Biography Meryl P. Gardner is a professor of marketing at the Lerner College. She earned her bachelor’s degree from The Johns Hopkins University and her master’s and doctorate from Carnegie Mellon University. Her research interests involve viewing marketing opportunities through a consumer psychology lens with a focus on the influence of affect on consumer behavior and the role of marketing in socially positive behavior change. She is particularly interested in the role of emotions in consumer...
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Biography Vincent DiFelice is a senior instructor of entrepreneurship and the faculty director of venture support at the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware, where he champions nascent student startups. Before joining UD, he spent nearly 30 years as an entrepreneur. During this period, DiFelice co-founded several ventures including a $1 billion socially responsible community investment fund now known as The Reinvestment Fund and an industry-leading...
Biography Michal Herzenstein studies consumer decision making and is especially interested in consumer financial decision making. She holds a B.S. in economics, statistics and operations research and an MBA in marketing from Tel Aviv University, and a Ph.D. in marketing from the University of Rochester. Before her doctoral studies she worked as a consultant in a marketing consulting firm in Israel. Her papers were published in the Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Psychology,...
Biography Bob Kent studies advertising and media at the Lerner College of the University of Delaware. He holds a B.S. in marketing from Ohio State University, an MBA in finance from the University of Toledo, and a Ph.D. in marketing from the University of Cincinnati. His work has been published in Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Advertising, Journal of Advertising Research, Journal of Consumer Psychology and other outlets. Education Ph.D. in marketing,...
Biography Mary Kernan is an associate professor of management in the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware. Dr. Kernan’s research interests include employee motivation, work attitudes and dysfunctional behavior in organizations. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Academy of Management Review, Personnel Psychology, and the Journal of Management. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Organizational Behavior. Dr....
Education Ph.D. in operations management & decision sciences, Indiana University, 1996 M.B.A., University of Delaware, 1991 B.A. in mathematics, Utah State University, 1989 Select Publications Saniga, Erwin M., Lucas, James M., Davis, Darwin J., and McWilliams, Thomas P. (2012). “Economic Control Chart Policies for Monitoring Variables when there are Two Components of Variance,” Frontiers in Statistical Quality Control, Vol. 10, pp. 85-95. Saniga, Erwin M., Davis, Darwin J., and...
Biography Hemant V. Kher is a professor of operations management in the Department of Business Administration at the University of Delaware. He has a Ph.D. in production & operations management from the University of South Carolina, a masters in industrial administration from Lynchburg College, and a B.Sc. in physics from Bombay University. Before pursuing graduate studies, he worked in the Quality Control and Production Planning departments at Amforge Industries in Mumbai, India. He has...
Education Ph.D. in decision sciences, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1984 M.B.A. in quantitative systems analysis/MIS, Drexel University, 1977 B.A. in mathematics, Bucknell University, 1973 Select Publications Ferry, Diane, Kydd, Christine and Boyles, Corinne (2012), “Creating the Global Graduate: A Cross-Cultural Videoconferencing Case Study,” Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 139-164. Kydd, C. (2012) “The Effectiveness of Using a Web-Based...
Biography Dr. Ajay Manrai is a professor of marketing in the Department of Business Administration, Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware. He took the editorial responsibilities as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Global Marketing (Taylor and Francis) beginning January 1, 2016. Dr. Manrai was the president of the International Management Development Association, IMDA for 2010-12. He received a Fulbright-Nehru grant in the role of a Senior Research Scholar...
Biography Julia Bayuk is a professor of marketing in the Department of Business Administration. She received a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, with concentrations in marketing and communication, and a Ph.D. in marketing with a focus in consumer behavior at the University of Florida. Her research focuses on improving consumer welfare (such as increasing consumer savings, especially for vulnerable consumers, or helping individuals get in shape and...
Education Ph.D. in operations management, University of Texas at Dallas, 2014 M.S. in supply chain management, University of Texas at Dallas, 2012 M.S. in applied mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2008 B.S. in applied mathematics, Beijing Institute of Technology, 2005 Select Publications Liying Mu, Bin Hu, A. Amarender Reddy, Srinagesh Gavirneni. (2022). Negotiating Government-to-Government Food Importing Contracts: a Nash-Bargaining Framework. Manufacturing & Service Operations...
Biography Mark is a highly accomplished executive with nearly 47 years of experience serving as a CEO, COO and entrepreneur in diversified industries including telecommunications, technology-based businesses, recycling and waste management, finance, construction and manufacturing. Mark is known for his "roll up the sleeves" approach to turnaround management, assisting clients by acting as a chief negotiator, restructuring partner, sales manager and main interface to stakeholders. During his...
Education MBA in management, University of Baltimore, 1991 B.S. in business administration with concentrations in operations management and marketing; minor in economics, University of Delaware, 1986
Biography John Antil research interests and publications are primarily in the areas of buyer behavior, branding and sports marketing (primarily Super Bowl advertising and athlete endorsements). He received his B.A. in economics from Umass Amherst, an MBA from Dartmouth College (Tuck School of Business) and his Ph.D. from Penn State University. Dr. Antil has worked as the assistant to the vice president – Washington Operations for AMF (Brunswick) and was assistant to the senior vice president...
Biography Ji Kyung Park is an associate professor of marketing in the Department of Business Administration at the University of Delaware. She began her career as an assistant professor at the University of Delaware in 2011 after completing her Ph.D. in marketing at the University of Minnesota. Professor Park’s expertise lies in consumer psychology, focusing on implicit theories, self-esteem and social identity as they relate to brand consumption and prosocial behavior. Her research has been...
Education Master of science in accounting, University of Delaware MBA, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA Bachelor of science in business administration, major in marketing, University of Delaware Certified Public Accountant (MD) Select Publications “The Relevance of Activity-Based Management Support for Composite Structures Design,” Advances in Management Accounting, vol. 7 (1999): 1-24. (with S. Jones and V. Karbhari) "Assessing the Relevance of Cost Information for Product...
Biography Gang Wang is an Associate Professor of management information systems (MIS) and Joint Educational Institute (JEI) Research Fellow at the Lerner College of Business & Economics, the University of Delaware. He received his Ph.D. degree in operations and information management from the University of Connecticut. His research interests include online social influence, multi-sided e-markets and digital transformation and regulation. His research has been published in MIS Quarterly,...
Biography John Sawyer earned his Ph.D. in social, organizational and industrial psychology from the University of Illinois. He is a professor of management in the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics. Over the past decade, Sawyer’s research has focused on contextual effects on negotiations and on science and technology management, from research and development (R&D) to market implementation. His research has been published in top academic journals in business (e.g., Academy of...
Education Ph.D., University of South Carolina Masters in professional accountancy, Clemson University, GA B.Com., Osmania University, India Select Publications Audit Quality: Insights from the Academic Literature (with Robert Knechel, Gopal Krishnan, Mikhail Pevzner and Lori Shefchik) in Auditing: A Journal of Theory and Practice Vol. 32 , 2013: 385-421 The Quality of Earnings of Client firms of Second Tier Auditors with Dave Jenkins in Research in Accounting Regulation, Volume 23 (Issue 2)...
Education Ph.D. in accounting, University of South Carolina Master of accountancy, Miami University, Oxford, OH B.S. in accounting, Miami University, Oxford, OH Certified Public Accountant (CPA) OHIO (Inactive) Select Publications Canace, T.G., Cianci, A.M., Liu, X.K., and G. T. Tsakumis. 2020. “Paid for Looks When Others Are Looking: CEO Facial Traits, Compensation and Corporate Visibility” Journal of Business Research 115: 85-100. Beaudoin, C.A., Cianci, A.M., Hannah, S.T., & G.T....
Education Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin MBA, Syracuse University, NY B.S., Mansfield University of Pennsylvania Select Publications Kher, H. and Serva, M., " Changing the Way We Study Change: Advocating Longitudinal Research in MIS," forthcoming in Data Base for Advances in Information Systems, 2013. Saltz, J., Serva, M., and Heckman, R., “The GET Immersion Experience: A New Model for Leveraging the Synergies between Industry and Academia,” forthcoming in Journal of Information...
Education Ph.D., Brunel University, East London, England MBA, University of Delaware B.S. in chemical engineering, Rutgers University, NJ Select Publications Monk, E., Brady, J., and Mendelsohn, E. (2017) Problem Solving Cases in Microsoft Access and Excel (15th Ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology. Monk, E. (2016). Addressing AACSB’s A7: A Series of 8 Turnkey Information Systems Modules for a Managerial Accounting Class. AIS Educator Association 18th Annual Conference (AISEA), June 2016,...
Education Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University M.S. in accounting, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University B.A, Shepherd College, WV Certified Public Accountant (WV) Select Publications Kane, G., F. Richardson and U. Velury, "Heuristic Partitioning and The Prediction of Corporate Financial Distress Advances in Financial Forecasting and Planning" (Forthcoming). Kane, G., Jenkins, D., Velury, U. (2009) “Earnings Conservatism and Value-Relevance Across the...
Education Ph.D. in decision science, University of Pennsylvania, 1990 M.S. in systems engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1987 B.S. Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, July 1985. B.S. in electrical engineering & naval architecture and ocean engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1985 Select Publications Wang, B. Chen, and J. Chen, “Credit card fraud detection strategies with consumer incentives”, forthcoming, The...
Education Ph.D. in economics, University of Southern California, 2001 M.S. in mathematical statistics, University of Southern California, 2000 M.A. in economics, Graduate School of People's Bank of China, 1996 B.A., Financial Institute of China, 1993 Select Publications "A Lag-Augmented Two and Three Stage Least Square Estimator for Structural Dynamic Models" (with Cheng Hsiao), Econometric Journal, 2007. “Modified Two-Stage Least Squares Estimators for the Estimation of Structural Vector...
Education Ph.D. in economics, University of Chicago B.A. in mathematics and economics, University of Missouri Select Publications "Balanced-Budget Rules: Local Indeterminacy and Bifurcations,” International Journal of Economic Theory, forthcoming. “Li-Yorke Chaos in Models with Backward Dynamics,” Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, Volume 20, Issue 5, December 2016, pp. 587-606. "Fixed points imply chaos for a class of differential inclusions that arise in economic models,'' (with...
Biography Born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1965, I attended Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Lisbon from 1983 to 1988, majoring in Economics. I was an instructor at Universidade Católica Portuguesa before going to graduate school in the US at the University of Rochester where I earned a Masters in Economics in 1994 and a Ph.D. in Economics in 1996. I have since been at the Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research of the Bocconi University in Milan and at the Department of Economics...
Education Ph.D. in Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2013 M.Sc. in Applied and Resource Economics, East Carolina University, 2006 M.Sc. in Econophysics, University of Ulm, Germany, 2006 Select Publications “The Impact of Forward Contracting on Tacit Collusion: Experimental Evidence”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 119, 2015: 109-123 “Food Safety Regulations under Ambiguity” (joint with Tigran Melkonyan), American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 91 (5), 2009:...
Appointments College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Applied Economics & Statistics; profile page Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics, Department of Economics College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Department of Applied Economics & Statistics Biography George Parsons is an environmental economist with an interest in non-market valuation including travel cost demand models, hedonics, contingent valuation and choice modeling. His recent work includes...
Biography Susan is a graduate of University of Delaware. She joined the CEEE in 2010 after working in the banking industry. She provides direct support for all CEEE K-12 programming including marketing, registration, service, billing and collection. She manages overall administrative and operational functions of the CEEE office.
Biography Jennifer is a graduate of Goldey Beacom College. She joined the CEEE in April 2013 after working in the banking industry. Jennifer provides direct support for CEEE K-12 events; she coordinates CEEE communication and serves as a liaison with partners and other members of the education community. Additionally, she provides administrative support for the MAEEE program.
Biography A Delaware native, Gail earned an M.A. in economics and entrepreneurship for educators from University of Delaware. She recently returned to Delaware after working as a social studies teacher (economic, AP macroeconomics, AP microeconomics, and AP US history) and social studies department chair at a high school in Minnesota for twenty years. Before moving to Minnesota, Gail served as both CEEE Stock Market Game Coordinator and Program Coordinator. She is a former teacher at Newark...
Biography Scott Bacon, a 2011 University of Delaware master of economics and entrepreneurship for educators graduate, joined the CEEE in 2015 after teaching social studies for 13 years in Delaware’s public schools. During his classroom career, Scott focused on high school economics and civics at all levels and was recognized in 2007 as Newark High School’s Teacher of the Year. He has forged solid partnerships with the Delaware teaching community in many different capacities, having served as...
Biography Judy holds both undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Delaware - a B.S. Ed. in elementary education and an M.A in economic education and entrepreneurship. She taught elementary for 34 years before retiring from classroom teaching. She is currently the coordinator for the Delaware Bank At School program and works on a variety of projects for the CEEE, including Teach Children to Save Day, Meaningful Economics competition, curriculum writing and teaching financial...
Biography Jill Gugino Panté is the director of the Lerner College Career Services Center. She has been with the University of Delaware for nine years, and was at Drexel University for two years prior. Previously, Panté served in the Peace Corps in Micronesia from 1999-2001 as a health education volunteer. After her service, she traveled the world and returned to the United States to serve as a leader in an AmeriCorps VISTA program. There, she recruited and trained other volunteers to create...
Education Ph.D. in marketing, University of Minnesota, 1994 BBA, double major in marketing and management, 1987 Selected Publications Gregan-Paxton, Jennifer, Stewart Shapiro, and Mark Spence (2009), “Factors Affecting the Acquisition of Novel Attribute Relationships to New Product Categories,” Psychology and Marketing, 26, 2 (February) 122-144. Gregan-Paxton, Jennifer, Steve Hoeffler and Min Zao (2005), “When Categorization is Ambiguous: Factors That Facilitate the Use of a Multiple Category...
Education J.D. St John's University School of Law B.A. New York University Select Publications A Responsibility to Speak: Citizens United, Corporate Governance and Managing Risks, 8 Hastings Bus. Law Journal 103 (2012)
Education Ph.D. in economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1976 B.A. in economics, magna cum laude, Amherst College, 1968 Select Publications “Financial System Development and Economic Growth in Transition Economies: New Empirical Evidence from the CEE and CIS Countries” (co-authored with Saul Hoffman, Evangelos Falaris, Laura Cojocaru ) Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, March 2016 “The Educational Value of the College Fed Challenge Competition” (co-author Vera Brusentsev) Eastern Economic...
Biography James O'Neill founded the UD Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship (CEEE) in 1971 and served as its director until August 2013. He is a recipient of the Freedoms Foundation Leavy Foundation Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education and received the Lerner College's Outstanding Educator Award in 2008. He serves as president of the Delaware Council on Economic Education and has devoted his career to providing educators with high-quality programs and workshops...
Biography Rick Andrews is a professor of marketing in the Department of Business Administration at the University of Delaware. He has served as deputy dean of the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics since 2009, and he also served as chair of the Department of Business Administration from 2006-2011. He began his career as an assistant professor at the University of Delaware in 1992 after completing his Ph.D. in marketing at Virginia Tech. His research interests include the...