Biography Sarah Williams is an assistant professor in the Department of Hospitality and Sport Business Management in the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware. Dr. Williams currently teaches undergraduate courses in sport management. She earned her doctorate in educational leadership and organizational development from the University of Louisville in 2019, her master of science in kinesiology from James Madison University in 2012 and her bachelor of...
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Biography Jackie Silverman joined the University of Delaware in 2019 after earning her doctorate in marketing from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She currently teaches Introduction to Marketing (BUAD 301). Her research examines several facets of judgment and decision making and consumer psychology. In particular, she studies the judgments and consequences of repeated behaviors, prosocial actions, memory and experiential choices. Please visit Dr. Silverman's personal...
Biography Michael Jung joined the University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics as an associate professor of accounting in July 2019. Previously, he spent eight years at New York University’s Stern School of Business and one year as a visitor at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. He has taught introductory and intermediate financial accounting to undergraduate and MBA students for over 12 years. His published research is in the areas of corporate...
Biography Eva Alfoldi is an assistant professor of global studies at the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware. Before joining UD, she held assistant professor positions in the United Kingdom at the University of Manchester and the University of Bradford. She is a visiting professor at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland. Dr. Alfoldi holds a doctorate in international business, an M.Sc. in international finance from the University of Leeds and a B.Sc....
Kelly Tatulli, Class of 2021, majoring in accounting, spent her summer in Budapest, Hungary in the Global Advantage Leadership externship at KPMG.
ACCT 267: Fall Exposure, the newest accounting course, is designed to help accounting students become internship-ready through seminars, panel discussions, case studies and more.
Biography Michael Gelman is an assistant professor of finance at the University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics and a visiting scholar at the Department of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his Ph.D. in finance from Ben-Gurion University with a merit award for excellence and earned an MBA and B.A. in economics and finance from The Hebrew University. Dr. Gelman’s primary areas of research are banking, household finance,...
Stephen J. DuBois, Class of 2019, majoring in finance, spent his summer in Atlanta, Georgia as an investment banking summer analyst at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
Danielle DiFabrizio, Class of 2020, majoring in marketing with a minor in advertising, has spent her summer in Hanover, New Jersey as a sales management intern at PepsiCo.
For some graduate students, navigating their career development, hands-on learning and job search can be overwhelming. Lerner Career Services works explore students’ strengths, clarify expectations, set goals and more.
Biography Sal Mistry is an assistant professor of management in the Department of Business Administration at the Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics at the University of Delaware. He received his Ph.D. in organizational behavior from the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. His research focuses on leadership, teamwork and followership. He was formerly a professor of practice in the Cox School of Business School at Southern Methodist University, where he won numerous...
Nishant Chintala, Class of 2021, double major in finance and computer science, has spent his summer in Horsham, Pennsylvania as a business transformation intern at Penn Mutual.
Double Dels Jinya (Catherine) Ren and Haowei (Andy) Xu met during their first UD MBA class. Today they run a top-ranked bed-and-breakfast in New Zealand.
Samantha Matthews, Class of 2020, majoring in hospitality industry management, has spent her summer in the Washington DC area as a food and beverage intern.
Gregory O’Brien, Class of 2020, has spent his summer in Montvale, New Jersey and Chaska, Minnesota as a sports marketing and sponsorships intern at KPMG.
Approximately 100 educators from across Delaware gathered at the CEEE for a day of expert speakers and workshops with direct application to their work in Delaware classrooms.
Madison Compare, Class of 2021, has spent her summer in Washington, D.C. as a game night staff and global partnerships intern at Monumental Sports and Entertainment.
UD graduate and retired senior vice president of sales and marketing with Verizon Communications Mary Ellen Payne has been awarded the inaugural Women’s Leadership Initiative Catalyst Award.
According to research from the University of Delaware’s Michal Herzenstein, the words you use can help predict whether or not you’ll default on a loan.
Research from UD’s Robert Kent suggests that DVR is changing the landscape of television advertising. Delayed viewing means that advertisers need to consider what types of ads to use based on a TV program’s genre.
Thanks to donations from alumni, the Lerner College has established the Lerner Tax Clinic, providing students with real-world tax experience while offering free tax services to the community.
Research from a UD professor and graduate students shows that hotels increase prices for longer stays, and looks at the implications of the gap between this pricing and customer expectations.
UD has announced a new four-year doctoral program in hospitality business analytics that will help prepare students to lead the hospitality industry using the latest data analytics technology.
Research co-authored by UD management Professors John Sawyer and Dustin Sleesman considers how counter-offers, and even the potential for a counter-offer, can impact power in negotiations.
This spring, students in third through fifth grades from across Delaware gathered over four days to compete in the 32nd Annual Delaware Meaningful Economics Competition sponsored by the CEEE.
UD’s Tim DeSchriver received the North American Society for Sport Management’s 2019 Dr. Garth Paton Distinguished Service Award in recognition of the important roles he’s served in the organization.
From February to May, more than 1,500 students in fourth through 12th grades diligently researched public companies and traded stocks as part of the Delaware Stock Market Game (SMG).
Lerner alumni were honored at the 28th Annual Alumni Awards of Excellence during the 2019 UD Alumni Weekend.
George Tsakumis’s research, recently recognized for being a highly influential work, suggests that one key change to accounting standards may help in the fight against aggressive corporate accounting practices.
Last fall, the Lerner College’s Graduate and Executive Programs office welcomed Gheysens to speak as part of the Chaplin Tyler Executive Leadership Lecture Series.
Over 80 high school students competed in the CEEE co-sponsored 2019 Delaware Personal Finance Challenge finals.
What drives customer satisfaction in online versus offline shopping? New research from UD’s Pratyush Sharma finds that online shoppers have much different expectations than their offline counterparts.
Admission to the graduate program is competitive. Those who meet stated minimum requirements are not guaranteed admission, nor are those who fail to meet all of those requirements necessarily precluded from admission if they offer appropriate strengths. Assistantships and scholarships are available. We accept applications for fall admission only. All associated, required application documents should be received and ready...
The mission of the Ph.D. in hospitality business analytics program is to provide advanced training to students in the domain of data science as it relates to the hospitality industry.
Lerner student Stefano Stengos turned his experiences with the Geltzeiler Trading Center’s Bloomberg Terminals into a job offer from Bloomberg as a financial product analyst.
MBA graduate Alex Ciolek reflects on his time at UD and the Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company as he prepares to commission into the Air Force.
Lerner College celebrates first 14 graduates with minor in professional selling and sales management.
President Assanis, Lerner College leadership and major donors to the project came together to celebrate the incredible updates to UD’s student-operated fine dining restaurant Vita Nova.
In this video, hear from faculty, students and alumni as they talk about how the University of Delaware Hospitality Business Management program at the Lerner College transforms students through hand-on experience to become managers and leaders in the world's largest industry. Transcript [Dr. Zvi Schwartz] The hospitality industry is a fascinating one. It’s one of the largest in the world, and it’s dynamic, and it’s a fast-growing one. So, we are one of the best programs in the world. [Melissa...
Experts shared their insights on finding meaning in the life of a business researcher at the Lerner Management Research Summit.