INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS - Key Persons


Aaron D. Crabtree

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Executive
  • Associate Dean of Master 's Programs and Executive Development
  • Associate Dean of Master 's Programs and Executive Development, KPMG Faculty Fellow in Professional Accounting and Associate Professor of Accountancy
Dr. Aaron Crabtree is the associate dean of graduate programs and executive education. In this role, he manages the strategic growth of the college's graduate programs, including a high-quality portfolio of online programs, and continuing education outreach. He previously served the College of Business as the director of the School of Accountancy since 2014. Crabtree was promoted to associate professor in 2010 and awarded the KPMG Faculty Fellowship. He joined Nebraska in 2004. His research examines initial firm cost of debt, specifically how taxes and audit-related characteristics influence creditors and rating analyst's perception of the firm. His papers have been published in Auditing, A Journal of Theory and Practice, Journal of the American Taxation Association, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Advances in Accounting and Journal of Accountancy. Crabtree completed his Ph.D. at Virginia Tech in 2004, after receiving his master's degree in accounting from Virginia Tech in 2000 and his bachelor's degree in management from Emory and Henry College in Emory, Virginia. Research Interests: The impact of taxes and auditor information on the capital markets.

Abigail Nappier Cherup

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Research Assistant

Alice M. Dittman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Banking and Finance and Professor of Finance

Allie Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Student in Management

Amanda Gonzales

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Practice in Accountancy

Amber Messersmith

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer of Management

Andrew A. Hanna

Job Titles:
  • Seacrest Teaching Fellow and Assistant Professor of Practice in Management and Entrepreneurship / Center for Entrepreneurship

Anupam Ghosh

Job Titles:
  • Student

Arthur C. Allen

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Accountancy
Education Ph.D., University of Alabama, 1989 B.S.B.A., University of Southern Mississippi, 1985 Areas of Expertise Nonprofit Accounting Research Interests Local Government Accounting and Finance Financial Accounting Governmental Accounting Not-for-profit Accounting Dr. Arthur Allen received his Ph.D. at the University of Alabama in 1989. He earned his Bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1985. He joined the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration in 1989. Dr. Allen's research interests include nonprofit organizations, financial disclosures, and the market for audit services. He has published in many journals including the Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Banking and Finance, The Financial Review, and Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. Arthur Allen and Brian McAllister. "How Financial Information is Used by Private Foundations to Make Capital Campaign Grants," Journal of Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting (2019), Vol. 8, No. 1, pp.1-20.

Asif Iqbal

Job Titles:
  • Student

Bamidele Adeleke

Job Titles:
  • Student in Marketing
Research Interests: Marketing Strategy Business to Business Marketing Marketing Management Marketing Channels Management Consumer Behavior

Becky Stolpa

Job Titles:
  • Territory Manager / TTI Group

Bingkuan (Bryan) Cao


Biyu Wu

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Accountancy
Research Interests: Initial public offerings Financial reporting quality Securities regulation Auditing

Botan Çıtıl

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Practice in Supply Chain Management and Analytics

Brandon Fogel


Brenden Timpe

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Economics

Bret Sheeley

Job Titles:
  • Candidate in Accounting / Accountancy / HLH 445 B / 402 - 472 - 2337

Brett Neely

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Management
Research Interests: Leadership Interpersonal Dynamics Research Methods

Brian Baugh

Job Titles:
  • Finance
Research Interests: Household finance Behavioral Finance Retirement Savings Tax

Campbell R. McConnell

Established by the McGraw-Hill Foundation with generous support from Dr. Campbell R. (Mac) McConnell and others, proceeds from The Campbell R. McConnell Fund for Excellence in Economics fund are used to support several programs in the Department. Campbell R. McConnell earned his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa after receiving degrees from Cornell College and the University of Illinois. He taught at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 1953 until his retirement in 1990. He is best known as the author of Economics, the best-selling economics textbook in the world. An estimated 14 million students have used Economics or its companion editions. It has been translated into Italian, Russian Chinese, French, Spanish, Portuguese and other languages. He is also the co-author of Contemporary Labor Economics. He is a recipient of both the University of Nebraska Distinguished Teaching Award and the James A. Lake Academic Freedom Award and is past president of the Midwest Economics Association. Professor McConnell was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Cornell College in 1973 and received its Distinguished Achievement Award in 1994. His primary areas of interest were labor economics and economic education. He had an extensive collection of jazz recordings and enjoyed reading jazz history. Campbell R. McConnell Awards - provides scholastic awards to outstanding full-time graduate and undergraduate students majoring in economics.

Chad Mardesen

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Practice in Marketing
  • Professor

Christopher Harris

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Practice in Management

Christopher Mann

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Practice in Economics

Christy Magorian

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Regional Manager, Individual Sales / Assurity Life Insurance Company

Colin Ramsay

Job Titles:
  • Actuarial Science

Cynthia Hardin Milligan

Job Titles:
  • Cynthia Hardin Milligan Chair of Business and Professor of Supply Chain Management and Analytics

Daniel Tannenbaum

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Economics

Debra M. Cosgrove

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Practice in Accountancy

Demet Batur

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management and Analytics

Diego Villalpando


Dirk E. Black

Job Titles:
  • Forvis Professor of Accounting and Associate Professor of Accounting

Donna Dudney

Job Titles:
  • Finance

Douglas Waggoner

Job Titles:
  • Executive Professor of Finance

Dr. Alok Kumar

Job Titles:
  • Fellow
  • Faculty Research Award, Department of Marketing, College of Business, UNL
  • Marketing Department Faculty Research Award
  • Marketing Outstanding Reviewer
  • Steve & Jennifer David Chair in Business and Professor of Marketing
Dr. Alok Kumar was awarded the marketing department's Faculty Research Award.

Dr. Amit Saini

College of Business Best Paper Award Dr. Amit Saini received the Best Paper Award for his paper, "Governance Mechanisms in Business-to-Business Electronic Markets." Dr. Amit Saini served as a session chair and session discussant at the 2008 AMA Winter Educators' Conference in Austin, Texas. Dr. Amit Saini was selected to receive the 2006-2007 College of Business Distinguished Teaching Award in honor of his outstanding teaching ability and dedication to student learning. Dr. Saini was recognized during the University Honors Convocation. Dr. Amit Saini received the Harold and Esther Edgerton Junior Faculty Award for 2005-2006. This award is presented each year to honor an outstanding Junior Faculty Member who has demonstrated creative research, extraordinary teaching abilities, and academic promise. This award provides a strong incentive for pre-tenured faculty to expand their expertise and enhance learning at Nebraska. Dr. Saini will be known as the Harold and Esther Edgerton Assistant Professor for the two years of the award.

Dr. Amy Bartels

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Management
  • Assistant Professor of Management / Vita
Education Ph.D. in Management (Organizational Behavior), Arizona State University. Juris Doctorate, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Master of Arts (Higher Educational Administration), University of Nebraska-Lincoln. B.A. in History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Areas of Expertise Leadership Dr. Amy Bartels earned her Ph.D. in Management from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. Her research interests include the leadership and team dynamics across levels of analysis and the impact of stress and well-being within the workplace. Bartels, A. L., Peterson, S. J., & Reina, C. S. (2019). Understanding well-being at work: Development and validation of the eudaimonic workplace well-being scale. PLOS One, 14(4), e0215957.

Dr. Andre Maciel

Job Titles:
  • Nebraska Research Days Faculty Research and Creativity Slam, Office of Research and Economic Development, UNL

Dr. Blake Runnalls

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Research Award, Department of Marketing, College of Business, UNL
  • Young Scholar Research Competition, Organizational Frontlines Research ( OFR )
Blake Runnalls was nominated for the College of Business Distinguished Teaching Award

Dr. Dwayne Ball

Job Titles:
  • Ad - Hoc Reviewer, 2007
  • Board Member ACLU of Nebraska
  • Co - Investigator of an on - Going Grant, 2007
  • Marketing Department Faculty Research Award )
  • Member of the Academic Program Council of UNL, 2008
  • President of Phi Beta Delta International Honorary Society UNL Chapter
  • President of the Academic
Dr. Dwayne Ball was a review board member for the Academy of Marketing Science Review (electronic). Dr. Dwayne Ball was a member of the Academic Program Council of UNL, which reviews and approves all new academic programs and changes to program university-wide. Dr. Dwayne Ball was a member of the Gallup Research Center Board of Fellows. Dr. Dwayne Ball was the elected chair of the College of Business General Committee and sits on the Dean's executive committee. Dr. Dwayne Ball, was co-investigator of an on-going grant, of about $85,000 to study the prediction of customer loyalty through a service incidents in several industries in Portugal. Ad-hoc Reviewer, 2007 Dr. Dwayne Ball was an ad-hoc reviewer for the Journal of Business Research, European Journal of Marketing, Journal of Advertising, and AMS Review. Dr. Dwayne Ball served his 11th year as an officer of the Market Research Special Interest Group of the AMA. Dr. Dwayne Ball was the recipient of the 2006 James A. Lake Academic Freedom Award given by the UNL Faculty Senate. The award recognizes an individual who has made exceptional contributions through his or her acts to defending, supporting, and explaining the applications and practice of the principles of Academic Freedom. Dr. Dwayne Ball served on the Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Services Marketing.

Dr. Janet P. Near

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean
  • ASSOCIATE DEAN of FACULTY and RESEARCH
  • Associate Dean of Faculty and Research, Howard L. Hawks Chair in Business Ethics and Leadership and Professor of Management
Dr. Janet P. Near is the associate dean of faculty and research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business. She earned her Ph.D. from the State University of New York, Buffalo. Her research interests include antecedents and consequences of life satisfaction and job satisfaction, and antecedents and consequences of organizational dissent (e.g., whistleblowing). Near has co-written three books, most recently Whistle-blowing in Organizations. In addition, she has authored or co-authored more than 70 refereed journal articles published in journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management Journal and Academy of Management Review. She has served as an elected representative to both the OB Division and the Board of Governors of the Academy of Management and received a fellowship with the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Academic Leadership Fellows Program in 1991-92 (associated with Big Ten universities); her other service activities include being department chairperson and doctoral programs chairperson at Indiana during her time there.

Dr. Jerry L. Petr

Dr. Jerry L. Petr earned both his M.A. and Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1967 after completing his undergraduate work at Cornell University in 1961. He joined the faculty at Nebraska in 1966 and retired after 35 years in 2001. He was honored with numerous teaching awards including a Fulbright Lectureship in Czechoslovakia in 1992. His scholarly research ranged from the history of economic thought to the study of Soviet-type economies. He conducted seminal research in Economics Education, including his book, A Personalized System of Instruction to Accompany McConnell: Economics, 6th edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1975.

Dr. Jim Gentry

Job Titles:
  • Editor
  • Co - Chaired a Track for the 2008 Macromarketing Conference on Consumption, Materialism, and Society
  • Department of Marketing Faculty Research Award
  • North American Editor of the Journal of Consumer Behaviour
  • Reviewer
Dr. Jim Gentry received the George Fisk Award for the Best Conference Paper at the Macromarketing Conference. Dr. Jim Gentry was recognized for his contributions to macromarketing at the Macromarketing Conference in Berlin. Dr. Jim Gentry was awarded Reviewer of the Year by the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing. Dr. Jim Gentry served as the North American editor of the Journal of Consumer Behavior. Dr. Jim Gentry served as Editor of the Academy of Marketing Science Review. Dr. Jim Gentry received one of two 2007 Excellence in Graduate Education Awards from Graduate Studies. Jim received his award at the Graduate Studies Awards Reception on January 25.

Dr. Kathy Farrell

Dr. Kathy Farrell became the James Jr. and Susan Stuart Endowed Dean of the College of Business on December 1, 2017, after serving nearly a year as interim dean. She immediately launched an inclusive strategic planning process to help guide the college with a new mission, guiding principles and strategic initiatives. Focusing on key mission-focused goals, Farrell cultivated donor support for seven new endowed faculty chairs, implemented the Seacrest Teaching Fellows program, launched the undergraduate business and law major, established the Inclusive Business Leaders program, offered additional free tutoring for students in business classes and increased funding for student scholarships, along with other student retention initiatives. The college's connection with Nebraska's business community also expanded with the addition of several new online graduate programs and continuing education offerings for professionals to help meet workforce demands. Elected to the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) Board of Directors in 2023, Farrell is an experienced academic and business leader. She formerly served as associate dean of the College of Business for four years and chair of the Department of Finance for two years. She also serves on the boards of directors of Lincoln-based organizations Nelnet, Inc., Assurity, Inc. and Bryan Health. After joining the College of Business in 1993, she taught corporate finance and banking for over 20 years. She received the Distinguished Teaching Award and the University Distinguished Teaching Award along with achieving tenure in 2001 and full professor in 2009. Farrell's research interests include executive compensation, executive turnover and succession, and other corporate governance issues. Her publications have appeared in such journals as the Journal of Business, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Corporate Finance, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, National Tax Journal, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Research and others. Prior to earning her Ph.D. in finance from the University of Georgia, Farrell was an auditor for KPMG Peat Marwick in Baltimore and Atlanta, and earned the designation of Certified Public Accountant (inactive). She received her bachelor's degree from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio.

Dr. Laurie A. Miller

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean
  • Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs and Curriculum and Associate Professor of Practice in Economics
Dr. Laurie A. Miller is the associate dean of undergraduate programs and curriculum. In this role, she manages the undergraduate business programs ranked among the top 35 public schools by U.S. News & World Report. As associate professor of practice of economics, she served as a Secrest Teaching Fellow and member of several department and college committees. She earned multiple teaching awards including Certificates of Recognition for Contributions to Students and the College of Business Excellence in Teaching Award. Before joining the faculty at Nebraska, Miller served an economics instructor at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh for three years. Her primary research interests are in labor economics and applied microeconomics. Miller has published research in Review of Economics of the Household, International Journal of Manpower, British Journal of Industrial Relations, The Manchester School, Empirical Economics and Environmental Studies and Sciences. This research explored workplace stress, workers' job satisfaction, the effect of flexible working arrangements on the U.S. workforce, the impact on employees of family friendly policies such as financial support and family leave for caregivers, and wages and wage dispersion, among other topics. Miller received her Ph.D. and master's degree in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Dr. Les Carlson

Job Titles:
  • Co - Authored the Paper That Received the Journal of Advertising 's Best Article Award for 2007, Awarded March 2008
  • Representative at the American Academy of Advertising
Dr. Les Carlson was department's representative at the American Academy of Advertising. Dr. Les Carlson received the Kim Rotzoll Award for Advertising Ethics and Social Responsibility from the American Academy of Advertising Annual Conference (March 2010). The award recognizes outstanding contributions to furthering the study and practice of ethical and socially responsible advertising and is given only to individuals or organizations who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to advertising ethics and social responsibility. The organization notes that this award must be based on evidence of lifetime achievement and has previously only been awarded five times before, including posthumously to the late Kim Rotzoll, after whom the award is named. Dr. Les Carlson received the 2009 American Academy of Advertising's Outstanding Contribution to Research Award. A panel of five senior members of the Academy reviewed the nomination materials, and they were unanimous in selecting him to receive this award. He was noted for his contributions to advertising research that were characterized as impactful and extensive. In particular, they noted his contribution to research on advertising to children and the role of parental mediation, environmental issues and green advertising, service advertising, public policy issues, and the broader role of integrated marketing communication. The reviewers also cited the significant contribution Dr. Carlson has made to the field of advertising research as a journal editor and reviewer. Dr. Les Carlson served as the Immediate Past President of the American Academy of Advertising. Dr. Les Carlson co-authored the paper that received the Journal of Advertising's best article award for 2007, awarded March 2008.

Dr. Pat Kennedy - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Secretary - Treasurer
  • Vice - Chair
Dr. Pat Kennedy was involved with a USDA-CSREES grant, "Marketing Rural Communities to Attract and Retain Workers." Dr. Pat Kennedy served on the Editorial Board for the Sports Marketing Quarterly. Dr. Pat Kennedy was elected Vice-Chair Membership for the AMA Sports & Special Events Marketing SIG. Dr. Pat Kennedy was elected Chair of the college's Academic Planning Committee. Dr. Pat Kennedy served as the Secretary-Treasurer for the Sports Marketing Association.

Dr. Rachel Larson

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Dean
  • ASSISTANT DEAN of ACADEMIC and CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Dr. Rachel Larson is the assistant dean of academic and career development at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business. In this role, she oversees the college's career center, undergraduate academic advising, student engagement and enrollment management. Larson co-founded the College of Business Career Center, a partnership between the College of Business and the University Career Services, in 2011 and served as its inaugural director. She developed and coordinated the Professional Enhancement Program (PrEP), a series of four one-credit hour required classes to develop confident, professional and connected graduates for lifelong career success. Prior to Nebraska, Larson served the University of Connecticut's Center for Career Development for five years. Her research on newcomer adjustment has been published in the Human Resource Development Review and HR Magazine. Larson holds a bachelor's and a master's degree from Nebraska and a Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut.

Dr. Ravi Sohi

Job Titles:
  • Associate Editor
  • Fellow
  • Co - Chaired the Sales and Relationship Marketing Track at the 2008 Winter AMA Educators' Conference With Dr. Jagdip Singh
  • Department Chair and Professor of Marketing, Robert D. Hays Distinguished Chair of Sales Excellence and Executive Director of the Center for Sales Excellence
  • Reviewer
Dr. Ravi Sohi was appointed as the Associate Editor (Marketing) for the International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences.

Dr. Robert C. Bingham

Dr. Robert C. Bingham was an undergraduate student at DePauw University and obtained M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Northwestern University. He taught at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 1955 to 1962, where he was a colleague of Professor McConnell. He moved to Kent State University where he was promoted to full professor in 1967 and from which he retired in 1985. He was a devoted teacher. His research focused on pedagogy. He was a pioneer in the programmed learning approach and his Study Guide contributed in no small way to the success of McConnell's influential textbook. His books include, Study Guide to accompany McConnell's textbook.(14 editions), Mathematically Speaking, 1972, and Economic Concepts: a Programmed Approach (7-editions.)

Dr. Ron Hampton

Dr. Ron Hampton was awarded the Graves-Leopold Award by Nebraska's College of Business. This award honors distinguished leadership in advancing teaching, research and service. Dr. Ron Hampton was awarded the Outstanding Leadership Award by the AMA Student Chapter. Dr. Ron Hampton received a 2008 College Distinguished Teaching Award in honor of his outstanding teaching ability and dedication to student learning. He was recognized during the University Honors Convocation. This award is presented by the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Office. Dr. Ron Hampton received the 2008 College of Business Distinguished Faculty Award from the College of Business Advisory Board.

Duane Acklie

Job Titles:
  • Duane Acklie Chair and Professor of Economics

Durgesh Pattanayak

Research Interests: Marketing Strategy Marketing Channels Management Marketing-Finance Interface Business-to-Business Marketing Pricing Supply Chain Relationships

Edward Balistreri

Job Titles:
  • Duane Acklie Chair and Professor of Economics

Elina Ibrayeva

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Practice in Management
  • Management

Ellsworth L. Fulk

Job Titles:
  • Chairman and Professor of Accountancy

Emirhan Uzunlar

Job Titles:
  • Student in Supply Chain Management and Analytics

Emre Unlu

Job Titles:
  • Executive Education

Eric Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Department Chair, K.H. Nelson College Professor of Economics and Director of Bureau of Business Research
  • Economics

Erkut Sönmez

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management and Analytics

Esma Gel

Job Titles:
  • Cynthia Hardin Milligan Chair of Business and Professor of Supply Chain Management and Analytics

Federico Zincenko

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Economics

Garrett Anstreicher

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Economics

Geoffrey C. Friesen

Job Titles:
  • Finance

Gerry Finnegan

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer of Finance

Gwendolyn M. Combs

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Management

Heather Clemens

Job Titles:
  • Actuarial Faculty Fellow

Heng Chen

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management and Analytics

Herita Akamah

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Accountancy

Hyun Lee

Job Titles:
  • Student in Accounting

Inoussa Malgoubri

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Ishita Ahmed

Job Titles:
  • Student

Izzat Ahmad Adly

Job Titles:
  • Student in Economics

Jake Messersmith

Job Titles:
  • Department Chair and Associate Professor of Management

Jeff Cavanaugh

Job Titles:
  • Candidate in Management / HLH 325 F / 402 - 472 - 3915

Jen Skiba

Jen Skiba received the Othmer Fellowship and Mengzhu Ji received the Chancellor's Fellowship. Both Fellowships are funded thru Graduate Studies.

Jenna R. Pieper

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Management

Jennifer A. Davidson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Practice in Economics, Nebraska Council on Economic Education President and Nebraska Bankers Association Faculty Fellow

Jennifer K. Ryan

Job Titles:
  • Department Chair and Professor of Supply Chain Management and Analytics and Van Horne Family Endowed Chair
  • Supply Chain Management and Analytics

Jia (Joya) Yu

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Management

Jifeng Yu

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Management

Jill Trucke

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Practice in Accountancy

Jimmy Downes

Job Titles:
  • Director of the School of Accountancy and Associate Professor of Accountancy

Jina Morris

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Practice in Accountancy and Master of Professional Accountancy Coordinator

Jinsook Lee

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Practice in Finance

Joe Sandow

Job Titles:
  • Student

John Dannenbring

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer of Finance

John E. Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Baird Family Professor of Economics
  • Economics

John Kalu

Job Titles:
  • Director of the International Business Program, Associate Professor of Practice in Management and Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute Faculty Fellow

Jonathan L. Hendricks

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Management

Joseph Matthes

Job Titles:
  • Chancellor
Joseph Matthes received the Chancellor's Fellowship, funding provided by Graduate Studies.

Julian Atanassov

Job Titles:
  • Finance

Julie Nickel

Job Titles:
  • Department Operations Manager of Supply Chain Management and Analytics

Julie Wu

Job Titles:
  • Finance

Karina Sindermann

Job Titles:
  • Student
Research Interests: Inventory Management and Optimization of Expiring Medical Supplies Data Analysis and Machine Learning in Operations Management

Karoline Haskell

Job Titles:
  • Director of Lab

Kathryn Maresh

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Practice in Accountancy

Kathy Mellick

Job Titles:
  • Department Operations Manager of the Department of Finance

Kelli Saunders

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Accountancy

Kevin Wesley

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Practice in Management

Kyle Langvardt

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Law and Entrepreneurship

Laura McLeod

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Practice in Marketing
  • Professor
Laura McLeod was awarded as the Outstanding Professor by UNL Delta Sigma Pi.

Laura Poppo

Job Titles:
  • Expert Areas: Strategic Management, Strategic Planning Complex Problem Solving

Lindsay Thomsen

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Practice in Management and Director of Business Development for the Center for Entrepreneurship

Lindsay Tillinghast

Job Titles:
  • Director of Lincoln Center for Economic Education, Director of Nebraska Business at Standing Bear and Lecturer of Economics

Ling Lin Harris

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Accountancy

Liying Wang

Job Titles:
  • Finance

Lynn Matthews

Job Titles:
  • Department 's Representative
Lynn Matthews was the department's representative at the 2015 AMA-Sheth Doctoral Consortium hosted by London Business School.

Madison Schnacker

Job Titles:
  • Student in Management

Majid Nabavi

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Practice in Supply Chain Management and Analytics

Marijane England

Job Titles:
  • Management

Matthew Barlow

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Management

Md Asaduzzaman Nur

Job Titles:
  • Student

Melissa Lewis

Job Titles:
  • Department Operations Manager of the Department of Management

Michael Ricks

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Economics

Michelle Jacobs

Job Titles:
  • Department Operations Manager of the Department of Marketing
Michelle Jacobs received the 2007-2008 College of Business Distinguished Service Award in the Managerial/Professional category.

Mike Hays - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder

Mirzokhidjon Abdurakhmonov

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Management

Mostafa Mashayekhi

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Actuarial Science

N.Z. Snell

Job Titles:
  • Life Insurance Professor and Associate Professor of Actuarial Science
Research Interests: Mortality modeling and forecasting; Mortality-linked security pricing; Mortality/longevity risk measurement and management

Nancy Loftis

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer of Finance

Nancy Paasch

Job Titles:
  • Chief Administration Officer

Nathan J Gold

Job Titles:
  • Marketing and Associate Professor of Marketing

Nes Vance

Job Titles:
  • Outreach Support Associate of the Bureau of Business Research

Patrick Conway

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Account Manager, Adhesives and Fluids

Paul Dion

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Practice in Finance

Phyllis Schwab

Job Titles:
  • Department Operations Manager of the Department of Economics

Pinar Runnalls

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Practice in Marketing

Plavini Punyatoya


Priyanka Khandelwal

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Practice in Marketing

Raschelle Drumheller

Job Titles:
  • Manager
  • Sales Associate

Rebecca Jack

Job Titles:
  • Student in Economics

Revanth Raghupatruni

Job Titles:
  • Student
Research Interests: Marketing Strategy B2B Marketing Marketing Channels

Richard A. DeFusco

Job Titles:
  • Finance
  • Department Chair and Professor of Finance

Rik Barrera

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean
  • Associate Dean of Operations, Inclusion and Chief of Staff
  • University of Nebraska - Lincoln in 1994 As the Chair
Rik Barrera is the associate dean of operations, inclusion and chief of staff at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business. He oversees all business operations, financial reporting, budget preparation, human resources, facility/plant management, IT operations and staff development. Barrera also coordinates all diversity and inclusion efforts for the college. Barrera joined the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1994 as the chair of the Military Science Department and following retirement from the U.S. Army in 1998, took the position of business manager of the Beadle Business Center at Nebraska. Barrera joined the College of Business in October of 2011. Before coming to Nebraska, he taught leadership, ethics and military law at the U.S. Army Command & General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He earned a master's degree in management and human relations from Webster University and a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona.

Rob Simon

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Associate Professor of Practice in Marketing
  • Department of Marketing Faculty Teaching Award
  • Professor of Practice
Professor of Practice Rob Simon received the 2010 Shuler-Kistiakowsky Faculty Award from Nebraska's College of Business. Irma E. Shuler-Kistiakowsky has given money to the Dean of the College of Business to provide this award also to College of Business faculty members for outstanding teaching, research and outreach. Rob Simon received the AMA Outstanding Faculty Advisor for 2006-2007. This award was given to Nebraska at the International Collegiate AMA Conference in New Orleans on March 31. The award was only given to two advisors nationwide.

Robert Campbell

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Management

Robert Mackalski

Job Titles:
  • Fellow
  • Seacrest Teaching Fellow and Assistant Professor of Practice in Marketing

Roberto Stein

Job Titles:
  • Finance
  • Seacrest Teaching Fellow and Associate Professor of Practice in Finance

Robin Garewal

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Practice in Marketing

Romina Raafat

Job Titles:
  • Student in Supply Chain Management and Analytics
Research Interests: Supply Chain Management Data-Driven Decision Making Business Analytics

Sam Allgood

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Director of the Teaching and Learning Center and Edwin J. Faulkner Professor of Economics

Samantha Fairclough

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Associate Professor of Practice in Management

Samir Ashraf

Job Titles:
  • Student in Economics

Samuel A. Nelson

Job Titles:
  • Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Associate Professor of Practice in Management

Samuel Melessa

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Accountancy

Scott M. Fuess

Job Titles:
  • Economics

Scott R. Swenseth

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Director of Business Graduate Programs and Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management and Analytics

Shane Moser

Job Titles:
  • Nebraska Bankers Association Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor of Practice in Finance

Shanna Meyer

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer of Supply Chain Management and Analytics

Sharon Nemeth

Job Titles:
  • Typing Specialist of Economic Education

Sheila Hayes

Job Titles:
  • Department Operations Manager of the School of Accountancy

Shelly Doty

Job Titles:
  • Executive Consultant / Workforce Science Associates

Sherry (Xuerui) Kou

Job Titles:
  • Student

Sheth Doctoral Consortium

Job Titles:
  • Fellow
  • Representative, 2007
  • Representative, 2008
  • Representative, 2009

Shivam Gupta

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management and Analytics

Silvana Trimi

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management and Analytics

Star Employees

Job Titles:
  • Employee Turnover

Steven Hegemann

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Practice in Accountancy

Stuart Dearden

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Accountancy

Sue Vagts

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Actuarial Science

Suraiya Binte Ali

Job Titles:
  • Student in Economics

Surin Kim

Job Titles:
  • Student in Management

Tammie J. Fischer

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer of Economics

Tammy Beck

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Management

Tasnim Mahin

Job Titles:
  • Student

Taylor Paskett

Job Titles:
  • Student
Research Interests: Tax and Financial Accounting Institutional Investment

Teck Yong Tan

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Economics

Tim Reilly

Job Titles:
  • Jim Gentry and Former Marketing PhD Student, Rob Harrison, Won the People 's Choice Award for Their Video on Black Friday at the ACR Conference in Pittsburgh, PA

Timothy D. Hodges

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director of the Clifton Strengths Institute and Assistant Professor of Practice in Management

Timothy Meyer

Job Titles:
  • Student in Accountancy

Todd Thornock

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Accountancy

Tony Kang

Job Titles:
  • Deloitte Haskins and Sells Chair and Associate Professor of Accountancy
Research Interests: Capital Markets International Accounting

Troy A. Smith

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Business Ethics and Associate Professor of Management

Uchechukwu Jarrett

Job Titles:
  • Seacrest Teaching Fellow and Associate Professor of Practice in Economics

V.J. Skutt

Job Titles:
  • Finance

Varkey Titus Jr.


W. W. Marshall

Job Titles:
  • College Professor and Professor of Marketing

Wesley S. Boyce

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Practice in Supply Chain Management and Analytics and Program Director of Master of Science in Supply Chain Management

Xiangjing (Olivia) Chen

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management and Analytics

Xin Meng

Job Titles:
  • Student in Management

Yao Ma


Ye (Brandon) Moe

Job Titles:
  • Student
Research Interests: political economy machine learning insider trading

Yifan Gong

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Economics

Yingchao Lan

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management and Analytics

Yu He

Job Titles:
  • Student

Yunxia (Peter) Zhu

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management and Analytics Program Director of Master of Science in Business Analytics

Yuxi Yao

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Economics

Özgür M. Araz

Job Titles:
  • Ron and Carol Cope Professor of Supply Chain Management and Analytics