Barbara Arel joined the faculty in 2006 after completing her PhD at Arizona State University. Prior to her doctoral studies, Dr. Arel worked as a senior auditor in a regional public accounting firm and is currently licensed as a certified public accountant. She is also a member of the American Accounting Association. Her teaching interests are in the areas of auditing, accounting information systems and financial accounting and her research focuses on the judgment and decision making processes of auditors. Her research has been published in Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Advances in Accounting and The CPA Journal.

Cathy A. Beaudoin, PhD - Details
Assistant Professor
Office: 317 Kalkin
Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 1:00PM-2:30PM or by appointment
Phone: (802) 656-0313
E-mail: cabeaudo@bsad.uvm.edu

Cathy Beaudoin is an Assistant Professor at The University of Vermont School of Business. She holds degrees from California State Polytechnic University (B.S.), Columbia University (MBA), and Drexel University (Ph.D.).

Cathy has extensive accounting work experience, both in public accounting and industry. She has worked in the tax department at KPMG Peat Marwick, in various accounting and reporting positions in the financial services industry including a Fortune 100 company, and was also the Vice President of Finance of a large, publicly-traded company.

Cathy's research interests include examining the decision making process in accounting and financial reporting contexts. This includes examining various factors that influence financial executives accounting and financial reporting choices as well as examining how accounting and financial reporting factors influence managers operating decisions.

Cathy was raised in Enfield, Connecticut. She has lived in many areas of the United States including Los Angeles, New York City, Tampa, Philadelphia, and now Vermont. Cathy likes to participate in sporting activities and currently competes in triathlons. She is also an avid reader of both fiction and nonfiction works, listens to a wide range of podcasts, and is continually looking for new music to enjoy.

Sarju R. Bharucha, JD - Details
Part Time Lecturer
Office:
Office Hours: By Appointment
Phone:
E-mail: sbharucha@ipcg.com

Sarju Bharucha is an Associate at ipCapital Group, Inc. in Williston VT and serves as a trusted advisor and consultant to a broad range of companies starting from early stage to large Fortune 500 companies facing multiple intellectual property issues by addressing these companies needs through services that include:
- Competitive intellectual property analyses;
- Developing and aligning intellectual property strategies with company business strategies and resources;
- Assisting in conducting IP audits of company processes;
- Extracting and developing intellectual property with various R&D groups;
- Creating value models for intellectual property portfolios; and
- Interacting with and presenting to C-level executives at said companies;
- Providing guided learning sessions through periodic IP case updates, improvements to internal processes, etc. to fellow colleagues;
- Reviewing and negotiating non-disclosure agreements, licensing brokerage agreements, engagement letters, and other contracts on behalf of ipCG;
- Working with companies that cover a broad range of industries including: Biotechnology/Pharmaceutical; Consumer Products; Medical Devices; Chemical; Nutrition; Agriculture; and Fuel Cells/Battery Technologies

Carolyn M Bonifield, PhD. - Details
Associate Professor
Office: 209 Kalkin
Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays 4:00-5:30 p.m. or by appointment
Phone: 656-0516
E-mail: bonifield@bsad.uvm.edu

Carolyn M. Bonifield came to UVM in the Fall of 2002, after graduating from the University of Iowa where she completed her Ph.D. in Business Administration. Prior to pursuing her Ph.D., she was a product manager for Unilever, and owned a small business in East Lansing, Michigan. She completed her MBA in Marketing at Michigan State University. Dr. Bonifield teaches courses in Consumer Behavior and Marketing Communications.

Dr. Bonifields research is concentrated in the area of affect and consumer decision making, with an emphasis on post-purchase decision making.

Affiliations:
American Marketing Association; Association for Consumer Research; Society for Consumer Psychology; American Academy of Advertising; Beta Gamma Sigma.

Additional BSAD 153 and BSAD 155 course information is available at the WebCT website.

Matthew W. Bovee, Ph.D. - Details
Assistant Professor
Office: 219 Kalkin
Office Hours: 4:00 - 5:30 PM Tuesdays or by appointment
Phone: 802 656-0502
E-mail: bovee@bsad.uvm.edu

Before joining the School of Business Administration in January 2003, Matt served in several positions at the University of Kansas which included Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Information Services and Dean of Libraries and Assistant Advancement Director. Prior to that, he was Business Development Manager in the Data Management Centre for Corning Besselaar, England. In general Matt is interested in how people model information, both individually and collectively. (1) Information quality is becoming recognized as a critical and competitive strength in business. As we move toward expected availability of information online, there seems to be growing concern for the quality of that information, but very little investigation into if and how people evaluate it. For example, the primary accounting models of what investors and analysts consider to be important to the usefulness of information were never empirically validated; (2) As XML taxonomies proliferate, there seems to be implicit acceptance that a generation of middleware vendors will arise and be capable of patching the semantic gaps between parallel, inconsistent taxonomies. (3) Agent-based search is facilitated in a semi-structured, bounded environment. One such environment is the EDGAR database of public financial statements, where a wealth of information is available, but buried in lengthy files.

Empirical Validation of the Accounting Models of Information Usefulness: This line of research currently evaluates investor perceptions of the characteristics of useful information according to the major accounting standards boards (FASB & IASB). Perceptions were assessed by a survey created using the accounting standards boards models and documentation. The final sample includes data from over 500 investors. Results suggest that portions of the FASB/IASB model are not suitable for investors. Subsequent surveys are planned for financial analysts and accountants - the intermediary experts in the information flow to investors. A long-term goal of the study is to reconcile and, hopefully, merge the models of information usefulness (Accounting) and information quality (Information Systems).

Assessing Information Quality (dissertation topic): 1) The study developed a theoretically grounded information quality (IQ) model integrating existing models; 2) and empirically validated the model. Future stages of the research will evaluate the suitability of belief functions and evidential reasoning to implement the model in a desktop decision support tool.

Assessing the XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) Taxonomy for Financial Reporting: Nicknamed The Kansas Project in the XBRL community. Empirically evaluated XBRL, an XML business reporting taxonomy, using financials from annual statements of 80 companies from the 1999 Fortune 1000. Pilot data set was used by EDGAR Online to establish the raw XBRL data set for XBRL Express. Results accepted by JIS. XML holds great promise for Ecommerce information-sharing. However, ontological and semantic consensus and the ease of developing information taxonomies are assumed. Such issues are relatively unexplored and will be widely encountered. The XBRL project explores these critical issues, develops a foundation for future research, and establishes important industry contacts.

The FRAANK Project: Ongoing research at the Ernst and Young Center for Auditing Research and Advanced Technology (EYCARAT), the Financial Reporting and Auditing Agent with Net Knowledge (FRAANK) parses information from multiple sources in real-time to assist in valuations and audit judgments. Currently, FRAANK parses 10Q or 10K financial statements retrieved from the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) EDGAR site and tags the Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow Statements in XBRL (see above) using extensive pattern matching and a knowledge-base of synonyms and root terms. Current development is aimed at increasing its accuracy (approximately 65% now) and scope.

Suggested topics for comment:
Theoretic and applied modeling of information and knowledge; health care informatics; knowledge management, IS applications of uncertain reasoning.
Assessing Information Quality, Assessing the XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) Taxonomy for Financial Reporting, The FRAANK Project.

Sarah A. Carroll, PhD - Details
Part-Time Lecturer
Office:
Office Hours: By Appointment
Phone:
E-mail: scarroll@bsad.uvm.edu

Sarah Carroll completed her PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at the University of Calgary in Canada. Her research interests include job applicant dishonesty during the hiring process, the use of emotional intelligence tests in organizations, the role of personality in the workplace, and counterproductive workplace behavior. Her current consulting work focuses on developing and measuring employees' diversity competence.

William L. Cats-Baril, Ph.D. - Details
Associate Professor
Office: 312 Kalkin
Office Hours: T-TH 3:45 - 5:00 or by appointment
Phone: 656-0510
E-mail: Catsbari@bsad.uvm.edu

Dr. Cats-Baril joined the Faculty at UVM in the Fall of 1982. Professor Cats-Baril has taught courses in Information Technology and Management, Management Information Systems, Decision Theory, Decision Support Systems, Total Quality Management, Continuous Improvement, and Business Processes Redesign and Reengineering. Professor Cats-Baril has taught in executive programs in Asia, Europe, and Latin America. He has been a Visiting Professor at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France; the International Executive Centre in Brdo, Slovenia; the International Management Center in Budapest, Hungary; the Europe-China Management Center in Beijing, China; and, the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez. He has won several teaching awards.

Dr. Cats-Baril has been a Principal Investigator in the Vermont Rehabilitation Engineering Center, a Senior Research Fellow at the London School of Economics, a Special Assistant on Strategic Planning to the CEO of the University Hospital and Clinics, and the Director of the Computerized Expert Systems Applications and Research (CESAR) group at UVM. His current research interests include measuring quality in health care, assessing the profitability of customer satisfaction programs, and the impact of information technology on managerial decision making. He has published two books, more than two dozen articles and book chapters, and several cases on information technology and management, decision analytic tools, conflict resolution and consensus building, strategic performance measures, and health policy. One of his articles, co-authored with Professors Gatti and Grinnell, won an award in the National Association of Accountants' Annual Lybrands Competition. His work on decision analytic models to predict low-back pain disability received the First Prize in the Spinal Research Competition of the Eastern Orthopaedic Association. His publications include articles in Decision Sciences, Information and Management, Management Accounting, and several premier medical journals.

Dr. Cats-Baril has an international consulting practice. His clients include medical associations and multinational companies (AT&T; IBM; Johnson & Johnson; Podravka; and LVMH among others), and state and federal agencies.

Suggested topics for comment:
Impact of information technology on organizational structure and decision making; strategic measures of organizational performance; measures of customer satisfaction; continuous improvement; business process redesign; and issues in assessing the quality of health care.

Kevin C.H. Chiang, Ph.D. - Details
Associate Professor
Office: 315 Kalkin
Office Hours: MW 10:45-11:45 a.m.; TR 9:00-10:00 a.m. or by appointment
Phone: 656-0515
E-mail: kcchiang@bsad.uvm.edu

Kevin Chiang received his Ph.D. from LSU in 2000. His research interests include real estate, asset pricing, portfolio theory, and the mutual fund industry. His teaching interests include real estate, investments, corporate finance, international finance, and institutional investing.

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Thomas I. Chittenden, MBA - Details
Part Time Lecturer
Office: 305 Kalkin
Office Hours: T & R 7:45-8:30 or by appointment
Phone: 656-8311
E-mail: Thomas.Chittenden@uvm.edu

Thomas Chittenden is a Senior Virtualization Professional with Competitive Computing and teaches BSAD 040 (Information Technology and Management) and BSAD 141 (Management Information Systems) at the University. He is experienced in the financial services, telecommunications and higher education areas and his work experience involves computer networks and virtualization as well as developing information systems and technology adaptation/integration into existing business processes and workflows.

Certifications: MCITP Server Administrator, Network+, VMware Certified Professional, A+ Certification

Chris  Davis, J.D. - Details
Part Time Lecturer III
Office:
Office Hours: Immediately before or after class or by appointment
Phone: 864-0217(w) 863-3862(h)
E-mail: cdavis@langrock.com

Chris Davis is a partner at Langrock, Sperry and Wool, LLP, Attorneys at Law. He specializes in the general practice of law with emphasis on litigation including civil, domestic, criminal and commercial law.

He is a Member of: Vermont Bar Association, Vermont Trial Lawyers Association, Vermont Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, American Bar Association, and Judicial Conduct Board (chair 2000-2006). Since 2005, he has been a member of the Board of Directors, Tree Farm Management Group (a non-profit corporation that operates an outdoor sports complex). He is a frequent lecturer in fields of commercial law, domestic law and ethics.
Co-founder and member of the Burlington Rugby Club. Formerly nationally ranked rugby football referee. Presently IRB certified rugby football referee trainer, coach and assessor.

Stephen J. Dempsey, Ph.D. - Details
Associate Professor
Office: 306 Kalkin
Office Hours: By Appointment
Phone: 656-8322
E-mail: stephen.dempsey@uvm.edu

Prior to joining the UVM faculty in the Fall of 1987, Dr. Dempsey taught at Virginia Tech (1982-85) and The College of William and Mary (1985-87). He earned his bachelor's from Binghamton University (Summa Cum Laude) and Master of Accountancy and Ph.D. degrees from Virginia Tech. The recipient of a numerous academic honors and teaching awards, he has done extensive consulting work for several national and regional firms, including the U.S. Postal Service, General Dynamics, IBM and Ben & Jerry's. Dr. Dempsey's primary teaching interests cover all areas of financial and managerial accounting.

His research has been published in The Accounting Review, the Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, the Journal of Financial Statement Analysis, the Journal of Accounting Education, the Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, and the Journal of Financial Research.

Suggested topics for comment:
The interpretation of accounting rules, practices and their impact on financial resource allocations; stock market reaction to news releases; financial performance measures.

Affiliations:
American Accounting Association; CFA Institute; Vermont Security Analysts Society (Board Member)

Rocki-Lee  DeWitt, Ph.D. - Details
Professor
Office: 316 Kalkin
Office Hours: By Appointment
Phone: 802 656-0043
E-mail: dewitt@bsad.uvm.edu

Rocki-Lee DeWitt is a Professor of Management in the School of Business at the University of Vermont. She earned her Ph.D. at Columbia University in strategic management, her M.S. at The Ohio State University in agricultural economics and her B.S. in marketing and management at New York University. From 2002 until 2009, Dr. DeWitt served as the Dean of the School of Business Administration at the University of Vermont. As Dean, she lead the reaffirmation of the school's accreditation by AACSB, hired 15 of the school's 27 tenure track faculty, increased the number of endowed faculty fellowships and professorships, and helped build a management development and executive education presence. Prior to her arrival, Dr. DeWitt was the Associate Dean for Professional Masters Programs at the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. DeWitt has received numerous teaching awards and has discussed teaching innovations at multiple national conferences. Her research on downsizing and restructuring has been published in top tier journals. Dr. DeWitt's current research focuses on the evolution of land-based, value-added industries with a special consideration of the role of family businesses in that evolution. Dr. DeWitt has been a member of the Board of Governors of Beta Gamma Sigma. Currently, she is a member of the Board of Directors of Yankee Farm Credit (an ACA), and sits on various community boards including the Lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Burlington Industrial Council.

James F. Gatti, Ph.D. - Details
Associate Professor
Office: 302 Kalkin
Office Hours: TTH 8:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. or by appointment
Phone: 656-8298
E-mail: Gatti@bsad.uvm.edu

Dr. Gatti joined the UVM faculty in 1972 after completing his graduate work at Cornell. He has worked as a research economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and has been a consultant to numerous local and national firms and public agencies. He teaches in the areas of managerial finance, security analysis and portfolio theory, and financial institutions and markets. Dr. Gatti's recent research focuses on long run risk and return of investing in alternative financial instruments. Some of the areas in which Dr. Gatti has done research are portfolio performance, joint cost allocations, transfer pricing, financial regulation and innovation, security pricing, monetary theory and public finance. His research has been published by the Academic Press, and in Public Budgeting and Financial Management, Financial Management, The National Tax Journal, Quarterly Review of Economics and Business, Management Accounting, The Eastern Economic Review, Cost and Management, Journal of Financial Statement Analysis, Real Estate Economics, and Journal of Education Finance.

Suggested topics for comment:
School aid systems; deposit insurance; bank regulation; investments.

Affiliations:
American Economic Association; American Finance Association; Financial Management Association; Eastern Finance Association; Western Economic Association.

Tim  George, MBA - Details
Part Time Lecturer
Office: 219 Kalkin
Office Hours: Immediately before or after class or by appointment
Phone:
E-mail: tgeorge@bsad.uvm.edu

Tim is the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hampton Direct, Inc., a global marketing and distribution company headquartered in Williston, Vermont, home of the Twin Draft Guard(R), the Wonder Hanger(R), and hundreds of other consumer products. Prior to joining Hampton Direct, Tim was a Global Financial Analyst at Burton Snowboards, and previous to that was the Director of Finance at The Vermont Teddy Bear Company. Tim received his undergraduate degree in 1992 from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in Finance and Political Science. While working at Hampton Direct, Tim completed the MBA program part-time at the University of Vermont, graduating as class Valedictorian in 2006.

Bret E. Golann, Ph.D. - Details
Part Time Lecturer
Office: 213B Kalkin
Office Hours: M2:15 - 3:15 p.m. & W 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. or by appointment
Phone: 656-2278
E-mail: BGOLANN@bsad.uvm.edu

Dr. Golann has taught entrepreneurship, technology commercialization, and managing for rapid growth at UVMs School of Business and at the Maine Business School for fifteen years. Prior to earning a Ph.D. in Management Systems at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Bret spent fourteen years managing manufacturing, marketing and product development - mostly in technology businesses including IBM and at small start-up companies.

Specialization: Entrepreneurship & Quality Management
Areas of expertise: Entrepreneurship, Marketing & Quality Assurance Systems
Suggested topics for comment: Managing rapid growth in small firms, marketing, & internal business functions; quality management systems.
Affiliations: Vermont Biosciences Alliance (President), Maine Investment Exchange (Board of Directors), Vermont Investor Forum (Steering Committee), United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, American Society for Quality Control.

Michael A. Gurdon, Ph.D. - Details
Professor & Associate Dean of Graduate Programs
Office: 309 Kalkin
Office Hours: TH 4:30 - 6:30p.m. or by appointment
Phone: 656-0513
E-mail: Gurdon@bsad.uvm.edu

Dr. Gurdon joined the UVM faculty in 1980 after two years with the University of New Brunswick. His teaching specialties lie in the areas of collective bargaining, international management and organizational behavior. He has been a consultant on strategic and human resource planning for a variety of private and public organizations. Dr. Gurdon's research interests encompass employee ownership, industrial democracy, and a range of international labor-management issues. His recent sabbatical was affiliated with Leeds University Business School in England and the University of Tasmania in Australia. His articles have appeared in such publications as the Journal of Industrial Relations, International Labour Review, Industrial Relations, and Management Review.

Suggested topics for comment:
Labor relations issues and international union-management developments.

Affiliations:
Referee for "Industrial & Labor Relations Review"; Secretary, Board of Directors of Vermont Employee Ownership Center (http://www.veoc.org/docs/VEOC%20PR%2011-24-08.pdf); arbitrator of hearings brought before the National Association of Securities Dealers; consultant to several corporations in the development of strategic planning processes and long-term corporate objectives.

Catherine  Hamilton, Ph.D. - Details
Part Time Lecturer
Office:
Office Hours: By Appointment
Phone: 802-371-3625; c-238-8250
E-mail: catherineahmiltonphd@Hotmail.com

Dr. Hamilton has twenty years of health care planning, and management experience in non-profit, and public settings. She is currently Vice President of Strategic Planning at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont. She directs the development, execution, and monitoring of business strategy for the state of Vermonts leading Health Insurance Company with $900 million in annual revenues and six lines of business. In her role, she is responsible for:
- overseeing planning process for the senior leadership team
- working with the Board of Directors to align the organizations strategy and goals with the organizations mission and vision
- using a balanced scorecard approach to improve strategy execution and align the business plan with customer and stakeholder needs
- improving organizational performance using Malcolm Baldrige quality criteria

She also oversees the individual market serving 23,000 subscribers and includes Medicare supplemental products and Catamount Health, Vermont's product for the uninsured. She has served on a variety of non-profit Boards including the Community Health Center of Burlington and Women Helping Battered Women. Prior to coming to Vermont, Dr. Hamilton was a health insurance regulator in New York City serving Mayor's Koch, Dinkins and Giuliani.

AWARDS:
American Association of Health Plans Community Leadership Award (2003)
Best of Blue (Blue Cross and Blue Shield) Award for Innovations in Patient Safety (2002)
American Public Health Association (APHA) Medical Care Paper Award Competition (2001)
Commonwealth Fund Dissertation Grant for The Power of Health Insurance on the Lives of Low Income Adults: A study of the effectiveness of the Vermont Health Access Plan (1997)
Isaac Lieberman 100 Year Association Award for efficiency and community service presented by Mayor Giuliani (1995)
Sterling Spero Award for the best written work by a Wagner graduate student (1994)

Christopher D. Hodgdon, Ph.D. - Details
Assistant Professor
Office: 308 Kalkin
Office Hours: T, TH 10:00-11:00 and 2:30-3:30 or by appointment
Phone: 656-5774
E-mail: chodgdon@bsad.uvm.edu

Chris Hodgdon's teaching and research interests include international and financial accounting as well as accounting theory and history. Dr. Hodgdon was named the 2000 Doctoral Consortium Fellow by the American Accounting Association. He was also awarded the 2005 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award from the International Section of the American Accounting Association. He has served as a tax analyst for MCI Telecommunications Corp. and controller for Environmental Information Networks.

Jonathan  Hromi, JD/MBA - Details
Part Time Lecturer
Office:
Office Hours: By Appointment
Phone:
E-mail: jhromi@ipcg.com

Mr. Hromi is an Associate at ipCapital Group in Williston VT and works primarily with Fortune 500 companies on all stages of intellectual property issues including but not limited to:
- Analyzing their intellectual property positions in relation to their competition;
- Creating intellectual property strategies that are aligned with said companies business strategies and resources;
- Extracting and documenting IP from key working groups in said companies;
- Interacting with and presenting to C-level executives at said companies; and
- Creating value models for IP portfolios
Industry Areas for these companies include: Home Improvement; Biotechnology/Pharmaceutical; Consumer Products; and Telecommunications.

Susan B. Hughes, Ph.D. - Details
Associate Professor
Office: 314 Kalkin
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.and by appointment or by appointment
Phone: 802 656-0504
E-mail: shughes@bsad.uvm.edu

Dr. Hughes' research focuses on the continuing convergence of international and U.S. financial reporting standards, the impact of national culture on audit decision making, and the measurement and management of intangible assets.

Richard R. Jesse, Ph.D. - Details
Associate Professor
Office: 211 Kalkin
Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 1:30-3:30 pm, or by appointment
Phone: 656-0495
E-mail: Jesse@bsad.uvm.edu

Dr. Jesse came to UVM in 1983 from Auburn University where he taught for five years. Prior to Auburn, he spent six years on the faculty of the University of Florida. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of production and operations management, engineering management, and quantitative methods.

Dr. Jesse is recognized as a Fellow certified in Production and Inventory Management by the American Production and Inventory Control Society. His publications include articles in the Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Operational Research Society, International Journal of Production Research, Decision Sciences, and Production and Inventory Management.

Suggested topics for comment:
Manufacturing planning and control systems.

Affiliations:
American Production and Inventory Control Society; American Society for Engineering Management, Decision Sciences Institute; The Institute of Management Sciences; IBM Burlington -- Advisory Faculty Chair, Industrial Engineering Methods and Systems Analysis Department.

David A. Jones, Ph.D. - Details
Assistant Professor
Office: 311 Kalkin
Office Hours: Tues: 1:00 2:00 PM or by appointment
Phone: 656-3302
E-mail: dajones@bsad.uvm.edu

David Jones completed his Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology at the University of Calgary in Canada. In his research he focuses on employees' perceptions of fairness in the workplace. David studies the processes through which employees judge fairness and unfairness, and though which they respond through cooperative behavior, turnover, revenge, and counterproductive behavior (e.g., wasting time, theft). David also conducts research on employee recruitment and job applicant dishonesty. David is active in presenting his research at scholarly conferences like the annual meetings of the Academy of Management and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and has published his research in journals that include the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, and the Journal of Management. Dr. Jones is currently a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Organizational Behavior.

In his work with organizations, David served for two years on the Board of Directors, and a term as Chair of the Board, for a non-profit organization called the New Sudan Education Initiative (www.nesei.org) whose mission is to build secondary schools in South Sudan. David has also applied principles of workplace fairness to projects within government, retail, and information technology sectors. For instance, David and his colleague, Dr. Daniel Skarlicki, trained managers of a retail store in the principles of workplace fairness and their evaluation of the training showed that employees' perceptions of fairness and cooperative work behaviors increased from before to after the training. David also worked with the Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) Foundation to study how GMCR's company-funded volunteerism program affects employee attitudes and behaviors (e.g., Are employees more committed, proud, and loyal as a result of their opportunities to volunteer through the program?). David is becoming increasingly interested in how employees respond to their company's socially responsible business practices.

David teaches Principles of Management and Organizational Behavior (BSAD 120) during Fall 2009 and Spring 2010. For students enrolled in BSAD 120, the required textbook is: Organizational Behavior: Essentials. McShane, Steven, L., & Von Glinow, Mary Ann. McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2007. ISBN 0-07-353006-9.

Keith J. Kasper, JD - Details
Part Time Lecturer III
Office:
Office Hours: Immediately before or after class or by appointment
Phone: 863-3494
E-mail: Kasper@bsad.uvm.edu

Keith is a partner with McCormick, Fitzpatrick, Kasper & Burchard, P.C. He has been teaching courses on business law at the University of Vermont since 1988.

Specialization: Workers Compensation

James M. Kraushaar, Ph.D. - Details
Associate Professor
Office: 320 Kalkin
Office Hours: MW 3:30-5:00 or by appointment
Phone: 656-0498
E-mail: Kraushaa@bsad.uvm.edu

Dr. Kraushaar joined the UVM School of Business in 1981 after six years at California State University in Sacramento and Fresno. His major interests are in the design, analysis and implementation of management information systems and in computer modeling. Dr. Kraushaar has consulted with various private and public organizations, including the IBM Corporation, US Small Business Administration, US Departments of Interior and Agriculture and the California Department of Education. His published works include articles in MIS Quarterly, The Accounting Review, Computers and Industrial Engineering, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, Property Tax Journal, Engineering Management International, Environmental Management, Interface, ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, and proceedings of various national professional conferences. His textbook, Computer Concepts, Structural Programming, and Interactive BASIC, was published by Mitchell in 1982.

Awards: Dr. Kraushaar has received many awards recognizing his outstanding commitment to teaching and the engagement of students in the pursuit of knowledge. These include the Allscripts Teaching Award (2006), the Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award (2003), as well as being named Teacher of the Year several times.

Suggested topics for comment:
Use of computers in businesses.

Affiliations:
UVM director, Small Business Institute, U.S. Small Business Administration; Decision Sciences Institute; ACM Special Interest Group on Business Data Processing; Association for Computing Machinery.

Anthony J. Kvedar, Jr., MBA - Details
Part Time Lecturer
Office:
Office Hours: T 4-5 pm or by appointment
Phone: 802 985-8022
E-mail: akvedar@bsad.uvm.edu

Tony Kvedar has served in several capacities at Green Mountain Power and is currently their Energy and Financial Analyst. He has taught managerial accounting at UVM for several years.

Certifications: Certified Rate of Return Analyst (CRRA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA)

Marilyn T. Lucas, Ph.D. - Details
Assistant Professor
Office: 202 Kalkin
Office Hours: MW 2- 3 p.m. or by appointment
Phone: 656-8276
E-mail: mlucas@bsad.uvm.edu

Dr. Lucas completed her Bachelor of Science in 1988 in Dijon, France, then moved to the United States. She completed her MS at Michigan Technological University, followed by her Ph.D. in Operations Management from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1997. She has taught previously at Bentley College, and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and teaches Production and Operations Management. Dr. Lucas grew up on Reunion Island, which is off the East Coast of Africa.

Jerrold C. Manock, M.S. - Details
Part Time Lecturer
Office:
Office Hours: Immediately before or after class or by appointment
Phone: 864-8183
E-mail: jcmanock@bsad.uvm.edu

Jerry Manock holds an MS from Stanford University in Mechanical Engineering/Product Design. He has worked at various companies including HP, DesignLink, Innovation Partners, Telesensory Systems and Apple Computer. He continues to be involved with innovation and integrated product development and is currently the President of Manock Comprehensive Design, Inc. which has offices in Palo Alto, CA and Burlington, VT.

Hugh  Marble III, Ph.D., CFA - Details
Assistant Professor
Office: 313A Kalkin
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 2:30pm - 3:30pm or by appointment
Phone: 656-8273
E-mail: hmarble@bsad.uvm.edu

Hugh Marble III joined the faculty of UVM in 2007 after completing his PhD at the University of Florida. Before pursuing the PhD, he worked as a consultant for Public Financial Management, a firm specializing in providing capital market, financial and strategic advice to public debt issuers. He is a CFA charterholder and has an MBA from Rollins College and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Rhode Island. Dr. Marble's research looks at changes in credit ratings and also at the impact of debt contracts on firm incentives.

Samuel W. McDowell, Ph.D. - Details
Part Time Lecturer
Office: 304 Kalkin
Office Hours: 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Tues. or by appointment
Phone: 802 238-5024
E-mail: smcdowel@bsad.uvm.edu

Samuel (Sandy) McDowell is an executive with a proven track record in operational improvement, expense control and change management. He is a Ph.D. with a breadth of experience covering quality initiatives in healthcare, medical diagnostics, finance, and supply chain management. Sandy's employment experience spans public and large private organizations, as well as experience as an independent consultant and small business owner. Sandy publishes and speaks on a variety of business and technical topics. He has taught business management at Champlain College, and production and operations management in the UVM MBA program. Sandy is a graduate of Middlebury College, the University of Vermont, and the Polytechnic Institute of New York.

Barbara R. McIntosh, Ph.D. - Details
Professor
Office: 318 Kalkin
Office Hours: After Class or by appointment
Phone: 656-0507
E-mail: McIntosh@bsad.uvm.edu

Professor Barbara McIntosh been actively involved in examining aging labor force issues for 25 years. She is a professor in the School of Business Administration at the University of Vermont where she teaches human resources management, organization behavior, and a course on aging and employment. She was honored to be named a Fellow in the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education in 2001.

She has presented over 50 papers (refereed and invited), and made two videos on aging workforce topics. In addition to her scholarly research, she is currently preparing eight Learning Modules on the Aging Workforce and Older Workers for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). These will be released nationally in Spring 2008. She also wrote two practitioner monographs published by the US Department of Labor An Employers Guide to Older Workers: How to Win Them Back and Convince Them to Stay, and A Supervisors Guide: Managing Older Workers.

The last five years she has been actively engaged in research on the aging healthcare workforce through the Office of Nursing Workforce: Research, Planning, and Development in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Vermont, and she was honored in 2007 as a co-author of an article that received the "Best of Journal of Nursing Scholarship for Profession and Society" award.

Nationally, Dr. McIntosh is chair of MaturityWorks Alliance, an interest organization within the National Council on the Aging (NCOA), and she serves on NCOAs Leadership Council. She also serves on an AARP aging workforce advisory board.

In Vermont, Dr. McIntosh was a member of the Governors Advisory Board to the Department of Aging and Disabilities from 1995 to 2005 and has served on the boards of other organizations involved in aging issues including Vermont Associates for Training and Development, Foster Grandparents, and Project Home.

Dr. McIntosh received her Ph.D. in Administrative Sciences from Purdue University; her M.L.I.R. in Collective Bargaining from Michigan State University; and her B.S. in Communications from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.

Suggested topics for comment:
Changes in the labor force, aging and employment, nursing and healthcare workforce issues, managing diversity; collaborative negotiations; managing difficult employees, and managing changing work environments.

Affiliations:
Gerontological Society of America, National Council on the Aging, MaturityWorks Alliance, Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, Academy of Management, and Society for Human Resource Management.

Frederic  Meier, MPA - Details
Lecturer
Office: 221 Kalkin
Office Hours: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Tues. & Thurs. or by appointment
Phone: 496-3955/656-2278
E-mail: Meier@bsad.uvm.edu

Frederic (Deri) Meier teaches the senior capstone course (Strategy and Competition) and a seminar on Negotiation.

He recently concluded a nine-year term as President of the Board of the Vermont Center for Geographical Information and has been a trustee of Mad River Glen Cooperative since its inception serving two terms as President.

From 1991 1993, Deri was Deputy Secretary of Administration with responsibility for coordinating internal operations of government including contracts, information management and restructurings. He acted on behalf of the Secretary on which range of issues chiefly focused on operations and internal management.

Prior to his affiliation with State government, Deri spent twenty-four years with Mobil Oil Corporation, half of which was in the Mid-East Division. He was on loan to ADCO in Abu Dhabi from 1979 to 1982, where he held the position of Assistant General Manager for Administration with overall responsibility for all the non-technical areas such as finance, personnel, contracts, and services. Before joining ADCO, he had been the Assistant Finance Manager for the Iranian Consortium from 1977 to 1979 in Ahwaz, Iran.

Deris earlier experience with Mobil was in domestic marketing and finance, where he headed Mobil Marketings Financial Analysis Unit, which was responsible for the preparation and review of all marketing proposals, which went to Mobils Board. From 1967 to 1973, he had been involved in the development and testing of self-service/convenience goods marketing of gasoline, an innovation, which transformed the way gasoline, was sold in the U. S.

Deri has a Masters in Public Administration and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard and an undergraduate degree from Yale University.

John D. Monahan, JD - Details
Part Time Lecturer
Office:
Office Hours: By Appointment
Phone: 864-5751/658-3288
E-mail: Monahan@bsad.uvm.edu

John Monahan obtained his BS in Economics from the US Air Force Academy and his law degree from the University of Maine. He has been teaching classes in Business Law at the University of Vermont for over 20 years. He is an attorney at Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, Burlington, VT.

Peter J. Monte, JD - Details
Lecturer
Office: 205 Kalkin
Office Hours: MW by appointment from 2:00 to 3:30 or by appointment
Phone: 802 656-3464
E-mail: PMONTE@bsad.uvm.edu

Peter obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Vermont and his law degree from Boston College Law School. He has worked for several law firms and is a member of several boards.

Areas of expertise include: Banking, municipal corporations, litigation, antitrust, real estate development and corporate/business law.

Thomas G. Noordewier, Ph.D. - Details
Associate Professor
Office: 204 Kalkin
Office Hours: By appointment or by appointment
Phone: 656-0496
E-mail: Noordewier@bsad.uvm.edu

Dr. Noordewier joined the UVM faculty in the Fall of 1990 after a year as an assistant professor at Yale. Prior to Yale he taught at Ohio State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. At UVM, he teaches courses in Marketing Management and Business-to-Business Marketing. His research interests include Distribution Channels, Procurement and Franchising. He has published articles in the Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management, the Journal of Health Care Marketing, the Journal of Marketing, the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, the Journal of Business Logistics, and the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science.

Suggested areas of comment:
Marketing research; developing and maintaining industrial buyer-seller relationships.

Affiliations:
American Marketing Association.

David  Novak, Ph.D. - Details
Assistant Professor
Office: 310 Kalkin
Office Hours: MW 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. or by appointment
Phone: 656-4043
E-mail: david.novak@uvm.edu

David Novak completed his Ph.D. in Management Science and Information Technology at Virginia Tech in 2001. His teaching and research interests include computer networking and telecommunications, applied simulation, design and implementation of decision support systems (DSS) and the application of operations research models to solve real world problems. Dr. Novak has published in journals such as the European Journal of Operational Research, Decision Support Systems, Computers and Operations Research, Networks and Spatial Economics, and the Journal of Transport Geography.

Dr. Novak is also affiliated with the University of Vermont Transportation Research Center (TRC) and is actively working on a number of research projects funded through grants from the TRC as well as through a grant from the New England University Transportation Consortium (NEUTC) at MIT. The research focuses on decision making from a system-wide perspective, modeling disruptions on transportation networks, identifying the links most critical to a transportation network, and evaluating network performance.

He is also actively involved in research pertaining to student use of laptops and tablet PCs in the classroom and how the use of technology in the classroom impacts learning outcomes. The research is sponsored by a grant from Mircosoft Research.

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E. Lauck  Parke, Ph.D. - Details
Associate Professor
Office: 215 Kalkin
Office Hours: TTH 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. or by appointment
Phone: 656-9654
E-mail: Parke@bsad.uvm.edu

Dr. Parke joined the UVM faculty in the fall of 1977 after holding a position in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His primary teaching and research interests are in the areas of strategic management, organizational theory and personnel administration. Current research activities include investigations into the usefulness of strategic planning in public sector organizations; the problems of employee ownership; and the shortcomings of work improvement schemes. His published works include articles in The Academy of Management Journal, Personnel, The Educational Record, The Economics Journal, and a chapter in Robert Dubin's Handbook of Work, Organization and Society.

Suggested topics for comment:
General issues of management; organizational change and development; leadership and motivation; business ethics.

Affiliations:
Academy of Management; Eastern Academy of Management, Council on Employee Responsibilities and Rights.

Merryn  Rutledge, EdD - Details
Part-Time Lecturer
Office:
Office Hours: By Appointment
Phone:
E-mail: mrutledg@bsad.uvm.edu

Dr. Merryn Rutledge is a part time lecturer in graduate programs at UVM and St Michael's College. As an organizational development practitioner, Merryn is Principal of ReVisions LLC, which since 1995 has advised leaders throughout the country on leadership challenges and change initiatives. Through multi-stakeholder engagement, organizational assessment, facilitating group process, program design and evaluation, and executive coaching, our firm helps clients collaborate, plan, communicate effectively and manage change. Clients include national and international companies, multi-sector collaboratives, Federal and state agencies and non-profits.

Merryn is a VT examiner for the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence and is trained in leadership, facilitation, team work, conflict management and diversity. She is the author of Strategic Planning Guide for Leaders of Small Organizations, has contributed to other books, and writes frequent articles on leadership and management.

Merryn holds a doctorate in Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Vermont and earned BA and Masters degrees from Smith College. Before founding her organizational development practice, Merryn led educator professional development and taught for many years in the US and abroad.

Larry E. Shirland, Ph.D. - Details
Interim Dean and Professor
Office: 210 Kalkin
Office Hours: By appointment or by appointment
Phone: 656-3177
E-mail: shirland@bsad.uvm.edu

Dr. Shirland came to UVM in 1976 after four years at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. His main teaching areas are Production and Operations Management, Operations Research, and Quality Assurance. Dr. Shirland earned his Ph.D. from Oregon State University in 1972. Before joining UVM he taught for four years at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He also spent four years with the Eastman Kodak company as a development engineer and contract analyst.

Dr. Shirland's textbook, Statistical Quality Control: With Microcomputer Applications, was published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in 1993. His publications have appeared in numerous academic journals including Decision Sciences, Industrial Engineering, MIS Quarterly, Engineering Management Journal, Interfaces, OMEGA, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Business Research, and Journal of Systems Management.

Suggested topics for comment:
Production systems/quality control.

Affiliations:
American Society for Engineering Management; The Institute for Management Science; Decision Sciences Institute; American Society for Quality.

James M. Sinkula, Ph.D. - Details
Professor and John L. Beckley Chair
Office: 206 Kalkin
Office Hours: MW 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. or by appointment
Phone: 656-0497
E-mail: Sinkula@bsad.uvm.edu

James M. Sinkula received his undergraduate and masters degrees in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and his Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He has been on the faculty at UVM's School of Business Administration since the fall semester of 1983. He teaches in the areas of Market Research and Marketing Management.

His research interests lie primarily in the areas of organizational learning, strategic orientation, product innovation and organizational performance. He is best known for integrating the concept of organizational learning into a conceptualization of market information use in the firm. His most current work, published in the October 2009 issue of the Journal of Small Business Management, explores the complementary effects of market orientation and entrepreneurial orientation on profitability in small business.

Dr. Sinkula has published in the leading scholarly journals, including the Journal of Marketing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Product and Innovation Management, Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of Advertising Research, Journal of Market Focused Management, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, Journal of International Marketing and others. Additionally, he has publications in Developments in Marketing Science and the American Marketing Association Proceedings. Dr. Sinkula has also done work in export management and has published two book chapters in Advances in International Marketing. He has served on numerous editorial review boards to include the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Retailing, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, and the Journal of Business Research. He is a frequent participant in scholarly meetings and has presented research papers throughout the United States and Europe. In 1998, Sinkula was one of a small group of academic researchers invited to present their research to the AMA Doctoral Constortium in Athens, Georgia. In 2000, he was awarded the Sheth Foundation Award for the best article of 1999 in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. In a recent citation analysis (Zinkhan 2005) this article ranked second of 188 articles published in JAMS between 1988 and 2004. In another citation analysis (Helm et. al., 2003) of articles published in the top three marketing journals between 1990 and 1996, Sinkula ranked in the top 6 percent of cited scholars. He has consulted with and served on the boards of numerous manufacturing and service organizations. He has done volunteer work for a number of not-for-profit organizations in the Burlington area.

Affiliations:
American Marketing Association; Academy of Marketing Science; Consortium for International Marketing Research; Beta Gamma Sigma.

Paulette J. Thabault, JD - Details
Part Time Lecturer
Office:
Office Hours: By Appointment
Phone: 802 828-2380
E-mail: paulette.thabault@gmail.com

Ms. Thabault is the Commissioner of the Department of Banking, Insurance, securities and Health Care Administration for the state of Vermont.

The Commissioner is charged with regulating a broad spectrum of financial services industries in the banking, lending, insurance and securities arena, including a growing number of legislatively mandated programs relating to hospital budget oversight, health care quality improvement, and affordability of health care. In addition to regulatory oversight, BISHCA has programs for enforcement, direct consumer assistance and administrative complaint resolution. These functions commonly generate reparations of million of dollars annually to Vermont consumers. Vermont is also the premier captive insurance domicile in the country -- and ranks third in the world -- with over $10 billion in premiums annually.

The commissioner is charged with ensuring that regulated companies and institutions operate within the law; that they operate in a financially sound manner and thus remain able to deliver on earnings, benefits or services promised to consumers; that costs of services and benefits are reasonable for the marketplace; and that consumers are treated fairly -- in accordance with contractual agreements and all applicable consumer laws. BISHCA almost entirely self-funded, currently has a budget of over $14 million and annually returns millions of dollars to the General Fund stemming from industry fines and fees.

Amy M. Tomas, Ph.D. - Details
Senior Lecturer
Office: 208 Kalkin
Office Hours: T/TH 3:45-4:45 pm or by appointment
Phone: 656-4711
E-mail: atomas@bsad.uvm.edu

Dr. Tomas is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Business Administration at the University of Vermont. She teaches courses on Retail, Product and Marketing Management. Other teaching interests include Direct Marketing, E-Commerce and Internet Marketing. Amys primary research interest includes the impact of significant technological, societal and competitive changes in the marketing environment on the retailer-consumer dyad. She has received several research grants and awards to pursue her research from sources including the FedEx Center for Cycle Time Research, Caterpillar, Inc., The International Council of Shopping Centers and the Reed Aquaculture Initiative. Her scholarly work has been published in several marketing journals including Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Marketing Management, Journal of Marketing Education and The Journal of Shopping Center Research, as well as several national proceedings including Advances in Consumer Research, the Academy of Marketing Science and the Symposium on Patronage Behavior. Additionally, she serves on several editorial review boards and is a regular participant in marketing organizations. Dr. Tomas received her Ph.D. from the University of Memphis, her MBA and BSBA from the University of Akron.

Michael J. Tomas III, Ph.D. - Details
Associate Professor
Office: 217 Kalkin
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. or by appointment
Phone: 656-8270
E-mail: mtomas@bsad.uvm.edu

Dr. Tomas is an Associate Professor in the School of Business Administration at the University of Vermont, where he teaches finance. His research interests include the design and performance of futures and options exchanges and their products, derivative security pricing and use, and fixed income markets. His research appears in Derivatives Quarterly, the Journal of Economics and Business, the Journal of Futures Markets, the Journal of Management Research, the Review of Derivatives Research, and the Review of Futures Markets. Prior to joining the faculty at UVMs School of Business, Dr. Tomas was on the faculty at Babson College, in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Before coming to academia he was at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), where he was the Group Manager for Financial Product Research. In that capacity he was responsible for managing new product development and research efforts, applied research projects for CBOT strategic decision making, and contract maintenance programs for existing financial products. Dr. Tomas received his Ph.D. from Syracuse University, and MBA and B.S. from the University of Akron.

Suggested Topics for Comment: Derivative Security Pricing; Commodity Exchanges; Fixed income markets.

Affiliations: Financial Management Association

Richard G. Vanden Bergh, Ph.D. - Details
Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Program
Office: 207 Kalkin
Office Hours: By Appointment
Phone: 656-8720
E-mail: vandenbergh@bsad.uvm.edu

Dr. Vanden Bergh came to UVM in the fall of 2000. Prior to moving to Vermont he was the director of research in high-yield fixed income securities for a small investment bank in San Francisco. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, where he completed his Ph.D. in Business and Public Policy. He also earned an MBA from Berkeley and a BA from Swarthmore College. Dr. Vanden Bergh's current areas of research include: firm strategy in the political environment; regulatory, political and judicial institutions. Dr. Vanden Bergh's research has been published in a number of journals including the Academy of Management Review, the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Law & Economics, the Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Public Choice, and Business and Politics.

Martha  Woodman, MBA - Details
Lecturer
Office: 313B Kalkin
Office Hours: 10:30-Noon Mon, & Wed. or by appointment
Phone: 656-0512
E-mail: Marti.Woodman@uvm.edu

Ms. Woodman joined the UVM faculty in 1984 as an Assistant Professor. In 1988 she became Assistant Dean Director of Student Affairs and Lecturer and returned full time to the classroom in 2002.Ms. Woodman earned her BSBA from the University of Kansas, MBA from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and left the University of Oregon ABD. Prior to moving to Vermont she taught at the University of Oregon and Washington State University. Her teaching interests are in the areas of Financial, Managerial and Cost accounting, as well as the emerging field of Accounting and the Environment.

Mark  Youndt, Ph.D. - Details
Part-Time Lecturer
Office:
Office Hours: By Appointment
Phone:
E-mail: myoundt@bsad.uvm.edu

Mark Youndts research activities revolve around the intersections of strategic management, intellectual capital, innovation, and competitive advantage. More specifically, his most recent work examines how human, social, and organizational capital influence organizations innovative capabilities; how strategic human resource management activities help develop and leverage intellectual capital for competitive advantage; and how the strategic management of human capital influences the performance of service firms.

Chun  Zhang, Ph.D. - Details
Assistant Professor
Office: 213A Kalkin
Office Hours: 2:00pm-4:00pm, Tuesdays or by appointment
Phone: 656-4116
E-mail: chun.zhang@uvm.edu

Dr. Zhang joined UVM in the fall of 2005. She received her Ph.D. in Marketing and her M.S. degree in Agricultural Economics from Michigan State University and her B.A. in Finance from Renmin University of China. Her teaching interests revolve around marketing management, international marketing, and research methods in marketing. Dr. Zhang's current research interests include relationship management challenges in channels of distribution and issues of cooperation and competition in supplier-manufacturer relations. For her work related to upstream supply chain, Dr. Zhang has received several research grants from the prestigious MIT-IMVP (International Motor Vehicle Program). Her scholarly work has appeared in a number of top international business journals including the Journal of International Business Studies, the Journal of International Marketing, the Journal of World Business, and International Marketing Review. Dr. Zhang's industry experiences include statistical analyst for the Risk Management Group at Kraft Foods Inc. and project intern for Euro-Asia Flower Trade Corporation, Beijing.