Faculty
- Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Business
- Director of MS in Applied Natural Resource Economics
- jlapries@mtu.edu
- 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
- Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, College of Business
- Charles C. and John G. Gates Professorship in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- easgari@mtu.edu
- 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
- Associate Dean, College of Business
- Professor of Management Information Systems, College of Business
- Affiliated Professor, Data Science
- mwbuche@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3440
- Academic Office Building 105
Links of Interest
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)
- Professor of Natural Resource Economics, College of Business
- Affiliate Professor, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
- gacampbe@mtu.edu
- 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
- Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Business
- leconn@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2809
- Academic Office Building 125
Teaching Interests
- Labor Economics
- Economic Decision Analysis
- Microeconomic Theory
Research Interests
- Labor and Demographic Economics
- Public Policy
- Applied Microeconomics
- Regional Economic Analysis
- Assistant Professor of Accounting Information Systems, College of Business
- Richard and Joyce Ten Haken Faculty Fellow in Accounting/Finance
- judai@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3267
- Academic Office Building 126
Teaching Interests
- Accounting Systems
- Accounting Analytical Methods
- Business Database Management
- Assistant Teaching Professor of Accounting Information Systems, College of Business
- jldompie@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2805
- Academic Office Building G023
Teaching Interest
- Governmental Accounting
- Information Systems
- Local Government Financial Reporting
- Professor of Organizational Behavior, College of Business
- Mickus Endowed Faculty Fellow in Business Impact
- smgoltz@mtu.edu
- 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
- Assistant Teaching Professor of Economics, College of Business
- ahardin@mtu.edu
- 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
Links of Interest
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.
- Assistant Teaching Professor of Economics, College of Business
- holloway@mtu.edu
- 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
- Associate Professor of Marketing, College of Business
- IPEC Associate Director
- shong2@mtu.edu
- 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
- Professor of Accounting, College of Business
- rhutchin@mtu.edu
- 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, College of Business
- James and Dolores Trethewey APMP Professor, College of Business
- Director of Applied Portfolio Management Program
- dean@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2668
- Academic Office Building 103
Teaching Interests
- Applied Portfolio Management
- Investments
- Derivative Securities
Research Interests
- Asset Pricing
- Portfolio Management
- Assistant Professor of Operations Management
- slee12@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3605
- Academic Office Building G010A
Teaching Interests
- Operations Management
- Supply Chain Management
Research Interests
- Sustainable Operations
- Retail Operations
- Energy Operations
- Assistant Dean and Teaching Professor in Management
- Director, Husky Innovate
- jeleinon@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2598
- Academic Office Building G002
Teaching
- Business Development
- Economics Development
- Entrepreneurship
- Management Information Systems
- Assistant Professor of Finance
- xli26@mtu.edu
- 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
- Program Chair, Construction Management
- Faculty, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Faculty, College of Business
- millerj@mtu.edu
- Dillman 0201E
Teaching Interests
- Construction Management
- Associate Professor of Marketing, College of Business
- Richard and Joyce Ten Haken Faculty Fellow in Business
- jmin@mtu.edu
- 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
Research Interests
- Relationship Governance Value Analysis
- Unstructured Data Analysis
- Brand strategy and Consumer's digital experiences
- Behavioral Economics
- Assistant Professor of Information Systems & Analytics
- gbojja1@mtu.edu
- 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
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Social Media Analytics
-
Econometrics
-
Design Science Research
- Associate Professor of Supply Chain and Operations Management, College of Business
- Affiliated Associate Professor, Construction Management
- schmelzle@mtu.edu
- 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
- Assistant Teaching Professor in Accounting
- Edward and Betty Robinson Faculty Fellow in Accounting
- Director of MS in Accounting Program
- ljsieder@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3259
- Academic Office Building 114
Teaching Interests
- Intermediate Accounting and Auditing
- Managerial Accounting
- Professor of Practice, Construction Management
- Faculty, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Faculty, College of Business
- kasleema@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3531
- Dillman 201J
Teaching Interests
- Sustainable Construction
- Project Management
- Construction Accounting
- Associate Professor, College of Business
- sorcha@mtu.edu
- Academic Office Building G007
Teaching Interests
• Derivatives & Financial Engineering
• FinTech Foundations
• Global Finance
• Investment Analysis
• Principles of Finance
Research Interests
• FinTech
• Insider Trading
• Investor Attention
• Market Efficiency
- Professor of Strategic Management and Innovation, College of Business
- David L and Marilyn A Bernard Faculty Fellow in Business
- mksrivas@mtu.edu
- 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
- Associate Professor of Management Information Systems & Analytics, College of Business
- jdwall@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1707
- Academic Office Building G010
Teaching Interests
- Business Process Automation
- AI and Machine Learning for Business
- Systems Analysis and Design
- Programming for Business Analytics
Research Interests
- AI and Machine Learning for Finance/Accounting
- Simplification of AI Workflows
- Information Security Behavior
- Power and Control
- Teaching Professor in Operations Management, College of Business
- Affiliated Senior Lecturer, Construction Management
- rhwoods@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2063
- Academic Office Building G010C
Teaching Interests
- Decision Making
Research Interests
Applying classroom concepts to real-world examples
- Associate Professor of Economics, College of Business
- emolivei@mtu.edu
- 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
- Assistant Professor, Construction Management
- Faculty, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Faculty, College of Business
- boxiao@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2804
- Dillman 301G
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, College of Business
- James and Dolores Trethewey APMP Professor, College of Business
- Director of Applied Portfolio Management Program
- dean@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2668
- Academic Office Building 103
Teaching Interests
- Applied Portfolio Management
- Investments
- Derivative Securities
Research Interests
- Asset Pricing
- Portfolio Management
- Associate Dean, College of Business
- Professor of Management Information Systems, College of Business
- Affiliated Professor, Data Science
- mwbuche@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3440
- Academic Office Building 105
Links of Interest
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)
Laura Shawhan
- Director of Administration
- lshawhan@mtu.edu
- 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
- bbraden@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2668
- Academic Office Building 100
Marie Cleveland
- Prospective Undergraduate Student Liaison
- mlclevel@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3055
- Academic Office Building 109
- Assistant Vice President for Principal Giving
- ehalonen@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3604
- ATDC 202
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
- jmanches@mtu.edu
- 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
- Instructor, College of Business
- Associate Vice President for Research Administration
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
Erik Crowley
- Instructor, College of Business
- General Manager/Director of Golf, Portage Lake Golf Course
- Assistant Director of Auxiliary Business Services
- elcrowle@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2888
- Academic Office Building G020
Teaching:
- 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
- hchsin@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3478
- Academic Office Building 113
Teaching Classes
- MKT3200 Consumer Behavior & Culture
- MKT 3400 Integrated Marketing Communications
Eli A. Karttunen
- Instructor, College of Business
- eakarttu@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1066
- Academic Office Building 129
Teaching Classes
- FIN3000
- ACC5200
- FIN4500
Michael Kolasa
- Instructor, College of Business
- mjkolasa@mtu.edu
- 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
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
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
- 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
- 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
- Instructor, College of Business
Teaching
- Business Law
Degree
- JD, Valparaiso University
- BA in History, Spring Arbor University
Robert S. Tripp
- Instructor, College of Business
Teaching
- 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