Graduate Faculty

Anne P. Massey, Dean and Thomas O'Brien Endowed Chair Operations & Information Management, BS (magna cum laude), Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, May 1982, MS, Industrial Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, December 1984, PhD, Decision Sciences & Engineering Systems, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, May 1991.

Brett H. Albert, Lecturer, Sport Management, B.S., Penn State, 2012; M.B.A./M.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2017

Agha Iqbal Ali, Professor of Operations & Information Management, B.Sc., University of Jammu and Kashmir, India, 1970; M.A., M.S., Ball State, 1976; M.S., Southern Methodist, 1978; Ph.D., 1980.

Christopher Agoglia, Richard H. Simpson Endowed Professor, B.S., Florida Atlantic, 1989; Ph.D., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1999.

Priyank Arora, Assistant Professor of Operations & Information Management, Bachelor of Engineering, University of Delhi, 2007, Post-Graduate Program in Management (equivalent to MBA), Indian School of Business, 2012, PhD in Operations Management, Scheller College of Business , Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018.

Orhan Akisik, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Bosphorus University, Turkey, 1982; M.A., 1984; Ph.D., Stuttgart University, Germany, 1989

Abdallah (Albert) G. Assaf, Assistant Professor of Tourism/Transport Economics, B.S., American University of Science and Technology, 2002; M.S., University of Western Sydney, Australia, 2003; Ph.D., 2007.

Bradley J. Baker, Assistant Professor, Sport Management, B.S., Johns Hopkins University, 1998; M.S., Temple University, 2012; Ph.D., Temple University, 2017

Melissa Baker, Professor of Hospitality & Tourism Management, B.A., Cornell, 2002; M.S., Virginia Tech, 2010; Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 2013.

Carey Baldwin, Lecturer of Operations and Information Management, BA in Physics, Mount Holyoke College, 2002, M.A.S. Applied Statistics, Colorado State University, 2016

Rudolph Bedeley, Assistant Professor of Operations & Information Management, B.Sc., Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Tech (KNUST), 2007; M.C.E., Delaware, 2010; M.S., 2013; Ph.D., North Carolina, 2017.

Bradley Bennett, Assistant Professor of Accounting, B.B.A., Millsaps College, 2001; M.Acc., 2001; Ph.D., Alabama, 2012.

Jeremiah W. Bentley, Assistant Professor of Accounting, B.S., Brigham Young, 2010. M.A., 2010. M.S., Cornell, 2015. Ph.D., 2016.

Kerri Bohonowicz, Lecturer, B.B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2006; M.S.A., 2007.

Thomas Brashear-Alejandro, Associate Professor of Marketing, B.A., Kentucky, 1989; B.A., Centre College, 1992; M.B.A., Eastern Kentucky, 1992; M.S., Georgia State, 1996; Ph.D., 1998.

William D. Brown, Jr., Associate Dean for Finance, Operations, & Strategic Initiatives and Associate Professor of Accounting, B.B.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1997; Ph.D., 2002.

Michele Burch, Senior Lecturer of Operations & Information Management, B.S.M.E., Notre Dame, 1992; M.B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1996; Ph.D., 2008.

Fousseni Chabi-Yo, Associate Professor of Finance; PhD Coordinator for Finance, B.Sc., Universite Nationale du Benin, 1995; B.Sc., Universite Cheick Anta Diop, 1997, M.Sc., 1998; M.Sc., Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de I’Analyse Economique, 1998; Ph.D., Montreal, 2005.

Marta B. Calás, Professor of Management, B.B.A., Puerto Rico, 1966; M.B.A., California at Berkeley, 1970; Ph.D. Massachusetts, 1987.

Kathleen Debevec Witz, Associate Professor of Marketing, B.S., Dayton, 1979; M.B.A., Cincinnati, 1980; Ph.D., 1982.

Elizabeth B. Delia, Assistant Professor of Sport Management, B.S., SUNY New Paltz, 2006; MBA, 2007; Ph.D., Florida State, 2015.

Linda K. Enghagen, Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management and Associate Dean and Director for Professional Programs, B.A., Wisconsin at Eau Claire; 1975; J.D., Suffolk University Law School, 1981.

Robert Feingold, Lecturer of Finance, B.S., Georgetown University, 1990; M.B.A., J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, 1995.

Janet S. Fink, Dept. Chair/Berthiaume Endowed Professor, Sport Management, B.A., The Ohio State University, 1988; M.S., The Ohio State University, 1994; Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1997

Mark Fuller, Vice Chancellor for University Advancement, Professor Operations & Information Management, BS, General Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 1985, MS, Management & Policy, University of Arizona, 1987, PhD, Management Information Systems, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 1993.

Graham Gal, Associate Professor of Accounting, B.A., Michigan, 1975; Ph.D., Michigan State, 1985.

Ahmed Ghoniem, Associate Professor of Operations & Information Management, M.S., Ecole des Mines de Nantes, France, 2002; M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 2003; Ph.D., 2007.

David Matthew Godfrey, Assistant Professor Marketing, B.A., Brigham Young University, 2011; M.A., University of Calgary, 2014; Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2019.

Traci Hess, Berthiaume Professor of Information Systems, Operations & Information Management, B.S., Virginia, 1988; M.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1997; Ph.D., 1999.

Weizhao Simon Huang, Assistant Professor of Finance, B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 2003 M.A., 2004; Ph.D., Yale University, 2015.

Easwar S. Iyer, Professor of Marketing, B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 1971; M.B.A., Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India, 1973; Ph.D., Pittsburgh, 1984.

Nora Junaid,, Lecturer of Operations & Information Management, B.S., Lebanese American University, 2008; MBA, 2010; Ph.D., Bentley, 2017.

Yoon Ju Kang, Assistant Professor of Accounting, B.B.A., Ewha Womans University, South Korea, 2003; M.Acc., Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006; Ph.D., 2012.

Nikunj Kapadia, Department Chair & Professor of Finance, B.E., Maharaja Sayajirao, India, 1984; M.B.A., Indian Institute of Management, 1986; M.Phil., Stern School of Business, 1993; Ph.D., 1995.

Matthew Katz, Assistant Professor of Sport Management, B.A., Muhlenerg College, 2009; M.S., Louisiana State, 2011; Ph.D., Texas at Austin, 2014.

Hossein B. Kazemi, Michael and Cheryl Phillip Professor of Finance, B.A., National Iranian Oil Company College of Accounting and Finance, 1977; M.S., Eastern Michigan, 1979; Ph.D., Michigan, 1985; C.F.A., 1996.

Andrew Kitto, Assistant Professor, B.S., Boston College, 2008; M.S. Boston College, 2009; Visiting Scholar-University of Melbourne, 2015; Ph.D., University of Florida, 2017.

Bing Liang, Professor of Finance, B.Sc., Ocean University of Qingdao, China, 1982; M.S., Chinese Academy of Science, 1988; M.S., Iowa, 1990; Ph.D., 1995.

Matthew P. Linn, Assistant Professor of Finance, B.S., London School of Economics and Political Science, England, 2004; Ph.D. Michigan, 2009; Ph.D, 2015.

Ying Liu, Assistant Professor of Operations & Information Management, B.E., School of Telecommunications, Beijing; Ph.D., Arizona State, 2018.

Catherine West Lowry, Senior Lecturer of Accounting, B.A. Massachusetts at Amherst, 1996. M.B.A., 2001.

Linda L. Lowry, Associate Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management, M.A., George Washington University, Washington, D.C.; 1986; Ph.D., The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1991

Jintao (Emily) Ma, Associate Professor of Hospitality & Tourism Management, B.A., Zhejiang, 2005; M.S., HK Polytechnic, 2006; Ph.D., Oklahoma State, 2010; Grad. Cert. Higher Ed., Griffith, 2013.

Wenting Ma, Assistant Professor of Finance, B.A., Xiamen, China 2011; MS., UNC Charlotte, 2013; MS., UNC Chapel Hill, 2017; Ph.D., 2019.

Mzamo P. Mangaliso, Associate Professor of Management, B.Sc., University of Fort Hare, South Africa, 1974; M.B.A., Cornell, 1984; Ph.D., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1988.

Charles C. Manz, Nirenberg Professor of Business Leadership, Management, B.A., Michigan State, 1974; M.B.A., 1975; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State, 1981.

Lisa Pike Masteralexis, Senior Associate Dean, Sport Management, B.S., Massachusetts, 1987; J.D., Suffolk Law School, 1990.

Mark A. McDonald, Associate Professor, Sport Management, B.S., Warren Wilson College, 1985; M.B.A., Tulane University, 1988; M.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1991; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1996

Steve McKelvey, Associate Professor of Sport Management and Associate Department Chair for External Relations, B.A., Amherst, 1981. M.S., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1986. J.D., Seton Hall School of Law, 1992.

E. Nicole Melton, Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Director of Sport Management, B.B.A., Texas A&M, 2005; M.S., 2009; Ph.D., 2012.

Elizabeth G. Miller, Marketing PhD Coordinator and Associate Professor of Marketing, B.A., Cornell, 1998; M.A., Pennsylvania, 2001; Ph.D., 2003.

George R. Milne, Associate Dean of Research, Carney Family Endowed Professor of Marketing and Director of Doctoral Programs, B.S., Utah, 1982; M.A., 1984; Ph.D., North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1990.

W. Timothy Mitchell, Associate Chair of Accounting, B.S.B.A., Auburn, 1987. Ph.D., Kentucky, 2008.

Thomas Moliterno, Professor of Management, B.A., William & Mary, 1989; M.A., Kentucky, 1991; M.B.A., Boston, 1999; Ph.D., California at Irvine, 2005.

Emily Must, Lecturer, Sport Management, B.S., Barry University, 2006. M.S., 2015. Ph.D. (ABD), Norther Colorado, 2017.

Anna B. Nagurney, John F. Smith Memorial Professor of Operations & Information Management, Sc.B., Brown, 1977; A.B., 1977; Sc.M., 1980; Ph.D., 1983.

Robert A. Nakosteen, Professor and Chair of the Department of Operations & Information Management, B.A., Colorado, 1970; M.A., Michigan, 1971; Ph.D., Tennessee, 1978.

Sanjay K. Nawalkha, Professor of Finace, B.Sc., University of Bombay, India, 1984; M.B.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1987; Ph.D., 1990.

William A. Norton, Lecturer and Director of McCormack Center for Research, Sport Management, B.A., The College of Wooster, 2006; M.B.A./M.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2012

M. David Piercey, John Kennedy Endowed Professor, Chair of the Department of Accounting, B.S., Brigham Young, 1999; M.Acc., 1999; Ph.D., Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006.

Alan G. Robinson, Professor of Operations & Information Management, B.A., M.A., Cambridge, 1980; M.S.E., Johns Hopkins, 1983; Ph.D., 1986.

Jennifer Roy, Lecturer, B.S. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, 1995; Juris Doctor, Western New England College School of Law, May 2006.

Lynda Schwartz, Lecturer & Forensic Accounting and Analytics Program Director, C.P.A., Fellow, Life Management Institute, B.B.A. University of Massachusetts Isenberg School, Commonwealth Scholar.

Cathie Schweitzer, Lecturer, Sport Management, B.S., University of Akron, 1973; M.Ed., Bowling Green State University, 1975; Ph.D, University of Iowa, 1993

Anurag Sharma, Associate Professor of Management, B.S., Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India, 1983; M.B.A., Virginia, 1988; Ph.D., North Carolina, 1993.

Zachary Sheffler, Assistant Professor of Operations & Information Management, BA History, University of California San Diego, 2008, MBA Finance, Thunderbird School of Global Management, 2012, PhD Information and Decision Science, University of Minnesota, 2018.

Atul Sheel, Associate Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management, B.S., University of Delhi, India; M.S., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1986; Ph.D., 1995.

Mila Getmansky Sherman, Professor of Finance, B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998; Ph.D., 2004.

Matthew Sherwood, Assistant Professor of Accounting, B.S., Michigan at Dearborn, 2001. Ph.D., Kansas, 2016.

Bruce Skaggs, Flavin Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies, Professor of Strategic Management and Chair of the Department of Management, B.B.A., Kentucky, 1990; M.B.A., Virginia Polytechnic and State University, 1992; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State, 1999.

Matthew Sherwood, Assistant Professor of Accounting, B.S., Michigan at Dearborn, 2001. Ph.D., Kansas, 2016.

Shirley Shmerling, Senior Lecturer II of Operations & Information Management, B.S., Israel Institute of Technology, 1985; M.S., 1987; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1994.

Senay Solak, Associate Professor of Operations and Information Management, B.S., Electrical Engineering, United States Naval Academy, 1997; M.S., Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002; Ph.D., 2007.

Pamela Trafford, Senior Lecturer, B.A., University of Montana, 1977; M.B.A., 1982.

Muzzo Uysal, Professor; Department Chair of Hospitality & Tourism Management, B.A., Ankara University Turkey, 1977; M.S., New Haven at Connecticut, 1980; Ph.D., Texas A&M University

Nefertiti A. Walker, Associate Professor of Sport Management, Director of Diversity and Inclusion, B.A., Stetson, 2005. M.B.A., 2006. Ph.D., Florida, 2011.

Sean Wandrei, M.S.A. Program Director & Senior Lecturer, B.S., Bryant University, 1996; M.S., University of Hartford, 2011.

Elaine (Ying) Wang, Assistant Professor of Accounting, B.A., Renmin University of China, 2006; Ph.D., Nanyang Technological University, China, 2011.

Rodney Warnick, Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management, B.S., Frostburg State, 1975; M.S., Montana, 1976; M.R.P., Pennsylvania State, 1982; Ph.D., 1983.

Bruce Weinberg, Department Chair and Professor of Marketing, B.A., Boston, 1981; M.B.A., 1985; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993.

John D. Wells, Professor of Operations & Information Management, B.B.A., Oklahoma, 1988; M.S., Texas A&M, 1994; Ph.D., Texas A & M, 1999.

Yao Yu, Assistant Professor of Accounting, B.B.A., Xiamen University, China, 2009; Ph.D., Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2015.

Yi Zou, Assistant Professor of Operations & Information Management, B.Sc., Shanghai for Science & Technology, China, 2005; M.E.C., Dalhousie, Canada, 2007; Ph.D., Queen's University, Canada, 2016.

Faculty Emeriti

Wynn Abranovic, Professor Emeritus of Finance and Operations Management (2002).

Richard J. Asebrook, Professor Emeritus of Accounting (2011).

Alexander Barges, Professor Emeritus of Finance and Operations Management (1995).

Ben S. Branch, Professor of Finance (2018)

D. Anthony Butterfield, Professor Emeritus of Management (2018)

Sidney Claunch, Professor Emeritus (1986).

William D. Diamond, Associate Professor Emeritus of Marketing (2018)

Pieter T. Elgers, Professor Emeritus of Accounting (2013).

Arthur Elkins, Professor Emeritus of Management (1989).

Steven Floyd, Professor Emeritus of Management (2018)

Richard H. Hartzler, Professor Emeritus of General Business and Finance (1981).

Ronald J. Karren, Professor Emeritus of Management.

Thomas Kida, Professor Emeritus of Accounting (2014).

Anthony T. Krzystofik, Professor Emeritus of Accounting (1992).

Bertil Liander, Professor Emeritus of Marketing (1991).

Ronald C. Mannino, Associate Professor Emeritus of Accounting (2010).

Robert D. Marx, Professor Emeritus of Management (1971).

Thomas O’Brien, Dean Emeritus (2006).

Robert Plattner, Professor Emeritus (1990).

Joseph L. Sardinas, Professor Emeritus of Accounting (2015).

Linda Shea, Professor Emeritus of Hospitality and Tourism Management (2018)

Charles D. Schewe, Professor Emeritus of Marketing(2015).

Thomas Schneeweis, Professor Emeritus of Finance (2013)

Richard H. Simpson, Professor Emeritus of Accounting (2009).

James F. Smith, Professor Emeritus of Accounting.

Donald E. Stone, Associate Professor Emeritus of Accounting (1996).

Marc Weinberger, Professor Emeritus of Marketing (2011).

Robert H. Wilson, Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management.

Jack Wolf, Professor Emeritus of Marketing (1988).

Glenn Wong, Professor Emeritus of Sport Management (2015)

William R. Wooldridge, Professor Emeritus of Management (2018)

Parker M. Worthing, Professor Emeritus of Marketing (1998).