Instructors

Instructors

  • Instructor, College of Business
  • Associate Vice President for Research Administration

Teaching Interests

  • IP Law
  • Technology
  • Society
  • Innovation

Degree

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

Erik Crowley

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

Teaching Interests

  • Business Analytics
  • IS/IT Management

Degree

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

Catherine Hsin

Teaching Interests

  • Consumer Behavior & Culture
  • Integrated Marketing Communications
Eli Karttunen

Eli A. Karttunen

  • Instructor, College of Business

Teaching Interests

  • Risk Management & Fin Tech
  • Accounting Fundamentals
  • Macroeconomics
  • Microeconomics

Degree

  • MS, Finance, University of Michigan - Dearborn
  • BS, Economics, Michigan Technological University
Michael Kolasa

Michael Kolasa

  • Instructor, College of Business

Teaching Interests

  • 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

Cindy McColley

  • Instructor, College of Business

Teaching Interests

  • Introduction to Digital Marketing

Degree

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

Adam Mitteer

  • Instructor, College of Business

Teaching Interests

  •  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 
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Business

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
James Northey

James Northey

Teaching Interests

  • Financial Derivatives
  • Financial Engineering
  • Financial Technology
  • Data Science
  • Software Engineering
  • Banking and Bank Management
  • Secure Payments
  • Cybersecurity
  • Post Quantum cryptography
  • The intersection of decentralized Finance (deFI) and Traditional Finance (TradFI)
  • Industry standards

Degree

  • MS, Financial Markets and Trading concentration in Computational Finance, Illinois Institute of Technology
  • BS, Mathematics, University of Indianapolis
  • Associate Teaching Professor
  • Social Sciences Program Advisor
  • University Ombuds

Areas of Interest

  • Resource Economics
  • Cyberlaw
  • Intellectual Property
  • Constitutional Law
  • Orientation to Legal Careers
  • American Government
Fraser Strome

Fraser Strome

  • Instructor, College of Business

Teaching Interests

  • Business Law

Degree

  • JD, Valparaiso University
  • BA in History, Spring Arbor University
Robert Tripp

Robert S. Tripp

  • Instructor, College of Business

Teaching Interests

  • Organizational Behavior 

Degree

  • PhD in Business Administration, The University of Minnesota
  • MS in Business Administration, Michigan Technological University
  • BS in Metallurgical Engineering, Michigan Technological University