Faculty
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Faculty
Working with Leaders
Smeal has assembled a faculty of leaders who possess that exceptional combination of intelligence, character, vision and compassion; the most valued qualities in business leadership.
Top-Ranked Faculty
The Smeal faculty ranks among the top 20 for research excellence across all disciplines. In strategy, we are ranked third in the country, with two of our professors listed among the top 10 coaches in the world for strategy and leadership.
As a resource, our faculty bring vast experience to the table, which is applied in a uniquely personal, one-on-one process. We believe learning is doing, and our structure ensures you'll have close contact with our faculty at all times. So, you become an integral part of the knowledge creation process working side by side with faculty members on the actual research projects that are guiding businesses today.
| Core Faculty | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name (Last, First) | Title | |
| Bolton, Gary | Professor of Business Economics Executive Programs Faculty Fellow |
gbolton@psu.edu |
| Crocker, Keith | The William Elliott Chaired Professor of Insurance and Risk Management | kcrocker@psu.edu |
| DeSarbo, Wayne | Smeal Chair Professor of Marketing | wsd6@psu.edu |
| Fischer, Paul | Professor of Accounting | pfischer@psu.edu |
| Gioia, Denny |
Professor of Organizational Behavior |
dag4@psu.edu |
| Gray, Barbara | Professor of Organizational Behavior Director, Center for Research in Conflict and Negotiation | b9g@psu.edu |
| Guay, Terrence | Clinical Assistant Professor of International Business | trg12@psu.edu |
| Gustafson, Andy | Assistant Professor of Business Administration Director, Communications Program |
dag7@psu.edu |
| Harrison, Terry | Professor of Supply Chain & Information Systems Earl P. Strong Executive Education Professor of Business |
tharrison@psu.edu |
| Leone, Andy | Associate Professor of Accounting | ajl14@psu.edu |
| Mahon, Nancy | Communications Instructor | njr5@psu.edu |
| Pollock, Tim | Associate Professor of Strategic Management | tpollock@psu.edu |
| Ross, Bill | Professor of Marketing | wtr2@psu.edu |
| Sheehan, Dennis | Associate Dean MBA Programs The Louis and Virginia Benzak Professor of Finance |
dps6@psu.edu |
| Trevino, Linda | Professor of Organizational Behavior Franklin H. Cook Fellow in Business Ethics |
ltrevino@psu.edu |
| Strategic Management and Consulting Portfolio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name (Last, First) | Title | |
| Hambrick, Don | Portfolio Champion Smeal Chair Professor of Management |
dch14@psu.edu |
| Garud, Raghu | Professor of Management and Organization Director of the Farrell Center for Entrepreneurship | rug14@psu.edu |
| Gioia, Denny | Professor of Management and Organization | dag4@psu.edu |
| Pollock, Tim | Associate Professor of Strategic Management | tpollock@psu.edu |
| Vicere, Al | Professor of Business Administration | aav1@psu.edu |
| Supply Chain Management Portfolio | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name (Last, First) | Title | |||
| Guide, Daniel | Associate Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management | dguide@psu.edu | ||
| Novack, Bob | Portfolio Champion Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management |
osv@psu.edu | ||
| Spychalski, John | Professor of Supply Chain Management | jcs2@psu.edu | ||
| Thomas, Doug | Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management | djt11@psu.edu | ||
| Tyworth, Gene | Chair of Supply Chain & Information Systems Department Professor of Supply Chain Management | jet@psu.edu | ||
| Corporate Financial Analysis and Planning Portfolio | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name (Last, First) | Title | |||
| Cahoy, Dan | Assistant Professor of Business Law | dancahoy@psu.edu | ||
| Fischer, Paul | Professor of Accounting | pfischer@psu.edu | ||
| Gattis, Lou | Clinical Assistant Professor of Finance | gattis@psu.edu | ||
| Ghadar, Fari | Professor of Finance Director of Center for Global Business Studies |
fghadar@psu.edu | ||
| Kracaw, Bill | Chair of Finance Department David Sykes Professor of Finance |
wak4@psu.edu | ||
| Kwasnica, Anthony | Associate Professor of Business Economics | kwasnica@psu.edu | ||
| Muscarella, Chris | Portfolio Champion, Professor of Finance L. W. "Roy" and Mary Lois Clark Teaching Fellow | cmuscarella@ psu.edu | ||
| Woolridge, Randy | Professor of Finance The Goldman Sachs and Co. and Frank P. Smeal Endowed University Fellow |
jrw@psu.edu | ||
| Yavas, Abdullah | Professor of Business Administration William Elliott Faculty Professor |
axy1@psu.edu | ||
| Product and Market Development Portfolio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name (Last, First) | Title | |
| Ding, Min | Assistant Professor of Marketing | mqd9@psu.edu |
| Lilien, Gary | Distinguished Research Professor of Management Science | glilien@psu.edu |
| Oliva, Ralph | Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Business Markets Professor of Marketing |
rao8@psu.edu |
| Rangaswamy, Arvind | Jonas H. Anchel Professor of Business Administration Research Director, eBRC | arvindr@psu.edu |
| Ross, Bill | Portfolio Champion Professor of Marketing |
wtr2@psu.edu |
| Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Portfolio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name (Last, First) | Title | |
| Garud, Raghu | Professor of Management and Organization Director of the Farrell Center for Entrepreneurship | rug14@psu.edu |
| Kaplan, Jack | Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship Studies at Columbia Business School, Visiting Professor | jkaplan @datamarktech.com |
| Warren, Tony | Portfolio Champion Farrell Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship | twarren@psu.edu |
| Investment Management and Portfolio Analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name (Last, First) | Title | |||
| Fischer, Paul |
Professor of Accounting |
pfischer@psu.edu |
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| Gattis, Lou | Clinical Assistant Professor of Finance | gattis@psu.edu | ||
| Kracaw, Bill | Chair of Finance Department David Sykes Professor of Finance |
wak4@psu.edu | ||
| Muscarella, Chris | Portfolio Champion, Professor of Finance L. W. "Roy" and Mary Lois Clark Teaching Fellow |
cmuscarella @psu.edu |
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| Woolridge, Randy | Professor of Finance The Goldman Sachs and Co. and Frank P. Smeal Endowed University Fellow |
jrw@psu.edu | ||
| Additional Courses | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name (Last, First) | Title | |||
| Gustafson, Andy | Assistant Professor of Business Administration Director, Communications Program |
dag7@psu.edu | ||
| Polansky, David | Lecturer in Business Administration | davidpolansky@msn.com |
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