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Our Faculty

Award-winning research. Exceptional insight.

Clark SOM professors are widely published, edit the top journals in their fields, and advise Wall Street firms, government agencies, and companies worldwide. Above all, they are enthusiastic, highly accessible, and eager to provide students with the tools to achieve their professional goals.

Mary-Ellen Boyle
Mary-Ellen Boyle

Assoc. Provost Sp. Projects

Fei Fang
Fei Fang

Assistant Professor

Donna Gallo
Donna Gallo

Teaching Professor

David Jordan
David Jordan

Interim Dean of the School of Management

Thomas Murphy
Thomas Murphy

Associate Professor of Practice

Steve Ng
Steve Ng

Assc Professor of Practice

Will O’Brien
Will O’Brien

Professor of Practice

Sitikantha Parida
Sitikantha Parida

Associate Professor

Inshik Seol
Inshik Seol

Associate Professor

Zhenyang Tang
Zhenyang Tang

Associate Professor

Zhihong Wang
Zhihong Wang

Associate Professor

Da Wu
Da Wu

Assistant Professor

Kyunghee Yoon
Kyunghee Yoon

Assistant Professor

Theyab Alhwiti, PhD
TAlhwiti@clarku.edu | 1-508-793-7688

Claudia Chilundo, PhD
CChilundo@clarku.edu | 1-508-793-7143

Yue Gao, PhD
yugao@clarku.edu | 1-508-421-3852

Abigail Torres Rico, PhD
ATorresRico@clarku.edu | 1-508-793-7770

Vasilia Vasiliou, PhD
VVasiliou@clarku.edu | 1-508-798-4330

Hong Zhou, PhD
HoZhou@clarku.edu | 1-508-793-7115

 

Dennis Avola, MBA
Accounting
avoladennis@gmail.com

Christopher Benestad, MA 
Statistics
Cbenestad@clarku.edu

Dean Cascione, MSIT
Business Analytics
dcascione@clarku.edu

Paul Case, MBA
Management
PCase@clarku.edu

John L. Crawley, JD, MS
Business Law
jcrawley@clarku.ed

Patrick Daly, MBA
Management
PDaly@clarku.edu

Chao Fang, MA
Analytics
CFang@clarku.edu

Mark Gefteas, MBA
Marketing
MGefteas@clarku.edu
Mark Gefteas is Vice President of Corporate Development at CJ affiliate, a fortune 500 Digital Marketing company. 

Tim Hally, MBA
Management
THally@clarku.edu

Stacie Hargis, MA
Entrepreneurship
SHargis@clarku.edu

Thomas Herald, MBA
Finance
Therald@clarku.edu
A former Air Force officer, Thomas Herald has experience in leadership development, strategic planning, teambuilding, small business finance, sales and marketing.

Ifrad Islam, MS
Analytics
iislam@clarku.edu

David Jordan, M.P.A., D.H.A.
Entrepreneurship
djordan@clarku.edu
David Jordan is currently the Interim Dean for the School of Management. 

Steven Kennedy, JD
Management
skennedy@clarku.edu

Michael Krikonis, MSIT
Information Technology
mkrikonis@clarku.edu

Hari Krishna, MBA
Analytics
HKrishna@clarku.edu

Beck Hing Lee, PhD
Operations Management
bhinglee@clarku.edu

Michael Lynch, MBA, CPA
Accounting, Finance
MicLynch@clarku.edu

John Mollica, PhD
Management
Jmollica@clarku.edu

Lawrence Norman, MBA
Marketing & Entrepreneurship
LNorman@clarku.edu

Miguelina Peralta-Bobrick
Supply Chain/Logistics
MPeraltaBobrick@clarku.edu

Robert Prior, EdD
Leadership
RPrior@clarku.edu

Teresa Quinn, MEd
Entrepreneurship
tquinn@clarku.edu

Jonathan Sales, JD, MBA
Leadership
JSales@clarku.edu

Diane Santoro, MSM
Human Resources/Talent Management
DSantoro@clarku.edu

Peter Sheldrick, MBA, MS
Accounting
PSheldrick@clarku.edu

Bill Sodeman, PhD
Information Systems & Management
WSodeman@clarku.edu

Jennifer Targett, MBA
Accounting, Government
Jtargett@clarku.edu

Christopher Thompson, DBA
Marketing 
ChThompson@clarku.edu

Karen Torti, MBA
Management
KTorti@clarku.edu
Professor Torti is the Principal Assistant for the Rhode Island Supreme Court Law Clerk Department.

Christopher Vaughan, MSc, PMP
Management
CVaughan@clarku.edu

 

Margarete Arndt  
Research and Teaching:  History of hospital administration as an occupation, transfer of business practices into hospitals

Robert Bradbury
Research and Teaching: Hospital performance – quality improvement and reengineering, cost control, access

Dileep Dhavale
Research and Teaching: Use of financial information in management of manufacturing and service operations

Priscilla Elsass
Research  and Teaching: Leadership, management and behavioral Principles

Laura Graves
Research and Teaching: Work motivation, work-life integration, corporate environmental sustainability, managing diversity

Edward Ottensmeyer (Dean Emeritus)
Research and Teaching: Strategic management; ethics; aesthetics and business; global business

Contact Information

School of Management

Office Location
  • 950 Main Street
    Worcester, MA 01610

    SOM is located in Carlson Hall, close to the Maywood Street parking lot.

  • Telephone: 1-508-793-7543
  • Fax: 1-508-793-8822