Smeal Educational Affiliates

Directory of Smeal affiliates who are affiliated with sustainability research and the Center for the Business of Sustainability.

Portrait of Dan Guide.

Dan Guide

Smeal Chaired Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management
480 Business Building
Phone: 814-865-6103
Email: drg16@psu.edu

Expertise & Experience: Professor Guide's research is focused on the development and control of closed-loop supply chains, time-based models for commercial product returns, remanufacturing, sustainable operations and producer responsibility legislation.

Sustainability Course(s) Taught: SCM 448 – Build Sustain Supply Chains, SC&IS 597D – Data Mining for Business Applications, SC&IS 597C – Ph.D. Seminar in Closed-Loop Supply Chains 

Portrait of Ronald Johnson.

Ronald Johnson

Associate Teaching Professor of Management and Organization
418 Business Building
Phone: 814-863-6695
Email: rgj102@psu.edu

Expertise & Experience: Professor Johnson’s work in the sustainability space includes serving on the Smeal College of Business Sustainability Strategic Planning team and the Smeal Sustainability Council, Smeal Sustainability Center, and he is a host for the Smeal Industry Advisory Board (PepsiCo, Hershey, IBM, Verizon, Interface Carpet, SKF, and others). He teaches sustainability to thousands of business students and groups on and off campus. He is the founding advisor for the Smeal Net Impact Undergraduate Chapter, which is routinely named a top national chapter for sustainability. In addition, he has worked with Net Impact to develop the Smeal Citizenship Conference, an annual conference that brings together thought leaders, companies and students to learn about sustainability, social responsibility and integrity.

Sustainability Course(s) Taught: BA 342 – Res/Sustn/Ethc Bus

Portrait of Özge Pala.

Özge Pala

Assistant Teaching Professor, Instructor of Management and Organization
Phone: 814-863-2384
Email: oup55@psu.edu

Sustainability Course(s) Taught: BA 342 – Res/Sustn/Ethc Bus, MGMT 451(W) – Bus Eth and Soc

Portrait of Travis Lesser.

Travis Lesser

Instructor, Coordinator of Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship
467 Business Building
Phone: 814-865-8673
Email: tal218@psu.edu

Expertise & Experience: In addition, his role as Program Coordinator with the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation & Entrepreneurship, he administers such programming as the CIENT Student Experienceship Program, Propel Business - New Innovation & Entrepreneurship Program and is also working on projects focused on social entrepreneurship and impact. He is also the faculty advisor for Penn State Net Impact Undergraduate Chapter.

Sustainability Course(s) Taught: BA 342 – Res/Sustn/Ethc Bus

Portrait of Federica Pinelli.

Federica Pinelli

Management and Organization
Email: fjp5201@psu.edu

Sustainability Course(s) Taught: BA 342 – Res/Sustn/Ethc Bus

Portrait of Johanna H. Slot.

Johanna H. Slot

Associate Clinical Professor of Marketing
476 Business Building
Phone: 814-865-4170
Email: jhs33@psu.edu

Expertise & Experience: Collaborative new product development, Innovation, Crowdsourcing, Crowdfunding, Retail

Portrait of Karen Page Winterich.

Karen Page Winterich

Gerald I. Susman Professor in Sustainability and Professor of Marketing
485 Business Building
Phone: 814-863-4483
Email: kpw2@psu.edu

Expertise & Experience: Identity, Sustainability, Prosocial behavior, Unethical behavior, Cultural Differences (Power Distance), Emotions

Sustainability Course(s) Taught: MKTG 442 – Sustain Consumer Behavior, BA 442 – Sustn Consmr Bhvr, BA 497B – Sustainable Marketing Strategy for Consumers, Firms, and Societies