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Robert Acton

Hanan Alhaddi

Boysie Billings
  • Boysie Billings
  • Professor of Accounting
  • International business competition, export tax, tax on foreign income, capital allocation among industrial nations, accounting

  • aa4816@wayne.edu
  • 313-577-4214

Abhijit Biswas
  • Abhijit Biswas
  • Distinguished Professor
    Kmart Endowed Chair and Professor of Marketing
    WSU Board of Governors Distinguished Faculty Fellow
    Chair, Department of Marketing
  • Consumer Behavior, Psychological Effects of Pricing, Advertising Effects and Cross-cultural Issues.

  • a.biswas@wayne.edu
  • 313-577-1499

John Boulahanis

Steve Britt

Heidi Bulich
  • Heidi Bulich
  • Associate Professor of Teaching in Accounting
  •  • Business Law
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Climate Change and Resiliency in the Built Environment
    • Sustainability
    • Fair Housing

  • hbulich@wayne.edu

Frank Castronova

Junwoo Cha
  • Junwoo Cha
  • Assistant Professor of Global Supply Chain Management
  • Research theme: Supply network evolution

    Research topics: 1. Regulatory policy in pharmaceutical supply chains, 2. Benefits of supply chain complexity in times of disruption

  • hw0090@wayne.edu

Meena Chakraborty
  • Meena Chakraborty
  • Part-Time Faculty in Accounting
  • Education, Training, Cross-cultural global Team Building, Financial Management, Zoom, Microsoft Office, Canvas, Intuit QuickBooks, International Business, Finance, Accounting

  • bq5062@wayne.edu
  • 2488726517

Toyin Clottey
  • Toyin Clottey
  • Professor of Global Supply Chain Management
  • Research theme: Information sharing in manufacturing assembly systems.

    Research topics: 1. Synchronizing the supply of components for automotive assembly amid chip shortages and other supply delays and 2. Impact of sharing imprecise information on fixed-bin selective assembly

  • hp9434@wayne.edu

Melissa Crabtree

Catherine Cuckovich
  • Catherine Cuckovich
  • Assistant Professor of Teaching in Marketing
  • Market development, including: planning, strategy, brand positioning and branded content development

  • ft7675@wayne.edu
  • 586 805 0521

Ranjan D'Mello

Mai Datta
  • Mai Datta
  • Professor of Finance
  • Executive Compensation
    Mergers and acquisitions
    Corporate governance
    Leveraged buyouts
    Corporate cash holdings
    Analysts' earnings forecast
    Insider-trading
    Investment banking
    Initial public offerings
    Bond covenant structure
    Corporate restructuring
    Teaching

    Corporate finance
    Capital budgeting
    Corporate Governance
    Venture Capital Financing
    Valuation

  • mdatta@wayne.edu
  • 313-577-9509

Cassandra Davis
  • Cassandra Davis
  • Assistant Professor of Marketing
  •  Consumer Well-Being, Stigmatized Identity, Health Decision Making, Service Marketing, Information Provision & Counterpersuasion, Goals & Motivations, Vice Consumption

  • gm5288@wayne.edu

Joseph DiMauro

M. Kathleen Donald
  • M. Kathleen Donald
  • Part-time faculty in Marketing
    • Marketing Strategy
    • Advertising & Integrated Marketing Communication
    • Nonprofit Management
  • KatDonald@wayne.edu
  • N/A - I don't have a university-provided phone.

Robert Forsythe

Jerome Gibbs

Frank Goeddeke
  • Frank Goeddeke
  • Assistant Professor of Teaching in Management
    • Labor relations
    • Safety & organizational reliability
    • Research methods
    • Quality
  • av1331@wayne.edu

Akane Hebert
  • Akane Hebert
  • Part-Time Faculty in Global Supply Chain Management
  • Lean Six Sigma

    Quality Engineering

    Leam Manufacturing

    Supplier Development

    Supplier Audit

    Continous Improvements

    Project Management

    APQP

  • gl4439@wayne.edu

Ryan Hemsley
  • Ryan Hemsley
  • Assistant Professor of Management
    • Organizational Behavior
    • Human Resources
    • Leadership
    • Negotiations
    • Teams & Multiteam Systems
    • Research Methods
  • hemsleyr@wayne.edu

Julie Hollinshead
  • Julie Hollinshead
  • Part-Time Faculty in Finance
  • Portfolio Management

    Securities Analysis

    Investment Policy

    Personal financial planning and wealth management

    Banking

  • dc2857@wayne.edu

Dave Huff
  • Dave Huff
  • Part-Time Faculty in Global Supply Chain Management
  • Global Supply Chain
    Production and Operations
    Statistics and Quantitative Methods
    Cyber Security, Cloud/Network Engineering and Business Continuity
  • DaveHuff@Wayne.edu
  • 248-224-48024

Christine Jackson
  • Christine Jackson
  • Chair, Department of Management
    Professor of Management
  • Leadership, Fairness in the Workplace, Team Effectiveness, Relationship Building & Interpersonal Skills (trust, active listening, feedback, difficult conversations, conflict management)

  • fy5917@wayne.edu
  • 313-577-6275

Anand Jha

Ta-Wei (Daniel)  Kao
  • Ta-Wei (Daniel) Kao
  • Associate Professor of Global Supply Chain Management
  • Research themes: Buyer-supplier relationships, Business value of information technology

    Research topics: 1. Supply chain networks and productive efficiency, 2. Crowdfunding performance and social ties

  • taweikao@wayne.edu

William Kelly
  • William Kelly
  • Part-time Faculty in Technology, Information Systems and Analytics
  • Providing pragmatic solutions to Business, IT and Professional Services organizations.  Help pinpoint areas for process improvement, organizational effectiveness and related business outcomes.  Strong focus on the business of IT and its alignment with the business.  Areas include:

    Business Plan Review/Viability/Recommendations for Improvement

    IT Sales Advisory

    Interim Leadership

    Outsourcing Advisory

    Due Diligence

  • cx5238@wayne.edu

Kevin Ketels
  • Kevin Ketels
  • Associate Professor of Teaching in Global Supply Chain Management
    Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs
    • Entrepreneurship & Innovation
    • Global Supply Chain Management
    • Healthcare Supply Chain Management
  • krk@wayne.edu
  • 313-577-4525

Manoj Kulchania

Sungjoung Kwon

Ariel Levi
  • Ariel Levi
  • Associate Professor of Teaching in Management
    • Organizational programs in diversity and affirmative action; court decisions and employee reactions regarding such programs;
    • Judgment and decision making at the individual and group levels;
    • Perceptions of, and attitudes toward, corporate social responsibility.
  • a.levi@wayne.edu
  • 313-577-4581

Norman Lewis
  • Norman Lewis
  • Part-Time Faculty in Technology, Information Systems and Analytics
    • Systems strategy and planning
    • Systems design
    • Nexus of business and information technology
    • Machine learning
  • namronse@wayne.edu

Xing Liu
  • Xing Liu
  • Assistant Professor of Management
  •  Dynamics and processe in teams, team diversity, team faultlines, newcomer adjustment in teams, identity work and play

  • xingliu@wayne.edu

Rebecca Loyer
  • Rebecca Loyer
  • Part-Time faculty in accounting
    • Business law and contract negotiation
    • Startup operations and growth strategy
    • Compliance frameworks for emerging industries
  • bc1388@wayne.edu

David Lucas
  • David Lucas
  • Part-Time Faculty in Management
  • The practice of professional leadership.

    Innovation systems and team building.

    Entrepreneurial coach and mentor.

    Building value through diverse groups.

  • ab8413@wayne.edu

James Martin
  • James Martin
  • Emeritus Professor of Management and Industrial Relations
  • Labor relations, Collective bargaining, Compensation administration, Union stewards, Contract ratification, Union loyalty, Part-time work, Work satisfaction, Effective crew chief utilization

  • james.martin@wayne.edu
  • 313-577-4485

Marick Masters
  • Marick Masters
  • Professor of Management
  • Workplace issues and public policy, business ethics, workplace privacy, workplace violence, unions and labor-management relations, business and labor political activity, conflict management and negotiations, and public/federal sector labor-management relations

  • marickm@wayne.edu
  • 313-577-5431

Elizabeth McQuillen

Marian Mety
  • Marian Mety
  • Part-Time Faculty, Management, DBA
  • Teaching Expertise: Organizational Behavior, Management and Supervision, Entrepreneurship, Human Resource Management

    Research Expertise: Leadership Theory, Self-efficacy, Female Leadership

  • df6106@wayne.edu
  • 586-260-9033

Ahmed Mohamadean
  • Ahmed Mohamadean
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Technology, Information Systems and Analytics
  • Management Information Systems (MIS), Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business Analytics, Digital Transformation, and Cryptocurrency

     

  • hn0916@wayne.edu

Prabhjot Mukandwal
  • Prabhjot Mukandwal
  • Assistant Professor of Global Supply Chain Management
  • Research themes: Environmental sustainability in supply chain management and buyer-supplier relationships

    Research topics: 1. Consumer reactions to environmentally irresponsible sourcing practices, 2. The impact of supply chain relationship configurations on supplier performance, 3. Procurement spend and environmental expertise of suppliers

  • prabsm@wayne.edu

Jeremy Peters

Nancy Philippart

Matt Piszczek
  • Matt Piszczek
  • Associate Professor of Management
  • Work-life issues, remote work, workforce aging, commuting, strategic HRM, employee/labor relations

     

  • gl3558@wayne.edu

Ajay Ponnapalli

Tamme Quinn-Grzebyk
  • Tamme Quinn-Grzebyk
  • Assistant Professor of Teaching in Management
    • Team development and leadership
    • Performance appraisal and improvement
    • Emotional intelligence and personality management
    • Corporate culture development
    • Process improvement and knowledge management
    • Enterprise learning and development
    • Reflection and design thinking
    • Course and curriculum design/development
    • Marketing and corporate communications
    • Event management and implementation
  • tammequinn@wayne.edu
  • 734-404-8610

Cristina Recchia
  • Cristina Recchia
  • Part-Time Faculty in Technology, Information Systems and Analytics
  • Innovation and Diffusion; SaaS and Agility; Customer Relationship Management; Technology and Inertia; Digital Sales and Consulting; Solution Selling Sales Leadership; New Business and Territory Planning; Managing Complex Sales Cycles; Building Executive Relationships; Pioneering Innovative Directions; Customer Retention/Referrals; Enterprise Technology Sales

  • cristinamrecchia@wayne.edu

Alan Reinstein
  • Alan Reinstein
  • George R. Husband Endowed Professor of Accounting
  • Current auditing and accounting issues, Fraudulent financial reporting, Business valuations, Bankruptcy, Changes in accounting education, Accounting

  • aa1692@wayne.edu
  • 313-577-4486

Diamond Reynolds

Theresa Rich
  • Theresa Rich
  • Part-Time Faculty in Management
  • After a 30+ year career at General Motors, I retired to start a law firm and teach part-time at MISB. During my 32 years at GM, I worked as an attorney in the tax department, in Organization & Development, as the leader of GM Learning, in Human Resources providing services to over 10,000 engineering professionals, in strategy, and as an executive coach. My specialty was helping global executives transition to new roles. During my time there, I was sent to over a dozen different countries on five continents. I led the global employee engagement operations, developed a training curriculum for the global HR staff, and started a day-long new employee orientation program. As an internal consultant, I became the confidant and leader of change management for a number of senior executives, mostly in the engineering function.

  • theresa.rich@wayne.edu
  • 248-957-8257

Jeff Rightmer
  • Jeff Rightmer
  • Assistant Professor of Teaching in Global Supply Chain Management
  • Operations and Supplier Management Strategies in the automotive industry

  • gs9974@wayne.edu
  • 248-514-2768

Kwame Robinson
  • Kwame Robinson
  • Assistant Professor of Technology, Information Systems and Analytics
  •  Community-based economies, co-designed information systems, automation and AI

  • hx4220@wayne.edu

Michael Rosen

Lauren Scott
  • Lauren Scott
  • Diversity & Inclusion Program Manager and Part-Time Faculty in Foundations
  • Dr. Scott has experience in program design, implementation, and facilitation with proven proficiency in managing administrative functions for various programs that support the training and development of participants from multicultural backgrounds. Dr. Scott is highly skilled at designing and implementing program evaluation assessments; compiling and analyzing data, using results to support program funding and continuation. Adept in grant management, strategic planning, marketing, event planning/coordination, cross-functional collaboration, and social media management with strong talents in identifying program needs, supporting program progress, and engaging in risk management and problem resolution strategies.

    In addition to her program administration background, Dr. Scott has worked in both collegiate and youth sports administration. Her work within athletics spans across events and championships, sports information, football operations and serving as adjunct faculty in the sports administration program in the College of Education at Wayne State University and Michigan State University. 

     

  • laurenscott@wayne.edu

Alicia Shankland
  • Alicia Shankland
  • Part-Time Faculty in Management
  • I've spent most of my career -- more than 25 years --  leading within fast-growth, innovative companies in technology, internet, telecommunications, digital marketing, professional services industries. I been the CHRO in large, global organizations and smaller, scrappy pre-IPO companies.

    I've had amazing opportunities to craft people strategies to support the performance, culture, rapid change needed to accelerate business results within companies that leverage HR to its full extent.

    Along the way, I've been privileged with invitatations to serve as adjunct faculty to teach HR courses as well as management, business communication, organizational behavior, organizational design, and change management.

    What I strive to bring to the classroom is a blend of what I've learned as life-long academic instructor and a practitioner. Teaching is a passion.  I work hard to become better with each class I teach.  I am grateful for what I learn from every class, every student .

     

     

  • alicia.shankland@wayne.edu
  • 4258643370

Ajit Sharma
  • Ajit Sharma
  • Assistant Professor of Technology, Information Systems and Analytics
    • Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
    • Generative AI
    • Business Analytics
    • Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
    • Electric and autonomous mobility

     

  • gm5546@wayne.edu
  • 313-577-7835

Gary Shields
  • Gary Shields
  • Associate Professor of Teaching in Management
  • Entrepreneurism; creativity and innovation; improvisation training; youth entrepreneurism; organization behavior; Detroit small business;

  • gary.shields@wayne.edu
  • 313-822-3211

Tom Shohfi

Margaret Smoller

Toni Somers

Albert Spalding, JD, PhD
  • Albert Spalding, JD, PhD
  • Emeritus Associate Professor of Accounting
  • Ethics, Business ethics, Epistemology, Moral sense, Morality, Corporate governance, Tax, Taxation, Income tax, Estate tax, Gift tax, Generation-skipping tax, Fiduciary accounting, Trusts, Estates, Probate, Audit committee, Board of directors, Liability 

  • aspalding@wayne.edu
  • 313-577-4469

Myles Stern
  • Myles Stern
  • Associate Professor of Accounting
  • Technology in Accounting, Business computer networks, Management of information systems, Information systems for manufacturing firms

  • ac8360@wayne.edu
  • 313 307-5070

Jeff Stoltman
  • Jeff Stoltman
  • Associate Professor of Marketing
  • Macro and micro-environmental analysis, strategic foresight and strategic planning, higher education trends and innovative solutions, consumer behavior - adoption and diffusion, marketing communication / marketing of new ventures, entrepreneurship and venture development, intersections of business and healthcare.

  • jeffstoltman@wayne.edu

Gerald Storey
  • Gerald Storey
  • Part-Time Faculty in Technology, Information Systems and Analytics
  •  I am a veteran within the field of Management Information Systems specializing in data networking and security. I am also an experienced and certified project manager professional (PMP) and Scrum Master.

  • gp7131@wayne.edu

Cuyler Strong

Scott Tainsky

Andrea Tangari

John Taylor
  • John Taylor
  • Associate Professor of Global Supply Chain Management
    • Supply chain management
    • Automotive Industry Supply Chain Management
    • Logistics Management
    • Transportation Policy
    • International Logistics
  • taylorjohn@wayne.edu
  • 517-719-0275 (cell)

Francesca Toscano
  • Francesca Toscano
  • Associate Professor of Finance
    • Financial Economics
    • Applied Economics
    • Behavioral Economics 
    • Credit ratings
    • Regulations
    • Role of equity analysts
    • Dynamics of CEO turnover
    • Trade Credit
    • Policy Uncertainty
    • Debt Maturity Structure
  • toscanof@wayne.edu
  • 313-577-6884

Viet Tran
  • Viet Tran
  • Ph.D. Student and Graduate Teaching Assistant
    • Corporate Misconduct
    • Earnings Management
    • Organizational Capital
    • Political Corruption
    • Strategic Alliances
    • Venture Capital Investment

     

  • vietphtran@wayne.edu

William Volz
  • William Volz
  • Distinguished Service Professor of Business Law and Ethics
  • Commercial law and regulation, Business ethics, Constitutional law, Taxation policy 

  • ab9241@wayne.edu
  • 248-644-1035

Dennis Weislo
  • Dennis Weislo
  • Part-Time Faculty in Management
  • Specialties: employee and labor relations, recruiting and staffing, compensation and benefits, payroll management and administration, training and development, University-level college instruction, health, safety, and security (OSHA Compliance), mergers and acquisitions, and labor and employment law.

    Additional Expertise: Human Resource Management, Employee Relations, Onboarding, Recruiting, Personnel Management, Employment Law, New Hire Orientations, Organizational Development, Employee Training, Payroll Management and Administration, Performance Management, Benefits Administration, Interviews, Sourcing of Employment Candidates, Health, Safety and Security, Mergers and Acquisitions, Employment Policy Development and Administration. 

  • ai0132@wayne.edu

David Williams

Leah Wolf
  • Leah Wolf
  • Part-Time Faculty in Management and Information Systems
    • Business management
    • Project administration
    • Management information systems
    • Supply chain, Logistics
    • Manufacturing
    • Production operations
  • fz7680@wayne.edu
  • 989-430-5309

Chao Wu
  • Chao Wu
  • Assistant Professor of Global Supply Chain Management
  • Experimental and Quasi-experiment Designs; Analytical Modeling; Nonprofit Operations, Sustainability, and behavioral topics.

  • Chao-Wu@wayne.edu

Attila Yaprak
  • Attila Yaprak
  • Professor of Marketing and International Business
  • Cross-cultural consumer behavior issues; marketing in emerging markets; strategy and structure in internationalizing firms; international business theory; marketing theory; and marketing strategy questions

  • aa4506@wayne.edu
  • 734-730-4240

Hakan Yildiz
  • Hakan Yildiz
  • Chair, Department of Global Supply Chain Management
    Associate Professor of Global Supply Chain Management
  • Research themes: Supply chain risk management and logistics optimization

    Research topics: 1. Supply chain risk management during COVID-19, 2. Risk mitigation strategy efficiency evaluation and 3. Reliable supply chain design

  • hakan@wayne.edu
  • 313-356-6860