/news/ en /news/former-faculty-member-jane-kessler-passes-away-age-104 Former faculty member Jane Kessler passes away at age 104 Hero Type Image Myah Potter Mon, 07/28/2025 - 14:36 People Editorial Staff Thu, 07/24/2025 - 12:00 Jane Kessler (GRS ’51, psychology), a longtime �Ӱ���Ƶ faculty member who retired in the 1990s, passed away July 21 at the age of 104. Kessler, a leader in child psychology, was on the faculty for more than 40 years before retiring as the Lucy Adams Leffingwell Distinguished Professor Emerita in the Department of Psychological Sciences. In 2018, she earned the Frank and Dorothy Humel Hovorka Prize in recognition of her exceptional career contributions to her field.  Through her work and studies, Kessler was an advocate for children with developmental disabilities and their families. She founded the university’s Mental Development Center at a time when there were not many programs for children with developmental disabilities. Prior to her career at CWRU, Kessler served in the U.S. Navy (WAVES) as a psychologist working with World War II veterans. She went on to earn a degree from what was then Western Reserve University. Upon her retirement from CWRU, she and a colleague purchased and ran the local Appletree Books before selling it in 2015. Read more about Kessler’s life in her formal obituary. Tags College of Arts and Sciences faculty obituary Mon, 28 Jul 2025 18:36:38 +0000 Myah Potter Myah Potter 94812 at /news /news/faculty-focus-ayesha-bell-hardaway Faculty Focus: Ayesha Bell Hardaway Hero Type Image Tiko Kokhreidze Mon, 11/04/2024 - 08:00 Events Editorial Staff Mon, 11/04/2024 - 03:00 Connect and be inspired at the Faculty Focus series hosted by the Office of Multicultural Affairs! Faculty Focus is a series used to highlight the personal and professional journeys of underrepresented faculty here at CWRU. We invite you to join us for a captivating session with Ayesha Bell Hardaway, who will speak about her journey to and through academia. Bell Hardaway is the director of CWRU's Social Justice Institute, a professor of law at the School of Law, and director of the law school’s Social Justice Law Center. This event will take place Friday, Nov. 8, at 12:30 p.m. in the Office of Multicultural Affairs, located in Sears Building 409. Learn more and register.  Tags faculty Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000 Tiko Kokhreidze Tiko Kokhreidze 40783 at /news /news/meet-some-new-faculty-members-college-arts-and-sciences Meet some of the new faculty members at the College of Arts and Sciences Hero Type Image Michelle Kolk Wed, 10/09/2024 - 22:38 Featured Editorial Staff Wed, 10/09/2024 - 18:38 The students in �Ӱ���Ƶ’s undergraduate Class of 2028 aren’t the only new faces on campus this semester. The university also welcomed new tenure-track and tenured faculty members to its ranks, including many at the College of Arts and Sciences. Earlier this semester, we asked new faculty to share their thoughts on their careers and research endeavors. Get to know some of the new members of the College of Arts and Sciences’s ranks, and read about some of the new faculty members at Case School of Engineering. Answers have been lightly edited for length. Yidi Lin Associate Professor Dance Yidi Lin After completing a residency at Pennsylvania State University and teaching as an associate professor at Jacksonville University, Yidi Lin is returning to CWRU as a faculty member, where she earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in dance. 1. What are your specific teaching and/or research areas and interests? I teach modern dance technique, choreography and dance history. My research interests are dance fusion in choreography, Dalcroze Eurhythmics application in choreography, popular dance and culture. I have always been interested in dance; it is a way of healing and enjoying my life, 2. What do you look forward to at �Ӱ���Ƶ? To work with a group of excellent colleagues and students, and continue to develop my career. 3. Do you have any personal goals, hobbies, family, interests that you would like to share? I like to learn languages and learn to play different instruments. 4. What’s one piece of advice you have for students? One great piece of advice I received as a student was "no question is stupid question." Caren Beilin Assistant Professor English Caren Beilin Caren Beilin writes at an intersection of new narrative, feminism and narrative medicine. She is the author of Revenge of the Scapegoat (Dorothy, 2022), Blackfishing the IUD (Wolfman Books, 2019), Spain (Rescue Press, 2018), The University of Pennsylvania (Noemi Press, 2014), and Americans, Guests, or Us (Diagram/New Michigan Press, 2012). Revenge of the Scapegoat was named a 2022 winner of the Vermont Book Award for Fiction. Her latest novel, SEA, POISON—a serious comedy about gynecological malpractice—is forthcoming from New Directions in 2025. 1. What are your specific teaching and/or research areas and interests? Most of my books are in some ways narratives about our medical system, so I'm particularly excited by the idea of working with medical students on creative projects and putting forward coursework in the Department of English with foci in narrative medicine and disability poetics. This sort of humanities/STEM bridgework is already well in motion at CWRU, so I'm really excited to learn more about existing cool structures and to participate. 2. What do you look forward to at �Ӱ���Ƶ? I'm looking forward to teaching narrative medicine and continuing with my new colleagues to build our graduate programs. It's completely phenomenal that we have excellent funding to offer, a department rife with thrilling talent, and Cleveland as our base. 3. Do you have any personal goals, hobbies, family, interests that you would like to share? I struggle with this question, always, because I live narrowly, maybe (hopefully) in the rut of making. I like reading, writing, taking walks and staring out. I might also go to a movie. 4. What’s one piece of advice you have for students? The minute you cease to compartmentalize (my life is over here, my studies are over there) and instead bring your life—its concerns, actual passions, the things you know deeply having experienced or witnessed them, your obsessions, things you love doing or can't stop thinking about— into your coursework, find a way. That will be a grand minute—maybe a minute when your coursework becomes a life. Hayden R. Julius Instructor Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics Hayden R. Julius Hayden R. Julius earned his PhD in pure mathematics from Kent State University in 2021. He comes to CWRU from Niagara University, where he served as an experienced undergraduate instructor for precalculus and calculus. His research interests include noncommutative algebra and operator theory, with a focus on linear preserver problems studying maps that preserve fixed products. 1. What are your specific teaching and/or research areas and interests? I like to study preserver problems on specific kinds of algebraic structures. A typical preserver problem asks: In what ways can I transform an algebraic structure while leaving certain features invariant? This fascinating topic often combines linear algebra, abstract algebra, matrix theory, functional analysis, and many other branches of mathematics. 2. What do you look forward to at �Ӱ���Ƶ? Getting to know the hardworking and talented students at CWRU. 3. Do you have any personal goals, hobbies, family, interests that you would like to share? I love brewing pour-over coffee. Obviously for the coffee, but also for the morning ritual. 4. What’s one piece of advice you have for students? I advise all of my students to get to know their peers, their professors and their administrators. You never know when that personal connection will inspire you to take the next step in your educational journey. Network, network, network! Helen L. Long Assistant Professor Psychological Sciences Helen L. Long Though Helen Long knew she wanted to be a speech-language-pathologist as a child, it wasn’t until she began working in the field that she realized her true passion was for research. With a PhD from the University of Memphis, a master’s from Florida State University and postdoctoral experience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Long seeks to build an evidence base available to clinicians to support early diagnosis and intervention planning for children with disabilities. 1. What are your specific teaching and/or research areas and interests? My research studies early speech and communication development in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and other neurodevelopmental disabilities. Many people with CP use speech to communicate, but many others are nonverbal and communicate using other methods. We can't diagnose speech impairments until after children are expected to be speaking, which is during a critical period of development. The earlier we can detect signs of speech impairments, the earlier we can help these kids start using other methods. My past research has looked as young as infancy to see if early babbling patterns can predict later speech abilities, but my research at CWRU will look more broadly at a range of communication behaviors to look at even more specific potential predictors. I will be teaching classes around these topics, including Speech Sound Disorders and Augmentative and Alternative Communication in the Communication Sciences Program of the Department of Psychological Sciences. 2. What do you look forward to at �Ӱ���Ƶ? One of the biggest things that drew me to CWRU is the strong emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration. I am excited to build research and collaborative connections with others in the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Medicine and local hospital/community networks working to enhance the lives of people with disabilities. 3. Do you have any personal goals, hobbies, family, interests that you would like to share? I am excited to explore the almost overwhelming number of museums, nature centers and parks in the Cleveland area. I also can't wait to visit Cedar Point for the first time! Professionally, my goal has always been to work toward improving the lives of families and people with communication disorders and to inspire my students to strive to do the same. 4. What’s one piece of advice you have for students? Don't strive for perfection. As an undergraduate, I wrote an opinion piece about prioritizing friendships and social experiences over being the "perfect" student with a flawless transcript—and I still believe in that philosophy. College is a crazy short time in your life as you start the rest of your life, and there is nothing else like it. There will be plenty of time to chase perfection in adulthood if you so choose. In the meantime, take some risks and live boldly during your college years. Afsoon Kazerouni Visiting Assistant Professor Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences Afsoon Kazerouni Afsoon Kazerouni is fascinated by how geology can help us unravel Earth’s story billions of years later—and help us shape the future—using fieldwork, laboratory research and theoretical modeling. Prior to joining CWRU, she was a visiting assistant professor of geology at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania, and was a postdoc at Texas Tech University. 1. What are your specific teaching and/or research areas and interests? My teaching focuses on courses related to weather, climate, and Earth’s dynamic systems. My research interests lie in sedimentology, stratigraphy, and paleoclimatology. I am particularly interested in understanding how past climate changes, recorded in geological formations, can inform predictions about future environmental conditions. My research is focused on geochemistry and diagenesis in sedimentary environments. 2. What do you look forward to at �Ӱ���Ƶ? I am most looking forward to engaging with a diverse and motivated student body at �Ӱ���Ƶ, as well as collaborating with colleagues across disciplines. The opportunity to contribute to the university’s vibrant research community and to explore new ways to integrate geological sciences into broader environmental and sustainability efforts is particularly exciting. 3. Do you have any personal goals, hobbies, family, interests that you would like to share? Outside of academia, I enjoy hiking and exploring natural landscapes, which complements my interest in geology. I also love reading about history and different cultures. My goal is to continue traveling to new places, both for research and personal enrichment, to better understand the world and the people in it. 4. What’s one piece of advice you have for students? One piece of advice I would give students is to remain curious and never stop asking questions. Curiosity is the driving force behind all scientific discovery, and it’s important to cultivate that sense of wonder throughout your academic and professional journey. Patrick J. Lyons Assistant Professor Modern Languages and Literature Patrick J. Lyons Patrick J. Lyons is a scholar of 20th- and 21st-century French and Francophone culture and literary history. He earned a bachelor’s degree in French from Reed College in Portland, Oregon, and a PhD in French and critical theory from the University of California, Berkeley. From 2023-24, he was a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Modern Languages at Duke University. 1. What are your specific teaching and/or research areas and interests? I focus primarily on what literature and culture can teach us about the relationship between racism and capitalism, and how we can resist both. I’m also very enthusiastic about detective novels. 2. What do you look forward to at �Ӱ���Ƶ? Above all I’m looking forward to engaging with the students. I can’t wait to get to know them. 3. Do you have any personal goals, hobbies, family, interests that you would like to share? I enjoy running and playing music, and now that I’m back in lake country (Minnesotan by birth), I want to try my hand at fishing. 4. What’s one piece of advice you have for students? When I graduated from college, my advisors told me to 1.) pursue what you love, and 2.) treat it like a vocation. This has never failed me. Tags College of Arts and Sciences faculty Thu, 10 Oct 2024 02:38:20 +0000 Michelle Kolk Michelle Kolk 40499 at /news /news/become-host-ucites-teachers-observing-teachers-experience-program Become a host for UCITE’s Teachers Observing Teachers Experience program Hero Type Image Brianna Smith Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:36 Campus + Community Editorial Staff Mon, 09/16/2024 - 02:36 The University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) will offer its Teachers Observing Teachers Experience (TOTEs) program Monday, Nov. 4, through Friday, Nov. 8.  Volunteer CWRU teaching colleagues will open their classrooms to faculty peers in the spirit of sharing teaching and learning successes with one another. Instructors who successfully engage their students through active listening are encouraged to register to open their classroom to visitors as a TOTEs host. Find out how to become a host. Tags faculty UCITE Mon, 16 Sep 2024 10:36:00 +0000 Brianna Smith Brianna Smith 40202 at /news /news/satish-nambisan-recognized-highly-cited-researcher-distinction-two-years-row Satish Nambisan recognized with Highly Cited Researcher distinction two years in a row sxk1518 Thu, 11/16/2023 - 09:10 Business, Law + Politics Editorial Staff Thu, 11/16/2023 - 07:00 Satish Nambisan, the Nancy and Joseph Keithley Professor of Technology Management and professor of design and innovation at the Weatherhead School of Management, has been named to the list of Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate for the second year in a row—this year in the category of economics and business.  “It is great to be recognized again,” Nambisan said. “It helps reinforce the potential value of the research that all of us are doing here at Weatherhead.” This distinction places Nambisan among an elite group of researchers, who are being recognized for publishing multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in the Web of Science over the past decade. This year, 7,125 researchers were given this designation. Of the world’s population of scientists and social scientists, Highly Cited Researchers are one in 1,000. Nambisan’s research interests focus on how digital technologies shape innovation, entrepreneurship and global business. His research has been published in a wide range of academic and practitioner outlets including Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, Journal of International Business Studies and Academy of Management Review. His latest book, The Digital Multinational: Navigating the New Normal in Global Business (MIT Press, 2022), won the Axiom 2023 Business Book award in the international business/globalization category. He currently has several ongoing research projects but one of the most fascinating topics he said he’s working on is the management of digital harms.  “Technologies such as social media, virtual reality, robotics/automation, and generative AI are all quite powerful and valuable, but they all have a dark side too—there are negative consequences or harms evident at the individual, organizational and the societal levels,” Nambisan said. “My work is focused on understanding the nature of such digital harms and the governance needed to manage them. As we embed these and other technologies in our daily lives, it becomes imperative that we also become more effective in managing and mitigating the associated digital harms.” Read more about Nambisan’s research from Clarivate. Tags Homepage News Design and Innovation Design & Innovation research faculty Weatherhead School of Management Thu, 16 Nov 2023 14:10:06 +0000 sxk1518 sxk1518 94033 at /news /news/phil-cola-receives-rod-rose-award-contribution-journal-research-administration Phil Cola receives Rod Rose Award for contribution to the Journal of Research Administration Hero Type Image sxk1518 Thu, 10/19/2023 - 10:16 Business, Law + Politics Editorial Staff Thu, 10/19/2023 - 08:00 Philip A. Cola and collaborators were honored with the Rod Rose Award for the most outstanding contribution in the past year to the Journal of Research Administration by the Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI). The award was given for their article: Faculty Views on the Barriers and Facilitators to Grant Activities in the USA: A Systematic Literature Review. Cola, who holds the Winkle Healthcare Management Professorship and is a professor of design and innovation at the Weatherhead School of Management, co-authored the piece with Rachel A. Goff-Albritton (and her grant development team) at Florida State University as part of an author mentoring program where Cola assists members of the society in practitioner scholarship with designing studies and writing for the journal. “Winning this award is especially meaningful as it emanates from participating in the JRA mentorship program, where I collaborated with Rachel Goff-Albritton to write the award-winning paper,” he said. “It means a lot to me that it was an opportunity to not only work with a talented collaborator but to succeed in that endeavor beyond expectations.” Cola was presented with the award on Oct. 16 at SRAI's annual meeting in Seattle. SRAI is a global research management society providing education, professional development and the latest comprehensive information about research management to professionals from over 40 countries. Cola has been a member of the society since 2000 and a distinguished faculty member since 2011. “I am very proud to be a long-time research administrator and a member of the Society for Research Administrators International,” Cola said. “I have received much recognition in my career for managing and conducting research, teaching, and being a distinguished faculty member of SRAI. I have very much enjoyed having the opportunities to be a research administrator and a professor in my career. It is this flexibility that I enjoy the most professionally.” View the full list of SRAI 2023 award recipients.  Tags Homepage News faculty Design and Innovation PhD in Management - Design and Innovation Weatherhead School of Management Thu, 19 Oct 2023 14:16:45 +0000 sxk1518 sxk1518 94021 at /news /news/office-strategic-research-initiatives-creates-forward-looking-research-plan Office of Strategic Research Initiatives creates forward-looking research plan sxk1518 Fri, 09/15/2023 - 08:51 Business, Law + Politics Editorial Staff Fri, 09/15/2023 - 08:00 What does it mean to conduct research at a business school in the 21st century with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the sustainability challenges businesses are facing?  As the associate dean of research at the Weatherhead School of Management, Youngjin Yoo finds this to be one of the more interesting questions he’s given thought to.  “Our school is so uniquely well-positioned to embrace and address these challenges,” Yoo said. “It's really exciting to see what we can do as a collective group.” From centers that advance sustainability, train leaders and reimagine digital futures—to faculty who create world-renowned research, teach it in the classroom and hold positions at major institutions—Weatherhead has a number of resources to tackle these problems.  Most recently, the Office of Strategic Research Initiatives (OSRI) was established July 1 of this year, to create a bold, forward-looking research strategy that transcends traditional individual efforts.  Yoo, who also holds the Elizabeth M. and William C. Treuhaft Professorship in Entrepreneurship, and is the faculty co-director of XLab and a professor in the Department of Design & Innovation, will lead the efforts of the office along with Stefan Agamanolis as associate director of strategic research programs, and Celeste Blau as associate director of research administration.  Agamanolis comes with a background in corporate-funded research at MIT Media Lab and experience as chief innovation officer at Akron Children’s Hospital. He will collaborate with Yoo to develop new strategic research programs. Blau, who has been assistant director of operations at xLab, will expand her role to provide comprehensive administrative support. One of the biggest goals of OSRI will be to increase research activities by securing grants through externally funded sources like the National Science Foundation, Economic Development Administration, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Defense and others.  “External funding means people recognize our work as being important and something valuable to society,” Yoo said. In turn, this will provide faculty and doctoral students—who may not have had the opportunity before—the chance to participate in external funded research activities.  “Traditionally, our research has been self-funded through the school by tuition or endowment,” Yoo said. “If we proactively curate and identify externally-funded research opportunities, we can then prompt our faculty members to look at it.” The office is sending a weekly newsletter to faculty each Friday to highlight research they may take part in.  OSRI will also help connect Weatherhead faculty with faculty outside of the school for collaborative research projects. “Research is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary,” Yoo said. “We will work to build the bridge with other schools and colleges.” Through these initiatives, OSRI will increase Weatherhead’s recognition as a “research first school.” “All along we’ve had a lot of interesting research happening here,” Yoo said. “But, now, we have to put an emphasis on that research.” Tags Homepage News research faculty Weatherhead School of Management Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:51:37 +0000 sxk1518 sxk1518 94004 at /news /news/rakesh-niraj-returns-10-month-fulbright-program-mauritius Rakesh Niraj returns from 10-month Fulbright program in Mauritius sxk1518 Wed, 08/23/2023 - 14:50 Business, Law + Politics Editorial Staff Wed, 08/23/2023 - 08:00 Rakesh Niraj has moved to a new country once before in his life.  “I grew up in India and then came here to the U.S.,” he said. “At first you are struck by the differences, but as you devote more time, meet more people and understand their motivations, you always come back to how similar mankind is all over the place.” Over the last year, Niraj, Weatherhead School of Management associate professor of marketing, had the opportunity to live in a new country once again.  Niraj moved to Mauritius, a small island country located in East Africa, for 10 months, as part of his first Fulbright Scholar Award to teach, conduct research and gain an understanding about the culture.  Now back in Cleveland, Niraj reflects on his trip and the work he accomplished. Immersing Oneself in a New Culture What’s one way to learn about the people and culture in a new country? For Niraj, it was as simple as playing table tennis, also known as “ping-pong.” “When you're playing table tennis everyone is equal,” he said. “I made deep connections with these people. I went to their homes, played with their brothers and sisters and so on.” Ping-pong is a sport Niraj has enjoyed since childhood. On his second day on the island, Niraj asked his host if anyone played ping-pong. His host set him up to play with a staff member at the University of Technology, Mauritius (UTM), where Niraj would also be teaching. Once the staff member saw how good Niraj was, he invited him to another village to play with someone else.  Before Niraj knew it, he was traveling to different villages and playing the best ping-pong players on the island.  “My ping-pong diplomacy took me all over the island,” Niraj said with a laugh. “It was wonderful to get to know people that way.” Teaching and Conducting Research At Weatherhead, Niraj has been instrumental in developing and helping to run the Master of Business Analytics and Intelligence program. While in Mauritius, Niraj worked with leadership on the development of a business analytics academic program by attending meetings and sharing the syllabi and structure of the program at Weatherhead.  At the moment, UTM is exploring a business analytics specialization with their MBA program and Niraj is still meeting virtually with the group. “They want some external input and I’m very curious what final shape it will take,” he said. At UTM, Niraj taught a marketing research course for a semester and through this he was able to identify a few students to work with him as research assistants. One of the research projects Niraj focused on was a qualitative study on the adoption of technology by small and medium enterprises in Mauritius.  Niraj and his student assistants conducted semi-structured interviews, asking companies what technology they use, what they use it for, etc. Through this, Niraj was able to assess the extent of adoption of information and communication technologies tools (ICT) in different functional areas of business and factors supporting and hindering the adoption.  The research found evidence that some businesses use ICT for operations and accounting but most of the businesses primarily use ICT tools for marketing with Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Lack of awareness of capabilities and lack of funds, perhaps indicating uncertainty about payoff of ICT expenditure, emerge as major issues thwarting adoption of ICT tools.  The article on this research—Adoption of Information and Communication Technology Tools by SMEs in Mauritius: A Preliminary Qualitative Study—is currently under review to be published in an international journal. Through the Fulbright program, Niraj also conducted research workshops; gave a “lessons in marketing” presentation; led a panel discussion as part of a day-long marketing and branding seminar; and traveled to Rwanda, a country in east Africa, for a week to present a research seminar and talk with university students and leaders. When asked if he would be interested in applying for another Fulbright award in the future, Niraj said, “It was a great experience. I would be open and very enthusiastic about it.” Tags Homepage News Design and Innovation Design & Innovation faculty research Weatherhead School of Management Wed, 23 Aug 2023 18:50:35 +0000 sxk1518 sxk1518 93994 at /news /news/weatherhead-welcomes-three-new-faculty-members-0 Weatherhead welcomes three new faculty members sxk1518 Wed, 08/23/2023 - 14:19 Science + Tech Editorial Staff Wed, 08/23/2023 - 08:00 Weatherhead School of Management welcomes three new faculty members to the school this semester. Frank Barrett, Yufan Dong and Scot Lowry join Weatherhead’s faculty across three departments: organizational behavior, accountancy and design and innovation. Get to know the new faculty members, as they answer questions on what courses they’ll be teaching this semester, how they like to spend their time outside of the classroom and what they are most proud of in their careers so far: Frank Barrett, professor of organizational behavior and faculty director of the Master of Science in Positive Organization Development program Prior to joining Weatherhead as a full-time faculty member, Frank Barrett was a professor of management at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, where he taught naval officers and marines who were earning their MBA and graduate degrees in information sciences. What led you to Weatherhead? I graduated from the Weatherhead Department of Organizational Behavior in the early 90’s and all my teaching and research have been inspired by the value-based education I received here.   I have admired the MPOD program since its inception. It is a gem. Several of the leaders in the field of organizational change are here in one department. It’s an elite department and I’m so fortunate to be able to come here and work with them.  What courses will you be teaching this semester? I’m teaching an MBA course on organizational change and Appreciative Inquiry. And I’m teaching an MPOD class on mastery learning.   What are you most excited about for this semester at Weatherhead? I’m very eager to meet the new MPOD students. I remember the line from the musical “The King and I,”  “When you become a teacher, by your students you’ll be taught.”  What are you most proud of in your career so far? I’m most proud of my book “Yes to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz.” It’s a deep dive into the metaphor of jazz improvisation and implications for group dynamics and leadership.   How do you like to spend your time outside of teaching? I’m a jazz pianist and look forward to finding jam sessions in the area. Yufan Dong, assistant professor of accountancy Yufan Dong recently completed her PhD in business administration at Temple University before joining Weatherhead. Prior to that, she was an auditor with Deloitte in San Francisco, California.  What led you to Weatherhead? The close-knit and supportive culture at Weatherhead really stood out to me. On top of that, Weatherhead is really committed to top-notch research and supporting faculty in their research. What courses will you be teaching this semester? In fall 2023, I will be teaching ACCT 100. This is a course designed to introduce students to the world and language of accounting. Students will start to develop the skill to critically think about financial statements and company financial performance and how those factor into important decisions.  What are you most excited about for this semester at Weatherhead? I’m excited to immerse myself in the culture of Weatherhead, continue with my current research, and embark on new research topics with new collaborators.  What are you most proud of in your career so far? Research: My paper entitled, “Open Source Software Litigation and Risk Factor Disclosure,” which is coauthored with Jayanthi Krishnan, and won the 2022 AAA Mid-Atlantic Region Best Paper Award.  Teaching: I successfully recommended a student for Stanford Law School’s Law Scholars Institute. This particular student is very interested in criminal law and comes from a disadvantaged background.  How do you like to spend your time outside of teaching? Outside of work, I really enjoy playing board games, cooking, hiking, traveling, rock climbing, and spending time with family and friends.  Scot Lowry, Richard L. Osborne Professor of Entrepreneurship and professor of design and innovation Scot Lowry graduated from Weatherhead’s MBA program in 2001. He is the managing partner of Promise ONE Companies, an investment firm he started with a partner in 2005 after learning about acquisition entrepreneurship from Richard L. Osborne while he was an MBA student.  What led you to Weatherhead? I was attracted to the accelerated MBA program in 2000 when I was moving to Cleveland from Colorado and seeking to transition from commercial construction management and real estate development into investments. I had about 10 years of general management experience, so I qualified for the one-year accelerated MBA.   What courses will you be teaching this semester? DESN 419 - Entrepreneurship and the Good Life. This course focuses on: 1. Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) journey from employee to business owner, with emphasis on the “sponsored searches.” 2. Mindset, wealth and fulfillment creation strategies, and leadership styles of ETA entrepreneurs. 3. Introduction to the Promise Partners ETA Incubator (founded by a Weatherhead professor) and the strategies used by the group that have helped over 65 people acquire 85+ companies using ETA (including 44 Weatherhead Alumni) post graduation. ETA is an alternative to startups for aspiring entrepreneurs. ETA is a strategy to become a business owner, where the entrepreneur seeks the support of investors to find, acquire, operate, grow and potentially sell a small company, typically $5-$15 million in revenue at time of acquisition. The entrepreneur attracts investors, runs the search process and typically leads the acquired company as CEO.  What are you most excited about for this semester at Weatherhead? Weatherhead has been a center of excellence for “ETA” for over 30 years, but nobody knows. I’m excited the new co-deans are investing in sharing all the great work and outcomes that were started by Richard Osborne. The second annual ETA event will happen Oct. 25. Dively is offering a non-degree ETA weekend course taught by Ried Tileston, Weatherhead DBA student this winter, and G.J. King (another experienced ETA entrepreneur and educator like Reid) is offering another three credit hour course this spring.  We have also dramatically expanded the relationship with Promise Partners, the nonprofit ETA incubator, that has helped 44 Weatherhead alumni go from employee to business owner using various ETA strategies. I’m excited to share all this with the Weatherhead community and NEO community at large. It’s a fantastic legacy and exciting opportunity for the school and students.  What are you most proud of in your career so far? My role in helping nine others go from employee to business owner, including several Weatherhead alumni.  I’m also proud of my 20+ years involvement with Promise Partners as a volunteer board member and mentor where I’ve had the opportunity to support dozens of others in their pursuit of business ownership. All of this in an attempt to model what Richard Osborne did for me.  What is one fun fact your students might not know about you? I lived in 17 houses by the time I was 17-years old across multiple states as a military brat. This experience made me very resilient and adaptable, setting me up to become an entrepreneur.  Tags Homepage News Organizational Behavior accountancy Design and Innovation Design & Innovation faculty Wed, 23 Aug 2023 18:19:25 +0000 sxk1518 sxk1518 93993 at /news /news/satish-nambisan-honored-reviewer-awards-academic-journals Satish Nambisan honored with reviewer awards from academic journals sxk1518 Mon, 08/14/2023 - 11:19 Business, Law + Politics Editorial Staff Mon, 08/14/2023 - 08:00 Satish Nambisan, the Nancy and Joseph Keithley Professor of Technology Management at Weatherhead School of Management, recently received the 2023 Best Developmental Reviewer Award from the Academy of Management Review (AMR) and the 2023 Best Reviewer Award from the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS). “Both the Academy of Management Review and the Journal of International Business Studies are top-tier academic business journals and I am truly privileged to review manuscripts for them,” Nambisan said. “And, of course, it is quite rewarding to be recognized with these awards as they acknowledge my contributions to these journals, and importantly, to the authors as well in developing their manuscripts further.” Each year, the Academy of Management recognizes authors and reviewers of journal articles published in the previous year in each of the academy's six journals. Articles and reviewers selected advance the mission of the individual publication; bring forth core ideas that are original, important, and provocative; have a clear and important contribution to the field of management; and best reviewers provide timely, development reviews. The JIBS Best Reviewer Awards, which were introduced in 2008, recognize individuals who have consistently demonstrated dedication to the journal, as reflected in their reviews over the past year. Decision criteria include quality of each review; timeliness of each review; and total number of reviews and/or guest editor assignments completed.    Tags Homepage News faculty Design and Innovation Design & Innovation Weatherhead School of Management Mon, 14 Aug 2023 15:19:18 +0000 sxk1518 sxk1518 93990 at /news