Research, Training and Professional Development

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Research

As a Carnegie R1 Institution, we are proud to produce top-tier, cutting-edge research. Our faculty, doctoral students, and post-doctoral research fellows are actively engaged in rigorous and relevant scientific research. The goal of our research programs is to have a positive impact on local, regional, national and international academic and business communities, as well as society in general. We have vast areas of research expertise across multiple topics in business and economics.

Research Areas and Faculty Experts by Department

Crews School of Accountancy

 

FACULTY MEMBER	AREA OF EXPERTISE
Hannah Smith Antinozzi Assistant Professor Email	Corporate and Individual Taxes Interaction of Tax and Technology AI and Virtual Currency Tax Compliance Enhancements
Rita Green Associate Professor of Teaching Email	Household balance sheet Consumer economics Family resource management Internal control Fraud Ethics
Kenneth Lambert Professor Email	Corporate Financial Statements Stockholder Reports
Larry Moore Professor Email	Political Analytics Memphis History/Black History International Aviation
Jeff Nevels Associate Professor of Teaching Email	Managerial Accounting Intermediate Accounting
Zabi Rezaee Professor Email	Litigation Fraud Investigation
Kate Sorensen Associate Professor Email	Financial Statement Auditing Internal Controls Audit Team Dynamics Emerging Audit Technologies Risk Assessment and Management

Economics

 

FACULTY MEMBER	AREA OF EXPERTISE
Carmen Astorne Associate Professor Email	Game Theoretic Modeling Behavioral Economics Consumer Bounded Rationality and Firm Pricing Relationship Between Gender and College Major Persistence and Switching Gender Differences in Non-cognitive Skills and Self-employment Altruism and Identity Expatriates/Allocation of Knowledge in Multinational Corporations
Andrew Hussey Professor Email	Economic Impacts of Advanced of Higher Education Predictors and Success of Entrepreneurship Gender Disparities in the Labor Force Academia Obesity and Health Behaviors Determinants/Trends in Income Inequality
David Kemme Professor Email	Econometric Modeling Forecasting and Applications of Data Science Machine Learning Modeling Financial Market Microstructure Price Discovery in Financial Crisis Monetary Policy and Inflation Forecast Targeting in Emerging Economies International Tax Evasion and International Factor Movements Role of Sovereign Wealth Funds in International Financial Flows Intercollegiate Athletics (Misconduct on University Giving)
Dongwoo (Don) Kim Assistant Professor Email	Public Pension Systems and Social Security Financial Literacy Causal Inference Labor and Health Economics
Joonhyung Lee Associate Professor Email	International Trade and Policies Multinational Corporations
Joaquin Lopez Associate Professor Email	Macroeconomic Development Effects of Economic and Political Institutions Effects of Civil Rights Legislation on Inequality Labor Market Outcomes of Minorities
Albert Okunade Professor Email	Economics of Health and Medical Care Applied Econometrics Public Policy Economics Labor Economics Economics of Higher Education Not-for-Profit Sector Economics and Finance
Jake Organ Assistant Professor of Teaching Email	Effects of Changing Weather Patterns on Demographic Outcomes in Semi-arid areas of Africa/Middle East Economic History of European Colonial Systems
Grace Phillips Assistant Professor Email	Economics of Crime Public and Labor Economics State policies and Mass Incarceration Social Welfare Implications of Tobacco Regulation
William Smith Professor Email	Stochastic Growth Theory Aggregate Consumption and Asset-pricing Models Choice Under Uncertainty
Jamin Speer Associate Professor Email	Labor Economics Economics of Education Development Economics Human Capital Investments and Market Returns Optimal Skillset Taught in Job Training Discrimination Firms' Use of Networks in Hiring Student College Decision Making (Gender Gaps)
Han Yu Assistant Professor Email	Economics of Education Health Economics Subjective Well-being Economics of Culture Policies Impacting Students’ Cognitive/Non-cognitive Outcomes Medicaid Expansions Non-standard Determinants of Subjective Wellbeing

Finance, Insurance and Real Estate

 

FACULTY MEMBER	AREA OF EXPERTISE
Jeff Black Assistant Professor Email	Market Microstructure Fixed Income Microstructure Liquidity and Market Efficiency Network Analysis Financial Econometrics Financial Planning and Literacy
Al Carrion Assistant Professor Email	Market Microstructure Risk Management and Hedging Public Pensions Derivatives Data Science Python Machine Learning
Jan Hanousek Jr. Assistant Professor Email	Information Asymmetry Behavioral Finance Insider Trading Retail Investors Business Groups
Pankaj Jain Professor Email	Financial Market Design and Regulation Market Microstructure High Frequency Trading Short Selling Institutional Investments Trading Frictions
Sepehr Roudini Professor Email	Government Federal Agencies and Corporate Finance Political Partisanship and Financial Markets Pharmaceutical Regulation and Firm Performance Patent Litigation and Financial Performance
Konstantin Sokolov Associate Professor Email	Alternative Data FinTech Market Microstructure
Emma Xu Assistant Professor of Finance Email	Entrepreneurial Finance International Finance
Velma Zahirovic-Herbert Professor Email	Residential Real Estate Development Real Estate Finance Behavioral Biases in Real Estate Housing Economics and Policy

Management

 

FACULTY MEMBER	AREA OF EXPERTISE
Wendy Bedwell-Torres Associate Professor of Teaching Email	Talent Management Training and Development Leadership Development Performance Measurement and Improvement
Frances Fabian Associate Professor Email	International Trade and Events Emerging Markets
Kristen Jones Associate Professor Email	Employee well-being Interpersonal relationships at work Occupational stress and health Work-life interface
Kurt Kraiger Chair and Professor Email	Organizational Training and Development Employee Mentoring Career Readiness and Development Learning Organizations
Steven Lanivich Associate Professor Email	Entrepreneurial Mindset and Cognition's Entrepreneurs’ Perceptions of Resources Opportunity Recognition and Fit
Alex Lindsey Associate Professor Email	Social influence Organizational behavior Employee well-being Statistics
Kelly Mollica Associate Professor of Teaching Email	Competitive Strategy in For-profit and Nonprofit Organizations Human Resource Management Organizational Stakeholders Organizational Culture Managing Organizational Change
Olivia Raine Assistant Professor of Teaching Email	Career Readiness Human Resources Management Verbal/Nonverbal Business Communication Compensation Networking Employee Motivation
James Vardaman Professor Email	Employee Retention Reactions to Change in Entrepreneurial Ventures
Ji Hae You Associate Professor Email	Corporate Governance Board Composition Affecting Leadership Changes Predictions/Outcomes of Board Diversity

Management Information Systems

 

FACULTY MEMBER	AREA OF EXPERTISE
Ankur Arora Assistant Professor Email	Ethics in Information Technology Business Value of AI Societal Implications of Fake News Use of AI in Software Testing
Mark Gillenson Professor Email	Software Testing Database Management
Euntae (Ted) Lee Associate Professor Email	Knowledge Engineering and Management Database Systems Management Infosec and Digital Resource Clusters Software Development and Testing Strategic Use of Organizational Information Systems
Yafang Li Assistant Professor Email	Expertise in Consumer Health Information Technology User Engagement with Chatbots Fitness Trackers Online Healthcare Communities Metaverse Value Creation in Virtual Environments AI-Human Interactions and Digital Identities AI Impact on User Behavior and Identity Digital Supply Chain Management Digital Technology Optimization and Streamlining
Huigang Liang Professor Email	AI Implementation and Human-AI Interaction Cybersecurity Issues AI for Improving Health AI for Supply Chain Demand Forecasting
Sandra Richardson Professor Email	Ethics in Information Technology Information Technology in Health Care and Strategy Project Management Leadership
Thomas Stafford Professor and Department Chair Email	Enterprise Systems Strategic IT Outsourcing Human/AI Teaming
Scott Vann Assistant Professor of Teaching Email	Innovative Application of Gamification Principles in Educational Settings Corporate Training Environments
Srikar Velichety Assistant Professor Email	Generative AI Impact on Internet Recommender Systems Sharing Economy Platforms Online Communities Crowdsourcing

Marketing

 

FACULTY MEMBER	AREA OF EXPERTISE
Greg Boller Associate Professor Email	Arts Integration Training for Leadership in Business Creativity and Ideation for Innovation Creative Marketing Communications and Strategy Emotional Intelligence Transformational Leadership
John Cicala Assistant Professor of Teaching Email	Sales Negotiations Retailing
Tracy Cosenza Associate Professor of Teaching Email	Digital Social Media Marketing Digital Social Media Networks Online Search Behavior
Rajiv Grover Professor Email	Market Strategy and Research Cross-functional Management Knowledge Judgment and Quality
Ganga Urumutta Hewage Assistant Professor Email	Consumer Decision Making Experiential and Material Purchases Visual Perception and Political Ideology Motions in Service Interactions Service Relationships Failures and Recovery Transformative Consumer and Service Frontline Employees
Susana (Susy) Jaramillo Assistant Professor Email	Emotions in Service Interactions Service Relationships Failures and Recovery Transformative Consumer and Service Frontline Employee Research
Subhash Jha Associate Professor Email	Behavioral Pricing Linguistics Cue and Role of Touch Neuroscience Experimental Design and Analysis
Alex Pratt Assistant Professor Email	Customer Experience Management Digital Marketing and Technology Financial Decision Making
Jeff Thieme Associate Professor Email	Sustainable Business

Supply Chain Management

 

FACULTY MEMBER	AREA OF EXPERTISE
Mehdi Amini George Johnson Professor Email	Supply Chain/Operations Management and Analytics Operations/Management Science Statistical Science Process Engineering and Re-Engineering
Michael Cervetti Associate Professor of Teaching Email	Quantitative Business Tools
Punya Chatterjee Assistant Professor Email	Product Returns and Retail Operations Sustainable Fashion OM-Marketing Interface
David M. Cook II Assistant Professor of Teaching Email	Business Analytics Supply Chain/Operations Management Leadership Development
Gensheng Liu Associate Professor Email	Mass Customization Operations Strategy Supply Chain Management
David Gagnon Assistant Professor of Teaching Email	Supply Chain/Operations Management Process Improvement Quality Leadership Development Process Engineering
Ernie Nichols Chair and Associate Professor Email	Process Improvement Supply Management Supply Chain Management
Rahul Pandey Assistant Professor Email	Buyer-Supplier Relationships Supply Chain Disruptions Behavioral Operations

Centers and Technology Labs

We are dedicated to improving professional development among our students, faculty and business community partners. As such, we have developed a wide array of Centers that offer customizable training programs designed to enhance your knowledge, skillsets, and overall, employability.

 

Research Centers and Technology Labs

Cook Analytics and Trading Lab

Customer NeuroInsights Lab

Methodist Le Bonheur Center for Healthcare Economics (MLCHE)

Systems Testing Excellence Program

Training and Professional Development

Center for Professional Career Development (CPCD)

Crews Center for Entrepreneurship

Fogelman Leaders in Action (Student and Professional Tracks)

Executive Education

We offer Professional Development Workshops specifically designed for business leaders at all career stages. The goal of these programs is for working professionals to maximize their learning potential and increase their relevance in today’s dynamic workplace. These short courses are earned in four-hour blocks. Flexible course offerings provide educational opportunities to the local business community and beyond.

• Business Analytics for Managers
• Emerging Business Leaders
• Executive Skills Series

Fogelman Findings

Please check out our ‘Fogelman Findings’ series. In these short three-minute videos, our FCBE faculty discuss their impact-focused research discoveries.

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For additional information about the University’s top-tier research, visit the Division of Research and Innovation.