Faculty and Staff Directory | College of Business

Faculty

Jenny Apriesnig

Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Business

[email protected]
906-487-2223
Academic Office Building 123

Teaching Interests

Principles of Economics
Microeconomics
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Research Interests

Coupled human and environmental systems
Fishery economics and management
Computable General Equilibrium Modeling
Regional economic modeling

Elham Asgari

Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, College of Business
Charles C. and John G. Gates Professorship in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

[email protected]
906-487-2803
Academic Office Building 121

Teaching Interest

Entrepreneurship
Strategic Management
Human Resources Management

Research Interests

Corporate Entrepreneurship
Technological Innovations
Star Employees
Small Satellite Industry

Mari W. Buche

Associate Dean, College of Business
Professor of Management Information Systems, College of Business
Affiliated Professor, Data Science

[email protected]
906-487-3440
Academic Office Building 105

Links of Interest

Book an Appointment

Teaching Interests

Information Systems/Technology Management
IT Project Management
Business Intelligence
User-Centered Design

Research Interests

Impact of IS/IT change on end users
Management of IS/IT workers
Computer Anxiety and Computer Self-Efficacy
Mentoring using Information Communication Technology (ICT)
Various de facto Standards (i.e. Information Technology Infrastructure Library – ITIL)

Gary A. Campbell

Professor of Natural Resource Economics, College of Business
Director of MS in Applied Natural Resource Economics
Affiliate Professor, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences

[email protected]
906-487-2808
Academic Office Building 122

Teaching Interests

Natural Resource Economics
Principles of Economics
International Economics

Specialties

Metal markets
Sustainability of mining
Social decision-making about resource use

Laura E. Connolly

Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Business

[email protected]
906-487-2809
Academic Office Building 125

Teaching Interests

Labor Economics
Economic Decision Analysis
Microeconomic Theory

Research Interests

Labor Economics
Economics of Gender
Public Policy
Applied Microeconomics

Jun Dai

Assistant Professor of Accounting Information Systems, College of Business
Richard and Joyce Ten Haken Faculty Fellow in Accounting/Finance

[email protected]
906-487-3267
Academic Office Building 126

Teaching Interests

Accounting Systems
Accounting Analytical Methods
Business Database Management

Jodie Dompier

Assistant Teaching Professor of Accounting Information Systems, College of Business

[email protected]
906-487-2805
Academic Office Building G023

Teaching Interest

Governmental Accounting
Information Systems
Local Government Financial Reporting

Sonia Goltz

Professor of Organizational Behavior, College of Business
Mickus Endowed Faculty Fellow in Business Impact

[email protected]
906-487-2668
Academic Office Building 115

Teaching Interests

Organizational Behavior
Organizational Change

Research Interests

Organizational change
Organizational discrimination and justice processes
Social power
Entrepreneurial coping with stress

Ann Hardin

Assistant Teaching Professor of Economics, College of Business

[email protected]
906-487-2311
Academic Office Building 124

Teaching Interest

Principles of Micro(Macro) Economics
Intermediate Micro(Macro) Economics
International Economics
Developmental Economics
Conflict Economics
Mathematical Economics

Research Interests

Conflict and Developmental Economics
Economic Impact of organizations during conflicts
Differences in outcome between organizations providing humanitarian aide
Property rights during conflicts over resources.

M. Steven Holloway

Assistant Teaching Professor of Economics, College of Business

[email protected]
906-487-1959
Academic Office Building G019

Teaching Interests:

Market Failures and the Environment
Principles of Economics
Economic Decision Analysis

Research Interests:

Behavioral Economics
Environmental Economics
Experimental Economics
Inequality
Intertemporal decision making

Soonkwan Hong

Associate Professor of Marketing, College of Business
IPEC Associate Director

[email protected]
906-487-2285
Academic Office Building 113

Teaching Interests

Consumer behavior
Global Marketing
Branding
Marketing ethics and Sustainability

Research Interests

The polysemic nature of consumer-market dynamics in association with (pop)culture, technology, and institutions as key drivers of varied manifestations of consumer identity.
Consumers as self-emancipating and self-contradicting agents in the market
Sustainable lifestyles.
Postcolonialism and globalization
Alternative food systems and cultures
Algorithmic consumer culture

Robert Hutchinson

Professor of Accounting, College of Business

[email protected]
906-487-2140
Academic Office Building G110

Teaching Interests

Managerial accounting
Cost accounting

Research Interests

Cost accounting system design
Transfer pricing
Industrial dynamics
Simulations
Semiotics

Dean Johnson

Dean, College of Business
James and Dolores Trethewey APMP Professor, College of Business
Director of Applied Portfolio Management Program

[email protected]
906-487-2668
Academic Office Building 103

Teaching Interests

Applied Portfolio Management
Investments
Derivative Securities

Research Interests

Asset Pricing
Portfolio Management

Seulchan Lee

Assistant Professor of Operations Management

[email protected]
906-487-3605
Academic Office Building G010A

Teaching Interests

Operations Management
Supply Chain Management

Research Interests

Sustainable Operations
Retail Operations
Energy Operations

Jonathan Leinonen

Assistant Dean and Teaching Professor in Management
Director, Husky Innovate

[email protected]
906-487-2598
Academic Office Building G002

Teaching

Business Development
Economics Development
Entrepreneurship
Management Information Systems

Xin Li

Assistant Professor of Finance

[email protected]
906-487-1878
Academic Office Building G021

Teaching Interests:

Asset Pricing
Corporate Finance
Investment
Fixed Income
Risk Management

Research Interests:

Empirical Asset Pricing
Bond Pricing
Institutional Investments
Fintech
Market Microstructure

Jennifer Miller

Program Chair, Construction Management
Faculty, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty, College of Business

[email protected]
Dillman 0201E

Teaching Interests

Construction Management

Junhong Min

Associate Professor of Marketing, College of Business
Richard and Joyce Ten Haken Faculty Fellow in Business

[email protected]
906-487-2885
Academic Office Building 112

Teaching Interests

Marketing Principles and Management
Marketing Data Analytics
Personal Selling and Sales Technology
B2B Digital Marketing
Social Media Marketing

Links of Interest

Marketing Lab

Research Interests

Relationship Governance Value Analysis
Unstructured Data Analysis
Brand strategy and Consumer's digital experiences
Behavioral Economics

Giridhar Reddy Bojja

Assistant Professor of Information Systems & Analytics

[email protected]
906-487-1877
Academic Office Building G018

Teaching Interests

Business Analytics (ML,DL, and Text Mining)
Generative AI
Management Science
Social Network Analysis

Research Interests

IS Capabilities and Firm Performance
Social Media Analytics
Econometrics
Design Science Research

Josué Reynoso

Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Management, College of Business

[email protected]
906-487-4368
Academic Office Building 128

Teaching Interest

Technology Entrepreneurship
Innovation Management
Corporate Entrepreneurship
Commercialization of Advanced Technologies

Research Interests

Opportunity Identification
Innovation Management
Industry Dynamics
Problem Solving
Complexity Theory

Ulrich Schmelzle

Associate Professor of Supply Chain and Operations Management, College of Business
Affiliated Associate Professor, Construction Management

[email protected]
906-487-2710
Academic Office Building G010B

Teaching Interests

Operations Management
Purchasing and Supply Management
Logistics Management
Faculty-Led Study Abroad - Germany

Research Interests

Supply Chain-Driven Innovation
Purchasing Decision-Making
Interorganizational Integration
Supply Chain Resource Orchestration

Laura J. Sieders

Assistant Teaching Professor in Accounting
Edward and Betty Robinson Faculty Fellow in Accounting
Director of MS in Accounting Program

[email protected]
906-487-3259
Academic Office Building 114

Teaching Interests

Intermediate Accounting and Auditing
Income Tax Accounting
Managerial Accounting

Kerri A. Sleeman

Professor of Practice, Construction Management
Faculty, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty, College of Business

Teaching Interests

Sustainable Construction
Project Management
Construction Accounting

Heather Sorcha

Associate Professor, College of Business

[email protected]
Academic Office Building G007

Teaching Interests

• Derivatives & Financial Engineering
• FinTech Foundations
• Global Finance
• Investment Analysis
• Principles of Finance

Links of Interest

Google Scholar

ResearchGate

Research Interests

• FinTech
• Insider Trading
• Investor Attention
• Market Efficiency

Manish K. Srivastava

Professor of Strategic Management and Innovation, College of Business
David L and Marilyn A Bernard Faculty Fellow in Business

[email protected]
906-487-1991
Academic Office Building 111

Teaching Interests

Strategic Management
International Management
Technology Management

Research Interests

Interfirm alliances and networks
Technological innovations
Semiconductor and Nanotechnology industries

Jeffrey Wall

Associate Professor of Management Information Systems & Analytics, College of Business

[email protected]
906-487-1707
Academic Office Building G010

Teaching Interests

Business Process Analysis
AI and machine learning for business
Information Security
Systems analysis and design

Research Interests

Information security behavior
Power and control
Individual and organizational deviance
Business applications for AI and machine learning

Roger Woods

Teaching Professor in Operations Management, College of Business
Affiliated Senior Lecturer, Construction Management

[email protected]
906-487-2063
Academic Office Building G010C

Teaching Interests

Decision Making

Research Interests

Applying classroom concepts to real-world examples

Emanuel Xavier-Oliveira

Associate Professor of Economics, College of Business

[email protected]
906-487-2301
Academic Office Building 127

Teaching Interests

Macroeconomics
Monetary Theory and Policy
International Economics
Economic Decision Analysis

Research Interests

Barriers to technological adoption
Entrepreneurship
Institutions and regulation
Informal economy
Growth and development

Bo Xiao

Assistant Professor, Construction Management
Faculty, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty, College of Business

Links of Interest

Teaching Experience

Advanced technologies in construction (e.g., BIM)
Project management
Construction methods
Structural analysis

Research Interests

Construction informatics
Computer vision-based site monitoring
Construction robotics
Natural language processing in construction
Blockchain-enabled contract management
Cybersecurity in construction management

Administration

Dean Johnson

Dean, College of Business
James and Dolores Trethewey APMP Professor, College of Business
Director of Applied Portfolio Management Program

[email protected]
906-487-2668
Academic Office Building 103

Teaching Interests

Applied Portfolio Management
Investments
Derivative Securities

Research Interests

Asset Pricing
Portfolio Management

Mari W. Buche

Associate Dean, College of Business
Professor of Management Information Systems, College of Business
Affiliated Professor, Data Science

[email protected]
906-487-3440
Academic Office Building 105

Links of Interest

Book an Appointment

Teaching Interests

Information Systems/Technology Management
IT Project Management
Business Intelligence
User-Centered Design

Research Interests

Impact of IS/IT change on end users
Management of IS/IT workers
Computer Anxiety and Computer Self-Efficacy
Mentoring using Information Communication Technology (ICT)
Various de facto Standards (i.e. Information Technology Infrastructure Library – ITIL)

Jodie Filpus-Paakola

Coordinator of Academic Services, College of Business

[email protected]
906-487-3597
Academic Office Building 108

Specialties

Undergraduate academic advising
Coordinator for undergraduate communications
Supports student internships and job placement

Karen Johnson

College Marketing and Communications Manager, University Marketing and Communications

[email protected]
Academic Office Building 107

Specialties

Leads marketing and communications efforts for the College of Business and College of Computing.

Laura Shawhan

Director of Administration

[email protected]
906-487-2964
Academic Office Building 102

Specialties

Executive assistant to the dean
Responsible for facilitating College of Business activities
Coordinate and oversee faculty and staff searches, reappointments, and promotion and tenure processes
Dean's Advisory Council liaison

Briana Braden

Senior Administrative Aide

[email protected]
906-487-2668
Academic Office Building 100

Marie Cleveland

Prospective Undergraduate Student Liaison

[email protected]
906-487-3055
Academic Office Building 109

Eric Halonen

Assistant Vice President for Principal Giving

Specialties

Provides overall strategy, direction and support to increase the number of transformational principal gifts
Oversees, and participates as appropriate, in the process of identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of the principal giving prospects
Networks across the University to generate and ensure global awareness of “big ideas”
Updates the Michigan Tech Fund Board of Directors on principal giving activities and recommends potential new members to this board
Provides direct and indirect management of prospects and donors with the capacity to make principal gifts
Supports the Dean of the College of Business with direct support of a portfolio of the College’s major and principal donors and prospects

Jacob Manchester

Director of Research Development and Corporate Research

[email protected]
906-487-1391
Lakeshore Center 320F3, Satellite Office - Academic Office Building G024

Specialties

Engage with faculty and campus stakeholders to identify new opportunities and assist with proposal development: writing, editing, and assistance with submission logistics
Develop and implement strategies for engaging companies and organizations to support sponsored research
Assist investigators with internal research processes (e.g., cost sharing, budget strategy, research administration)

Instructors

James Baker

Instructor, College of Business
Executive Director, Innovation and Commercialization

[email protected]

Teaching

IP Law, Technology, Society, and Innovation

Degree

PhD in Engineering - Environmental, Michigan Technological University
Admitted to U.S. Patent Bar, Registration number: 54,975

Natasha Berg

Instructor, College of Business

[email protected]
906-487-1066
Academic Office Building 129

Teaching

Business Law

Degree

J.D., Thomas M. Cooley Law School
BBA in Finance and Business Economics, Grand Valley State University

Erik Crowley

Instructor, College of Business
General Manager/Director of Golf, Portage Lake Golf Course
Assistant Director of Auxiliary Business Services

[email protected]
906-487-2888
Academic Office Building G016

Teaching:

Business Analytics
IS/IT Management

Degree:

MBA in Business Administration, Michigan Technological University
BS in Business Management/Professional Golf Management, Ferris State University

Michael Kolasa

Instructor, College of Business

[email protected]
Academic Office Building G020

Teaching

Personal Financial Planning

Degree

LL.M., Master of Laws in Taxation from Wayne State University Law School
J.D., Thomas Cooley Law School
Certified Financial Planner™
B.S., Northern Michigan University

Cindy McColley

Instructor, College of Business

[email protected]

Teaching

Introduction to Digital Marketing

Degree

MS in Integrated Marketing Communications, Northwestern University
BA in Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Taiwan University

Adam Mitteer

Instructor, College of Business

[email protected]

Teaching

Management Information Systems

Degree

MS in Data Science, Michigan Technological University
BS in Business Administration Operations & Systems Management, Michigan Technological University
BS in Business Administration Management of Information Systems, Michigan Technological University