Mentorship and Coaching

Identity, new venture creation & growth, entrepreneurial ecosystems, qualitative methods.

Capital Markets; Corporate Finance

Fashion and Entrepreneurship, Future Global Trends, Entrepreneurship and Climate Change.

Capital Markets; Design of Security Exchanges and Trading Systems; Financial Markets; Market Structure and Trading Costs; Mutual Funds and Money Management; Securities Law and Finance

Digital innovation, including mobile application and platform development.Global agile teams, specializing in software development.

Comparative Politics; International Politics; Postcommunism; Ethnic Conflict

Disruptive Change and Enterprise Transformation; Science, Technology, and the Enterprise; High Technology Marketing; Pricing: Pricing in the Information Industries

Drama and Performance Theory; American Literature; Literature and Economic Thinking; American Realism and Naturalism

American Literature, Nature Writing, Creative Nonfiction, Rhetoric and Composition

British & American Romanticism; Gothic Literature; Nineteenth-Century Irish Literature & the Irish Literary Revival; Urban Literature and Culture; Women Writers

Whiteness and Childhood in Israel; materiality of state violence; women fans, neoliberal agency, and consent politics; linguistic anthropology.

Modern Middle Eastern History; Iranian History; Iranian Cinema; Persianate Literature; Travel Writing Studies

International Finance; Asset Securitization; Capital Markets; Emerging Equity Markets; Foreign Exchange Risk; Latin American Stock Markets

Project Management - Traditional and Agile, Supply Chain Management, General Operations

Sustainability; Sustainable Innovation; Strategic Innovation Management; Innovation Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Technology and Operations Management; Decision Making under Uncertainty

Mutual and Pension Fund Performance and Governance, ESG, Innovation and Entrepreneurial Finance, and application of Machine Learning and AI in finance.

Poetry, Nature Writing, Ecopoetics, Environmentalism, Composition

Real estate business and law

Global Environmental Governance; Human Security; Gender and Environment; International Environmental Law; the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Science program development for non-science majors, optics, electro-optics, imaging systems design, machine vision and applied physics.

Corporate Valuation; Derivatives; Investments; Forensic Finance

History and Society

Innovation; Design Thinking; Product Design and Development; Operations Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship

Marine Science, Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Microbial Processes, Sustainability, Socio-Ecological Systems, Pollution, the Global Climate Crisis

Industrial Organization; Econometrics; Financial Economics; Healthcare and Public Policy

Entrepreneurship, New Venture Creation, Technology Entrepreneurship, Managing Growth, Social Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurial Law; Business Law; Corporate Law; Sports Law; Entrepreneurship; Investment Funds.

Corporate Entrepreneurship; Clean Technology; Environmental Entrepreneurship; New Venture Creation; Sustainable Entrepreneurship; Sustainability

Global Strategy

Business Communication; Storytelling; Composition

Global History, South Asia, Urban History, Environmental History

Dyadic work relationshipsSelf-disclosureRetail sector

Entrepreneurship of all kinds with a focus on new product or process Innovation. Digital innovation including the use of artificial intelligence, IoT, and blockchain.

Healthcare Systems Innovation and Improvement, Scaling Operations, Experimentation and Problem Solving

Critical and Classical Social Theory; Gender; Sociology of Entrepreneurship

Capital Markets; Design of Security Exchanges and Trading Systems; Emerging Equity Markets; Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments and Securities; Investments; Investment Banking

Blockchains; Cryptocurrency; Computer and Information Security; Social Media; Case-Based Research

Managing new venture risk The operating model & network implications of disruptive technology Innovation infrastructure in ancient & modern urban centers Aligning institutional & executive interpretations of venture risk Scaling Lean Ventures & Family Enterprise

Ethnomusicology; African American Sacred and Popular Music; Black Theater; Musical Theater

Entrepreneurship; Family Business; Startups; Taxation

Organizational Behavior; Work/Life Transitions; Management Education; Curriculum Innovation, Qualitative Research

Investing; Security Analysis; Portfolio Management; Valuation; Risk Management; Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG); Financial Management

E-Commerce; e-Marketing; High Technology Marketing; Pricing; Value Based Strategies

Real estate finance , valuation, development, transaction structuring, finance, debt restructuring

Supply Chain Optimization, Inventory Optimization, Pricing, Resale Supply Chains, Business Analytics, and Illicit Supply Chains

Digital Transformation and Organizational Behavior (psychological safety, empowerment , leadership and team development.

Entrepreneurship; Family Business; Succession in Business

Accounting; Financial Reporting

Digital Marketing, Social Media, Promotions, Analytics & Experimental Design, Market Research, Marketing Strategy

Competitive Strategy; Global Strategy; Corporate Innovation and Growth

Urban Economics; European Union Economics; Environmental Economics

Asset Pricing, Macro-Public Finance, Computational Economics, Investment Management

Technology Innovation Adaption Group Dynamics

Global Environmental Governance; Plastic Governance; Waste Issues; Human Security; Global Environmental Activism; Environmental Politics; Narrative Policy Framework; Design Justice; Gender; EcoFeminism

Chinese Cultural History (14th - 16th Centuries); Chinese Philosophy

Accounting; Financial and Estate Planning; Investments

Real Options; Corporate Finance; Corporate Valuation; Mergers and Acquisitions;

Consumer Psychology; Services Marketing; Marketing Experiments; Marketing Research

Gender Studies; Queer Studies. Literary Criticism, with an emphasis on Narrative Theory.

Business History

John T. Howard's research interests include Latinx and Latin American literatures. His primary research examines the proliferation of narconarratives in the 20th and 21st centuries. He is also interested in examining the barriers, borders, and biases that minimize exposure to a robust variance of cultural production stemming from such diverse Latinx perspectives.

Management and Organizational Behavior; Executive Coaching and Developmental Coaching; Leadership; Leadership Development; Strategic Human Resource Management; Talent Management; Career Management

Applied Statistics; Decision Analysis; Forecasting; Operations Research; Quantitative Methods; Comparative Politics

Corporate Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; International Finance; Regulated Industries

International Economics; Trade Policy; World Trade Organization; International Trade Law; Protectionism; Trade Policy; Global Trade and Economic Institutions

Activity Based Costing; Strategic Cost Analysis; Management Accounting

Applied mathematics; modeling; simulation

Entrepreneurship in Asia; Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Statistics; Machine Learning; Data Science; Patents; Statistics Education.

Sociology of Entrepreneurship; Technology Entrepreneurship; Academic Entrepreneurship; Founding Teams; Growth and Scaling Businesses; Social Innovation; Machine & Deep Learning; ESG

Business Law

Accounting Information Systems; Management Accounting; Auditing

Urban Economics; Labor Economics; Statistical Methodology; Applied Microeconomics

Corporate Finance; Investment Banking

Information Literacy ; Research-Based Writing; Pedagogy

Effects of Memory and Mental Representation on Consumer JudgmentsPsychology of Magnitude Judgments: Distance (temporal, physical, social), Intensity, Size, SpeedScale Design and Response BiasDigital Interface Design (implications based on the interests above)

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurial Leadership Gender and DiversityOrganizational Innovation

Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions

English; British Literature; Composition

Film and Cultural History; Narrative Theory; Film Genre; Independent and Documentary Film

Global/Comparative Media; Critical Cultural Theory; Advertising and Consumer Culture; Environmental Communication; Ecocriticism; Sustainability and Environmental Issues

Information Systems; Information Technology Strategy; Data Mining

Management Accounting; Auditing

Data Analytics & Visualization; Machine Learning; Process Automation

Digital Transformation; Sustainability

Alternative Dispute Resolution; Negotiations; Organizational Behavior; Pedagogy; Curriculum Design; Learning Assessment

Managing Growing Businesses

Economics; International Finance; Swiss Banking; Derivatives

Data Science; Business Analytics; Quantitative Methods

Fashion Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Competitive Strategy; Global Marketing; Japan; Market Orientation; Marketing Strategy; Technology and Product Strategy; Automotive Industry

International Security: deterrence and coercion, insurgencies and political violence, causes of war, and alliances. Comparative Politics: civil-military relations, bureaucracy, Chinese politics, and North Korean politics.

Composition theory and pedagogy; multimodal production; digital composing; assemblage theory; histories of composing; archival studies; critical literacies; text technologies

Marketing and customer analytics. Using insights to improve decision-making and to inform marketing strategy and programs.

Portfolio Management; Alternative Investments, ESG, Impact Investing and Business Ethics

Oceanography; Environmental Science; Marine Biology; Global Change Biology; Climate Science

Global Sports Governance and Politics, International Political Economy, International Relations, Gender and Intersectionality, and Human Security

Composition; Creative Writing

Comparative Literature; Modern Philosophy; Middle Eastern Studies

Knowledge about human and technological innovations as well as patented inventions for and about entrepreneurs, doing business globally, accounting, and taxation.

Applied Microeconomics; Data Envelopment Analysis; Productivity and Efficiency Analysis

Post-Kantian European philosophy, especially classic phenomenology; Latin American and Iberian philosophies

Mentoring; Developmental Networks; Work-Life Interface; Leadership; Negotiations

Social Justice, Mass Incarceration, Working with the voiceless

entrepreneurship education; mindset; creativity; entrepreneurial learning; idea generation

Human Rights and New Technologies; Public International Law; Public Policy; Business and Legal Ethics; Integrated Sustainability

Corporate Entrepreneurship; Corporate Innovation; Entrepreneurship; New Venture Creation; Global Strategy; Innovation Strategy

Breakthrough Innovation, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Organizational Design for Innovation, New Market Creation.

Creative Writing; Fiction; Translation; Poetry; Irish Literature; Literature in Translation; Literary Editing.

Gender and Sexuality; Postcoloniality; Human Security; Human Rights; Race; Social and Restorative Justice

Sales/Business Development; Entrepreneurial/Professional Selling; Sales Force Management; Selling to Women; Customer Acquisition and Persuasion; Revenue Generation & Management; Growing/Scaling Businesses

Food History, US History, Diaspora History

Organizational Behavior

Marketing strategy and execution; socially-conscious marketing; the role of marketing in society.

Business Analytics; Operations Research; Machine Learning; Risk Management; Healthcare Operations; Computational Finance

Educational Technologies; Online and Blended Learning; Innovation; Design Thinking; User Interface Design; Web Design and Development

Knowledge Management; Social Media Applications; Social Networks; Strategic Alliances

Real Estate Finance Law

Violence, structural injustice, political responsibility, ignorance, green political thought, American political thought, music and politics, etc.

Contemporary American Poetry; Writing Pedagogy

Economics; Tactical and Strategic Pricing; Revenue Models in For and Not-for-Profit Organizations

Finance; Entrepreneurial Finance; Mutual Funds and Money Management

Hispanic literature and cultural studies, global film, hardboiled detective fiction and film noir, and new narrative formats such as the contemporary surge in auto/biographical fiction

Entrepreneurship

Competitive Strategy; Economic Development; Global Strategy; National Competitiveness Strategy; Strategic Alliances

Innovation Strategy; Culture of Innovation; Innovation Implementation and Scaling; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Service Strategies and Customer Experience Innovation

Use of Technology in the Classroom; Business Analytics; Sports & Statisitcs

Finance; Simulations in Financial Risk Analysis; Math and Sciences; Applied Statistics

Economics; History of Economic Thought; Latin American Economics; Monetary Policy/Fiscal Policy

Tax Policy, Tax Law, Transactional and International Tax

Poverty alleviation; Institutions; Informality; Refugee economies; Social Entrepreneurship

Ecology; Sustainability; Botany; Climate Change; Biogeochemistry; Conservation Biology; Invasive Species; Biomimicry; Food Systems; Environmental Science; Urban Ecology

Retailing; Consumer Behavior; Marketing Experiments; Marketing Research; Marketing Strategy

Management and Organizational Behavior; Management Training; Newcomer Training and Socialization; Social Networks

Literary Modernism, Sound Studies, Audiovisuality, Literary and Film Theory, Poetics, Intellectual History, Classics, Fantasy Literature and Magical Realism

Corporate Innovation Innovation Processes Design Thinking

Lean Principles Marketing Change Management Six Sigma Project Management Proven Leadership Sales and Operations SAP Inventory Management Total Cost of Ownership Purchasing Practices Continuous Improvement P&L ManagementNegotiationData Driven Supplier Risk and Performance Management Customer Relationship ManagementRisk mitigation

Project Management, Operations Management, Quality Management.

Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Marketing Strategy

American Culture and the Arts; American Business History; Immigration; Modern American History; Urban Studies

Life Science Entrepreneur

Product design and development; online design communities

Continental Philosophy; Social and Political Philosophy; Environmental Philosophy

Information Technology; Data Management

Entrepreneurship, International Management, Strategic Management

Accounting

Entrepreneurship, finance, public equities, global capital markets

Economics of Education; Education Finance; Gender; Gender Studies; Self-employment and Entrepreneurship

Math and Sciences; Science for Nonscience Majors

Strategy, Open Innovation, Teaching pedagogy

Analytics, Data Science, Marketing, Marketing analytics, HR analytics, Healthcare analytics

Capital Markets; Design of Security Exchanges and Trading Systems; Mutual Funds and Money Management; Securities Law and Finance

Leadership; Strategy; Culture; Transformation; Retail; Sustainability

Accounting; Financial Reporting; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Reporting

Rhetoric, Composition, Creative Writing

Early Modern English Language, Literature, & Culture; Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, including Shakespeare; Cultural Materialism; Feminist Literary Criticism & Theory; History of Sexuality (including Queer Theory); English Lexical Culture (Philology, Lexicography, Keywords).

Macroeconomics; Financial Economics; International Economics; International Capital Asset Pricing Model; International Finance; Money & Banking; Economic Education

Information Technology Support for Innovation; Business Process Engineering; Electronic Commerce

Business Law; Sustainability; Sustainable Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Corporate Social Responsibility; Environmental Entrepreneurship; Global Environmental Issues; Socially Responsible Investing

Literature and Human Rights; African American Literature, Culture, and History; Slavery Studies; Diversity, Equity, and Belonging

Entrepreneurial Finance, Social Entrepreneurship, Private Equity & Impact Investing, Small Business Development, FinTech

Corporate Governance; Corporate Finance; Financial Institutions; Investments; Derivatives; Risk Management

Leader Development; Organizational Behavior

Organizational behavior, Careers, Meaningful work and work as a calling, Employee sustainability behavior, Interdisciplinary teaching pedagogy

Mathematics; Computer Science; Environmental Science

Graph Theory; Discrete Mathematics; Combinatorics; Operations Research; Theoretical Computer Science; Mathematics/Business Analytics/Operations Research Education

Accounting; Financial Reporting

Medical Sociology, Social Inequalities, Children and Youth, Social Network Analysis

Existentialism and Phenomenology, Philosophy of Love, Philosophy of Beauty

Rhetoric and Composition; Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature; Feminist Literary Criticism & Theory; History of Sexuality (including Queer Theory)

Management of Innovation; Competitive Strategy

Economics; Labor Economics; Family Economics: International Trade: Cost Issues in Higher Ed

Real Estate Law

Management and Organizational Behavior; Peer and Leadership Coaching; Project Management; Experiential Learning; Interpersonal Skills; Leadership Development; High Performance Teams; Developmental Feedback

organizational behavior, negotiation, conflict management, negotiation pedagogy, helping behavior, gender

Corporate Valuation; Cost Managerial Accounting; Financial Accounting; Financial Reporting; Strategic Cost Analysis; Corporate Finance; Financial Strategy

Astrophysics; Physics Education; Science

Modern Drama; Political Theater; Public Speaking and Performance; Rhetorical history and theory; Eugene O'Neill; Gender Studies

Entrepreneurship

Composition; Creative Writing

Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; New Venture Creation