Alphabetized Listing
Diane Benda
Director of Administration
Specialties
- Executive assistant to the dean
- Responsible for facilitating School of Business and Economics activities
- Coordinate and oversee faculty and staff searches, reappointments, and promotion and tenure processes
- Dean's Advisory Council liaison
Carly Benson
Undergraduate Recruiter and Outreach Coordinator
Specialties
- Attends college fairs to educate prospective students and parents about the benefits of the School of Business and Economics at Michigan Tech.
- Builds relationships with high school and community college professionals to help them understand the advantages of Michigan Tech's School of Business and Economics.
- Gives presentations to high school and community college student classrooms about the School of Business and Economics.
- Helps guide students through the college selection and admissions process.
- Liason between School of Business and Economics students and school administration.
William S. Breffle
Associate Professor of Natural Resource Economics
Teaching Interests
- Environmental economics
- Natural resource economics
- International economics
- Mathematical economics
- Principles of economics
Research Interests
- Non-market valuation
- Discrete choice modeling
- Benefit-cost analysis
- Restoration program planning
- Health economics
Mari W Buche
Associate Professor of Management Information Systems
Teaching Interests
- Information Systems/Technology Management
- IT Project Management
- Accounting Information Systems
- Business Intelligence
- Software Engineering
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)
George Butvilas
Instructor
gjbutvil@mtu.edu
129 Academic Office Building
129 Academic Office Building
Teaching
- Organizational Behavior
Gary A Campbell
Professor of Natural Resource Economics
Teaching Interests
- Natural Resource Economics
- Principles of Economics
- International Economics
Research Interests
- Metal markets
- Sustainability of mining
- Social decision-making about resource use
Lynn Czarnecki Makela
Director of Marketing and Communications
Specialties
- Manages and updates the School website and social media presence.
- Edits and directs the completion of Impact, the semi-annual School magazine designed to inform alumni, friends, and industry contacts of the happenings in the School.
- Develops and executes marketing plans for programs and leads PR efforts for the School, students, faculty, and staff.
Jodie Filpus
MBA Admissions and Recruiter
Specialties
- Builds relationships with corporations to help them understand the advantages of Michigan Tech's School of Business and Economics
- Educate people about the benefits, options and opportunities the Tech MBA and MBA Online programs offer
- Helps guide students through the selection and admission process for the MBA programs
Josh Filzen
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Teaching Interests
- Financial accounting
- Auditing
Research Interests
- Accounting complexity
- Corporate disclosure
- Earnings management
- Accounting regulation
Sonia Goltz
Professor of Organizational Behavior
Teaching Interests
- Organizational Behavior
- Human Resources Management
Research Interests
- Individual perceptions of group fairness
- Organizational discrimination and justice processes
- Social power
- Escalation of commitment
Gregory A. Graman
Associate Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management
Teaching Interests
- Operations Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Statistics
- Quantitative Methods
- Project Management
Research Interests
- Value recovery in Closed-Loop Supply Chains
- Infrastructure and the Built Environment
- Outsourcing
- Product Postponement
Soonkwan Hong
Assistant Professor of Marketing
Teaching Interests
- Consumer behavior
- e-Commerce
- Promotion
- International Marketing
Research Interests
- The polysemic nature of consumers’ identity-related behaviors and activities in association with culture, technology, and socio-political contexts as key drivers of different manifestations of consumer culture.
- Consumers as self-emancipating and self-conflicting agents in the market.
- Use of technology for showcasing consumer identity.
- Consumers as cyborgs.
- Consumers’ reactions to the gendered consumer market.
Catherine Hsin
Instructor
hchisn@mtu.edu
117 Academic Office Building
117 Academic Office Building
Teaching
- Integrated Marketing Communications
Haiyan Huang
Assistant Professor in Management Information Systems
Teaching Interests
- Information Systems and Organizations
- Systems Analysis and Design
- Project Management
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Information Technology, Globalization, and Offshore Outsourcing
Research Interests
- Globally Distributed Information Systems Development
- Global IT Offshore Outsourcing
- Virtual Teams and Organizations
- Knowledge Management
- IS/IT Education and Workforce Diversity in the Global Information Economy
Dana M. Johnson
Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management
Teaching Interests
- Operations Management
- Project Management
- Quality Engineering and Management
- Quantitative Methods
- Statistics
Research Interests
- Supply chain management and modeling
- Infrastructure integration and management
- Business and cost feasibility in implementing environmentally sustainable management practices, including alternative energy technologies
- Benchmarking and performance measurement
- Lean practices in service operations
Dean Johnson
Associate Professor of Finance
Teaching Interests
- Applied Portfolio Management
- Investments
- Derivative Securities
Research Interests
- Asset Pricing
- Portfolio Management
Becky Lafrancois
Assistant Professor in Economics
Teaching Interests
- Microeconomics
- Energy Economics
- Public Economics
- Urban Economics
Research Interests
- Energy Economics
- The United States Electricity Sector
- Public Policy
- Urban Economics
Andre Laplume
Assistant Professor of Management
Teaching Interests
- Strategic Management
- Management of Technology and Innovation
Research Interests
- Innovation Strategy
- Strategic Ambidexterity
- Technological Evolution
- Stakeholder Theory
Russ Louks
Instructor
rwlouks@mtu.edu
117 Academic Office Building
117 Academic Office Building
Teaching
- Management Information Systems
Thomas E Merz
Associate Dean and Professor of Economics
Teaching Interests
- Game theory
- Public sector economics
- Microeconomic theory
Research Interests
- Game theory
- Public sector economics
- Microeconomic theory
Rebecca Helminen Middlebrook
MBA Program Manager
Teaching Interests
- Instructional technology
- Writing
- Blended learning/Hybrid instruction
Research Interests
- Re-mediation of pedagogical practices in hybrid courses
- Instructional technology integration
- Blended/hybrid course development, design, and implementation
Sheila Milligan
Instructor of Accounting
Teaching Interests
- Financial accounting
- Fraud accounting
- Managerial accounting
Research Interests
- Enterprise research projects
- Fraud management
- Student education
Junhong Min
Assistant Professor of Marketing
Teaching Interests
- Principles of Marketing
- Marketing Research
- Business-to-Business
Research Interests
- Business-to-Business Relationships
- Choice
- Green Marketing Strategy
Daya Muralidharan
Assistant Professor in Economics
Teaching Interests
- Natural resource economics
- Environmental economics
- Water resource economics
- Microeconomics
- Econometrics
Research Interests
- Water management and drainage in agriculture
- Groundwater management
- Forest use in developing economies
- Groundwater quality externalities
Paul A Nelson
Associate Professor of Economics
Teaching Interests
- Economic Decision Analysis
- Managerial Economics
- Industrial Organization Economics
- Entrepreneurship
Research Interests
- Regulatory Economics
- Antitrust
- New Technology Commercialization
- Entrepreneurship
Emanuel Oliveira
Lecturer, Economics
Teaching Interests
- Principles of Economics
- Intermediate Macroeconomics
- International Finance and Monetary Economics
- Monetary Theory and Policy
- Graduate Seminar in Macro Theory
Research Interests
- Growth and development
- Barriers to technological adoption
- Fiscal policy
Saurav Pathak
Rick and Jo Berquist Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Teaching Interests
- Entrepreneurship
- Technology innovation
- Technology transfer and the protection of intellectual property
- Quantitative research techniques in entrepreneurship
- Design of entrepreneurship survey data
Research Interests
- Entrepreneurship
- International business
- Contextual influences on entrepreneurial actions and innovativeness
- Multi-level analyses of longitudinal entrepreneurship survey data
- Measurement (in) variance in individual-level entrepreneurial attitudinal attributes across cultures
Karol Pelc
Professor of Technology and Innovation Management, Emeritus
kipelc@mtu.edu
Emeritus
Emeritus
Teaching Interests
- Management of technology and innovation
- Global innovation networks
- Product development management
- Economics of technological innovation
Research Interests
- Knowledge generating networks
- Technology strategy
- R&D management
- Global technology and innovation management
- Methods of interdisciplinary knowledge mapping
Latha Poonamallee
Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior
Teaching Interests
- Managing Change
- Leadership
- Organizational Behavior
- Corporate Social Responsibility
Research Interests
- Managing Change
- Leadership
- Business & Society
- Qualitative methods
Howard Qi
Associate Professor of Finance
Teaching Interests
- Corporate finance
- Financial management
Research Interests
- Theoretical financial economics
- Asset pricing
- Corporate finance
Darrell Radson
Dean and Professor
Teaching Interests
- Statistical Methods
- Statistical Quality Control
- Quality Management
- Data Analysis
Research Interests
- Statistical Quality Control
- Quality Management
- Statistical Analysis of Rates
- Statistical Measures of Worker Health and Safety
Mark C Roberts
Professor of Economics
Teaching Interests
- Energy Economics
- Econometrics
- Engineering Economy
- Economic Decision Analysis
Research Interests
- Metal, Energy, and Commodity Price Cycles
- Business and Commodity Cycles
- Energy Economics
- Implementation of Alternative Energy
- Natural Resource Industries and the Environment
Maria Gabriela Schutte
Assistant Professor of Finance
Teaching Interests
- International Finance
- Investments
- Econometrics
Research Interests
- International Finance
- Asset Pricing
- Economics of Information
Liang Song
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Teaching Interests
- Financial accounting
- Managerial accounting
- Accounting information systems
- Auditing
Research Interests
- Earnings management
- Audit quality
- Corporate governance
- Financial institutions
- Capital markets
Manish K Srivastava
Assistant Professor of Strategic Management and Innovation
Teaching Interests
- Strategic Management
- International Management
- Technology Management
Research Interests
- Interfirm alliances and networks
- Technological innovations
- Semiconductor and Nanotechnology industries
Joel C Tuoriniemi
Assistant Professor of Taxation
Teaching Interests
- Taxation
- Accounting
- Legal Environment of Business
Research Interests
- Equitable Relief in Tax Disputes
- SFAS 142 Goodwill Impairments
- Reasonableness Determinations in Contract Interpretation
- Inequality of Bargaining Power
Bradford W. Wagner
Coordinator of Undergraduate Academic Services
Teaching Interests
- English as a Second Language
- Business Problem Solving
Specialties
- Undergraduate academic advising
- First year and transfer student orientation
- Meet with prospective students and their families
- Student internships/job placement support
- Maintains the Undergraduate Advising Blog
Anne Warrington
Senior Lecturer in Accounting, School of Business and Economics
Faculty Co-Advisor, International Business Ventures Enterprise
Teaching Interests
- Financial Accounting
- Managerial/Cost Accounting
- Personal Financial Planning
- Accounting Ethics
- Business Plans
Research Interests
- Service learning and industry projects for undergraduate students
- Personal financial planning projects
- Enterprise research projects
Phyllis Williamson
Budget Coordinator
Specialties
- Oversees the department budget
- Processes payroll and employee status forms for student employees and faculty
- Assist faculty with research awards and project account administration and release time
Roger Woods
Lecturer, Operations Management
Teaching Interests
- Spreadsheet modeling
- The art of charts
Research Interests
- Academic integrity and spreadsheets