Management, M.S.

Faculty Research Areas

  • Barbara Bigelow
    Professor


    Professor Bigelow studies strategic management in healthcare organizations and the use of dialogue in the classroom. She serves as associate dean of the School of Management.

  • Donna Gallo
    Assistant Professor


    Professor Gallo teaches courses related to business policy, international management, and real estate; her research focuses on effective decision-making and business strategy.

  • Inshik Seol

    Inshik Seol
    Associate Professor


    Professor Seol studies audit judgment, environmental auditing, and accounting education.

  • Jing Zhang
    Professor

    Systems of knowledge in the world of big data


    Professor Zhang dedicates her research to examining management information systems, including interorganizational knowledge sharing and networking.

  • John Dobson

    John Dobson
    Associate Professor

    Helping small businesses grow through data


    Professor Dobson studies how home-based entrepreneurs use information systems to improve livelihoods and incomes, including the impact of entrepreneurial education and social networks on small-business performance.

  • Keith Coulter
    Professor


    Professor Coulter studies consumer behavior and marketing strategies to determine how and why we’re persuaded to make purchases.

  • Laura Graves
    Professor


    Professor Graves studies work-life balance, how organizations encourage diversity, and how business leaders engage with socially responsible activities.

  • Mary-Ellen Boyle
    Associate Professor


    How does social change intersect with education, corporate citizenship, university-community partnerships, and the arts – and how can organizations manage effectively in a constantly shifting marketplace?

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    Priscilla Elsass
    Associate Professor


    Professor Elsass focuses on behavioral science in management, ethics, and diversity.

  • Sitikantha Parida

    Sitikantha Parida
    Associate Professor

    Setting prices, realizing value


    Professor Parida focuses his research on empirical asset pricing, mutual funds, and behavioral finance.

  • Steven Ng
    Associate Professor

    Investing in knowledge


    Professor Ng has held senior positions at many financial firms, and studies wealth management, capital markets, portfolio management, and investment strategies. He is a principal at Woodland Investment Consulting.

  • Tom Murphy
    Lecturer

    A better way to market


    Tom is a consultant to global companies, helping improve business plans and investments across global markets. He designed the unique “Sustainability Marketing” course for GSOM.

  • Will O'Brien

    Will O’Brien
    Associate Professor

    Adopting an entrepreneurial – and environmentally responsible – mindset


    Will is an experienced executive, entrepreneur, consultant, teacher, and attorney. His research interests include business sustainability and environmental stewardship.

  • Xiao Zhong
    Visiting Assistant Professor


    Professor Zhong focuses on exploring new computational and intelligent methodologies to predict the unknown, and developing efficient stationarity tests in time series, with applications to business and others.

  • Zhenyang (David) Tang
    Assistant Professor

    Analyzing the effects of insider trading


    Professor Tang studies empirical corporate finance, market efficiency, and insider trading.

Contact information
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The School of Business is located in Carlson Hall, close to the Maywood Street parking lot.

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