Faculty Directory
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Department Chair, Marketing
Associate Professor of Marketing
Specialties:
- Salesforce Management
- Advertising Effects
- Marketing Strategy
(804) 287-1852
Department Chair, Economics
Rigsby Fellow in Economics
Professor of Economics
Specialties:
- Monetary Policy
- Macroeconomics
- Real-Time Data Analysis
(804) 287-1961
Department Chair, Finance
Associate Professor of Finance
Specialties:
- Alternative Assets
- Portfolio and Investment
- Corporate Finance
(804) 289-8589
Department Chair, Analytics & Operations
Professor of Analytics & Operations
Specialties:
- Supply Chain Management
- Design for Manufacturability
- Business Process Improvement
- Retail Operations
(804) 287-1867
Dean
Professor of Management
Specialties:
- Individual and Organizational Development
- Strategic Management of Human Capital
- Leadership and Organizational Change
(804) 289-8549
Lecturer of Economics
Specialties:
- Business Ethics
- Ethics and Economics
(804) 289-1761
Professor of Finance
Specialties:
- Corporate Finance
- Derivative Securities
- Econometrics
- Finance Pedagogy
- Initial Public Offerings
- Practitioner Issues
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- Small Business Management
(804) 287-6399
Associate Professor of Management
Specialties:
- Corporate Entrepreneurship
- Start-ups
- Technology Commercialization
- Environmental Sustainability
- Corporate Social Responsibility
(804) 289-8596
Associate Professor of Management
Specialties:
- Work Passion
- Person-Environment Fit
- Cross-Cultural Research
- Economic Inequality
(804) 662-3143
Associate Professor of Accounting
Specialties:
- Fraudulent Financial Reporting
- Auditor Judgement & Decision-Making
(804) 287-6645
Professor of Accounting
Specialties:
- Accounting Information Systems
- Budgets and Fiscal Responsibility
- Accounting and Business Education
- Cybersecurity
(804) 289-8551
Instructor in Marketing
Specialties:
- Advertising, Digital Marketing, Branding
- Publishing, Sales Management
(804) 662-3164
Assistant Professor of Analytics & Operations
Specialties:
- Supply Chain Management
- Network Economics of Supply Chains
- Perishable Food Supply Chain Management
(804) 289-1798
Associate Dean for International Business Programs
Professor of Management
The David Meade White Jr. Chair in Business
Specialties:
- Business & Corporate Strategy
- Stakeholder Strategy
- Innovation Management Strategy Consulting
- Value Creation in Interfirm Relationships
(804) 287-1922
Assistant Professor of Analytics & Operations
Specialties:
- Supply Chain Management
- Revenue Management
- Algorithms
(804) 289-8955
Instructor of Business Communications
Specialties:
- Business Communication
- Professional Writing
- Presentation Skills
- Public Speaking
- Document Design
(804) 289-8259
Professor of Finance
Specialties:
- International Finance
- Investments
(804) 287-1921
Associate Professor of Management
Paul Clikeman Teaching Fellow
Specialties:
- Business Ethics
- Negotiations
- Managerial Decision Making
- Hotel Industry
- Management Education
(804) 289-8556
Associate Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law (PPEL)
Specialties:
- Economic History of Weather Information
- Flipped Classroom
- Traffic Citations
(804) 287-6573
Associate Professor of Economics
Specialties:
- Economic Growth
- Macroeconomics
(804) 289-1765
Associate Professor of Management
Specialties:
- Global Strategy
- International Business Environment
- Emerging Markets
- Family Business
- Latin America Businesses
- Applied Meta-Analysis
Professor of Finance
Patricia A. and George W. Wellde Jr. Distinguished Chair in Finance
Specialties:
- Climate Finance
- Disaster Risk
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Accounting
(804) 287-1269
Assistant Professor of Finance
Specialties:
- Corporate Governance
- Financial Advisors
(804) 289-8565
Jordyn Farizo
She/Her
Visiting Instructor of Accounting
Specialties:
- Taxation
(804) 287-6068
Instructor of Entrepreneurship
Specialties:
- Entrepreneurship
- Innovation
(804) 335-7198
Visiting Lecturer
Specialties:
- Principles of Microeconomics
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- International Economics
- Poverty and Inequality
(804) 287-1237
The CSX Chair in Management and Accounting
Professor of Accounting
Specialties:
- Accounting
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Securities and Exchange Commission
(804) 287-1923
Neeraja Gupta
She/Her
Assistant Professor of Economics
Specialties:
- Behavioral Economics
- Experimental Economics
- Gender Economics
- Labor Economics
President and Professor of Economics
Specialties:
- Labor Economics
- Compensation Design
- Executive Compensation
- Gender Pay Gap
- Labor Market Discrimination
- Disability in Labor Markets
(804) 289-8100
Associate Professor of Economics
Specialties:
- Environmental Economics
- Non-Market Valuation
(804) 287-1815
Assistant Professor of Management
Specialties:
- Entrepreneurship
- Corporate Entrepreneurship
- Leisure Crafting
- Stress & Well-being
- Psychological Resources
Associate Professor of Marketing
Director of Spider Business Hub
Specialties:
- Customer-to-Customer Interactions
- Innovations in Service Technology
- Retail Promotions
- Corporate Perceptions & Sustainability
(804) 289-1776
W. David Robbins Chair of Strategic Management
Professor of Management
Specialties:
- Strategic Management
- Stakeholder Theory
- Business Ethics
(804) 287-1920
Visiting Professor of Economics
Specialties:
- Teaching: Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Economic History
- Research: Economic History, Economics of Institutions
(804) 287-6355
Department Chair, Management
The E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professorship in Business
Professor of Management
Specialties:
- Work Passion
- Employment and Interpersonal Relationships
- Social Networks
(804) 289-8567
Associate Professor of Accounting
Accounting Teaching Fellow
Specialties:
- Accounting
(804) 289-8594
Assistant Professor of Economics
Specialties:
- Urban Economics
- Public Finance
(804) 287-1801
Monika Kukar-Kinney
She/Her
The F. Carlyle Tiller Chair in Business
Professor of Marketing
Specialties:
- Retailing and Pricing
- Impact of Internet on Consumer Behavior
- Compulsive Consumer Behavior
- Market Research and Analysis
(804) 287-1880
Associate Professor of Accounting
Specialties:
- Archival Capital Markets
- Institutional Investors Trading
- Corporate Disclosures
- Auditing
- Insider Trading
- Trading Volume
- Behavioral Finance
- International Taxation
- Investment
(804) 289-1762
Assistant Professor of Analytics & Operations
Specialties:
- Data Analytics
- Quantitative Methods
- Machine Learning
- Health Informatics
(804) 662-3166
Professor of Marketing
Specialties:
- Marketing Research
- International Marketing
(804) 289-8586
Associate Professor of Economics
Robins Teaching Fellow
Specialties:
- International Trade
- Applied Microeconomics
- Industrial Organization
(804) 287-6520
Assistant Professor of Finance
Specialties:
- Corporate Finance
- Executive Compensation
- State Ownership
- Venture Capital
(804) 289-8623
Assistant Professor of Analytics & Operations
Specialties:
- Information Technology
- Data Analytics
(804) 287-6385
Professor of Economics
Joseph A. Jennings Chair in Business
Specialties:
- Industrial Organization
- Game Theory
- Experimental Economics
(804) 287-6631
Associate Professor of Marketing
Specialties:
- Branding
- Brand Management
- Customer Relationship Management
- Entrepreneurial Marketing
- Entrepreneurship
- Marketing Strategy
- Sports & Entertainment Marketing
(804) 289-8960
Associate Professor of Finance
Specialties:
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Governance
- Director Incentives
- Executive Compensation
(804) 287-1851
Associate Professor of Analytics & Operations
Specialties:
- Electronic Networks of Practice
- Feedback Systems
- Social Media
- Behavioral Information Security
- Quantitative Data Analysis
(804) 287-6895
Assistant Professor of Economics
Specialties:
- Political Economy
- Public Economics
Professor of Economics
The E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professorship in Business
Specialties:
- Economic Education
- Pedagogy
(804) 289-8575
Associate Professor of Economics
Specialties:
- Fiscal Policy
- Business Cycles
(804) 289-8574
Assistant Professor of Economics
Specialties:
- International Macroeconomics
- Macroeconomics
- Immigration
Lecturer of Marketing
Specialties:
- Customer Centricity
- Innovation
- Market Segmentation
- Marketing Strategy
- Sales Effectiveness
(804) 662-3043
Assistant Professor of Management
Specialties:
- Identity
- Stigma
- Disability
- Diversity
- Social Entrepreneurship
(804) 287-1821
Professor of Economics
Specialties:
- Applied microeconomics
- Economics of Education
(804) 287-1959
Assistant Professor of Management
Specialties:
- Strategy
- International Business
- Social Entrepreneurship
- Cross-border collaboration
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- African Investment
(804) 289-8560
Associate Professor of Finance
Director: Center for Active Business Education (CABE)
Specialties:
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Investment
- Financial Management
- Financial Modeling
- Investments
- Management Turnover
- Mergers and Acquisitions
(804) 287-1938
Associate Professor of Accounting
Specialties:
- Managerial/Cost Accounting
- Financial Accounting
- International Accounting
- ESG Reporting
(804) 289-8573
Robert Pawlewicz
He/Him
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Specialties:
- Audit Quality
- Auditor Fees
- The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)
(804) 289-8707
Professor of Marketing
Specialties:
- Branding
- Brand Equity Theory and Measurement
- Brand Authenticity
- Marketing Strategy
- Gratitude in Marketing
(804) 289-8593
Assistant Professor of Economics
Specialties:
- Environmental Economics
- Compliance and Enforcement
- Environmental Regulations
(804) 289-8673
Professor of Finance
The Patricia A. and George W. Wellde, Jr. Distinguished Chair in Finance
Contact: (804) 287-6589
Lecturer of Economics
Specialties:
- Data Science, Analytics, & Visualization
- Bayesian Statistical Analysis
- Legislative Redistricting Methods
- Forecasting
- Operations Management
(804) 338-7182
Melissa Spencer
She/Her
Assistant Professor of Economics
Specialties:
- Gender Economics
- Health Economics
- Crime Economics
Associate Professor of Management
Specialties:
- Strategic Management
- Nonmarket Strategy
- Environmental Sustainability
(804) 287-6471
Professor of Finance
Specialties:
- International Finance
- Investments
- Momentum and Contrarian Strategies
- Calendar Anomalies
- Volatility Prediction
(804) 289-8251
Associate Professor of Analytics & Operations
Director of Assessment and Accreditation
Specialties:
- Risk Management, Uncertainty Analysis
- Operations Research
(804) 289-1763
Professor of Analytics & Operations
Specialties:
- Information Technology
- Healthcare
- Data Analytics
(804) 287-6643
Assistant Professor of Finance
Specialties:
- Municipal Bond Market
- Climate Finance
- Behavioral Finance
(804) 289-8559
Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Business Programs
Professor of Accounting
Specialties:
- Financial Accounting
- International Accounting
- Corporate Social Responsibility
(804) 287-6811
Department Chair, Accounting
Associate Professor of Accounting
Contact: (804) 287-1832
Associate Professor of Economics
Specialties:
- International Economics
- Macroeconomics
- Labor Economics
(804) 662-3165
Associate Professor of Accounting
Specialties:
- Accounting (accounting education, financial, tax, managerial, AIS, and cost)
(804) 289-8577
Professor of Analytics & Operations
Specialties:
- Information Technology
- Operations Management
(804) 287-6524
Professor of Economics
Specialties:
- Ethics and Economics
- Economic Development
(804) 289-8570
Visiting Lecturer
Specialties:
- Macroeconomics
- Behavioral Economics
- Health
Associate Professor of Economics
Specialties:
- International Trade
- International Economics
- Quantitative Methods