Business Schedule
Monday, March 1
8:45-9:00 a.m. Peer Review Team Meeting
Planning meeting for members of the AACSB PRT Team only; business and accounting teams meet separately and then together
9:00-9:50 a.m. Introduction of the Lerner Academic Leadership Team
Lerner Personnel
Bruce Weber, Dean
Sheryl Kline, Deputy Dean
Rick Andrews, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty
Jack Baroudi, Senior Associate Dean of Academic Programs
Andrea Everard, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs
Michael Arnold, Chair, Economics
Srikanth Beldona, Chair, Hospitality & Sport Business Management
Laura Field, Chair, Finance
Hemant Kher, Chair, Business Administration
Carolyn Levine, Chair, Accounting & Management Information Systems
9:50-10:00 a.m. Break
10:00-10:50 a.m. – Strategic Management for Business Programs
Focus: Strategic plan, mission, innovation and societal impact as demonstrated in mission
Business Personnel
Bruce Weber, Dean
Rick Andrews, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty
Jack Baroudi, Senior Associate Dean of Academic Programs
10:50-11:00 a.m. – Break
11:00-11:50 a.m. – Resource Management
Focus: Physical, virtual, and financial resources; strategic initiatives and sources of funds
Lerner Personnel
Bruce Weber, Dean
Sheryl Kline, Deputy Dean
Jack Baroudi, Senior Associate Dean of Academic Programs
Carolyn Levine, Chair, Accounting & Management Information Systems
Maria Poole, Lerner Business Officer, Interim
11:50 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Break
12:00-12:50 p.m. – Faculty Management
Focus: Faculty development, deployment, evaluation, and qualifications
Lerner Personnel
Michael Arnold, Chair, Economics
Srikanth Beldona, Chair, Hospitality & Sport Business Management
Laura Field, Chair, Finance
Hemant Kher, Chair, Business Administration
12:50-1:30 p.m. – Lunch
1:30-2:20 p.m. – Faculty Involvement
Focus: Faculty governance, development and evaluation
Business Senior Faculty
(Tenured full professors and tenured associates with more than 8 years at UD)
Laura Field, Donald J. Puglisi Professor of Finance, Chairperson, Interim Director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance
Michal Herzenstein, Associate Professor of Marketing and Area Head
Xiaoxia Lou, Professor of Finance, Cleaver Faculty Fellow
Andrea Everard, Professor of MIS, Director, MS in Business Analytics and Information Management, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs
Stewart Shapiro, Professor of Marketing
Charlie Link, Bank of America Professor of Business, Professor of Economics
Charles Elson, Professor of Finance, Edgar S. Woolard, Jr. Chair in Corporate Governance
Fei Xie, Professor of Finance, Iannaccone Faculty FellowAccounting & Business Continuing Track Faculty
(Non-tenure track faculty)
Julia Bayuk, Associate Professor of Marketing, Honors Advisor
Amanda Bullough, Associate Professor of Management & Global Leadership, Co-Founder & Research Director, Women’s Leadership Initiative
Jens Schubert, Assistant Professor of Economics
Dee Muir, Assistant Professor of Marketing
Chris Lynch, Instructor of Finance
Jennifer McCloskey, Instructor of Business Law, Trusts, and Fiduciary Income Tax, Director, Trust Management Minor
Mark Serva, Associate Professor of Management Information Systems, Department Advisor
Ellen Monk, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems, Associate Chairperson
2:20-2:30 p.m. – Break
2:30-3:20 PM – Faculty Involvement
Focus: Faculty governance, development and evaluation
Business Junior Faculty
(Untenured assistant professors and tenured associates with no more than 8 years at UD)
Jack Bao, Associate Professor of Finance
Kyle Emich, Associate Professor of Management
Yu Xu, Assistant Professor of Finance
Jim Berry, Associate Professor of Economics
Gang Wang, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems
Dustin Sleesman, Associate Professor of Management
Derron Bishop, Assistant Professor of Business Administration
3:20-3:30 p.m. – Break
3:30-4:20 p.m. – Assurance of Learning (AoL) and Curriculum Management
Focus: Systemic and continuous improvement, management of curriculum, emerging technologies
Personnel
Rick Andrews, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty
Jens Schubert, Assistant Professor of Economics
Kati Takacs-Haynes, Associate Professor of Management, Associate Faculty Director for MBA Programs
John Stocker, Assistant Professor of Finance, Associate Chairperson
Liz Bayley, Assistant Professor of Economics, Associate Chair – Undergraduate Programs
Julia Bayuk, Associate Professor of Marketing, Honors Advisor
Chris Lynch, Instructor of Finance
Michal Herzenstein, Associate Professor of Marketing, Area Head
4:20-4:30 p.m. – Break
4:30-5:20 p.m. – Boards
Focus: Interaction between academics and industry-impact on the immediate and larger community
Alumni & Corporate Advisory Boards
Alyson Filippone ’01, Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP
Matt Cohen ’89, Assurance Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP
Mary Ellen Payne, ’78, VP, Sales, Verizon (Retired)
Ed Sannini, ’78, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley & Co. (Retired)
Clay Rowe ’11, Vice President, TD Bank
Pierre Anderson ’06, Vice President, Information Technologies, Artesian Water Company
Donna Fontana ’85, Senior Vice President, Fidelity Investments (Retired)
5:20-5:30 p.m. – Break
5:30-6:20 p.m. – Team Consultation
Focus: Private Zoom meetings within and across the AACSB PRTs to compare notes
Tuesday, March 2
9:00-9:50 a.m. – Lerner Centers
Focus: CEEE, Horn Program, Lerner Diversity Council, Women’s Leadership Initiative, Weinberg Center
Lerner Personnel
Carlos Asarta, Director, Center for Economic Education & Entrepreneurship
Laura Field, Interim Director, John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance
Dan Freeman, Director, Venture Development Center
Jennifer Joe, Cohen Family Lerner Director of Diversity, Chief Diversity Advocate
Wendy Smith, Director, Women’s Leadership Initiative
9:50-10:00 a.m. – Break
10:00-10:50 a.m. – Undergraduate and Graduate Learners
Focus: Learner progression, engagement, emerging technologies
Selected Undergraduate Students
Meredith McNamara, Senior, Accounting, Finance
Megan Momorella, Senior, Marketing, Management
Josiah Hanson, Sophomore, Finance, Financial Planning
Josh Morales, Senior, Operations Management
Andrew Cercena, Senior, Entrepreneurship, Finance
Rafi Turitz-Sweifach, Junior, EconomicsSelected Graduate Students
Dylan Hudson, Accounting graduate student
Sien Qian, Accounting graduate student
Brittany Hogan, Accounting graduate student
Ann Lewandowski, Chief of Staff – College of Engineering, University of Delaware, MBA graduate student
Kyle Connelly, Manager, Clinical Operations – Physical Therapy Department, University of Delaware, MBA graduate student
Oleksiy Miroshnyk, Assistant Vice President, Blackrock, MBA graduate student
Phillip Anklin, Certified Program Manager, Army Acquisition Corp., MBA graduate student
John McCloskey, Physician, MBA graduate student
10:50-11:00 a.m. – Break
11:00-11:50 a.m. – Research, Engagement, Societal (REO) Impact – combined
Focus: Intellectual contributions, impact, and alignment with mission, societal impact
Personnel
Xiao Fang, Professor of Management Information Systems, JPMorgan Chase Fellow
Matt Robinson, Professor of Sport Business Management
Jennifer Joe, Whitney Family Professor of Accounting, Cohen Family Lerner Director of Diversity, Chief Diversity Advocate
Michael Jung, Associate Professor of Accounting
Wendy Smith, Professor of Management, Co-director – Women’s Leadership Initiative
11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m. – Break
12:00-12:50 p.m. – Previous Concerns/Consultative Feedback
Focus: Standard-related concerns from previous review, consultative feedback on a topic/challenge selected by the school
Business Personnel
Bruce Weber, Dean
Rick Andrews, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty
Jack Baroudi, Senior Associate Dean of Academic Programs
12:50-1:30 p.m. – Lunch
1:30-2:20 p.m. – Team Consultation
Focus: Private Zoom meetings within and across the AACSB PRTs to compare notes
6:00-6:50 p.m. – Team Consultation
Focus: Private Zoom meetings within and across the AACSB PRTs to compare notes
Wednesday, March 3
7:30-8:20 a.m. – PRT Meeting
Focus: Writing report, discussing findings prior to exit meeting
8:20-8:30 a.m. – Break
8:30-9:20 a.m. – Exit Meeting
Focus: Review of draft report and recommendations
Lerner Personnel
Bruce Weber, Dean
Sheryl Kline, Deputy Dean
Rick Andrews, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty
Jack Baroudi, Senior Associate Dean of Academic Programs
Scott Jones, Accreditation Representative
Carolyn Levine, Chair, Accounting & Management Information Systems
9:20-9:30 a.m. – Break
9:30-10:20 a.m. – Meeting with President and Provost
Focus: Exit meeting
UD Personnel
Dennis Assanis, President, University of Delaware
Robin Morgan, Provost, University of Delaware
Bruce Weber, Dean
Rick Andrews, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty
Carolyn Levine, Chair, Accounting & Management Information Systems