Full-Time Faculty
John Burrow
Senior Lecturer
Year Joined the College of Business
2017
Expertise
Project Management, Risk Management, Leadership, Entrepreneurship
Courses Taught
Principles of Management, Leadership and Organizational Behavior, Risk Management for Project Managers
Degree(s)
Doctorate of Management (DM) University of Maryland.
Honors/Awards
University of Mary Washington Graduate Faculty Award 2020
Wei Chen
Associate Professor
Year Joined the College of Business
2009
Expertise
Strategy, International Business, Entrepreneurship
Courses Taught
Strategic Management, Environment of International Business, Entrepreneurship Practicum, Entrepreneurial Venture Creation
Degree(s)
Ph.D. Texas Tech University
Select Recent Publications
Guo, X., Chen, W. & Iurchenko, D. (2022). Impact of College Education on Incorporated and Unincorporated Self-Employment: Variations among African Americans and Hispanics. New England Journal of Entrepreneurship, 25(1), 70-90.
Chen, W. & Kinsley, K. (2019). Dominant and Latent Logics: Pattern of Joint Venture Adoption in the Automobile Industry in China. The International Journal of Management, 8(1), 9-22.
Honors/Awards
Highly Commended Paper Award, Journal of Management History
Best Paper Award, Journal of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Kanchan Deosthali
Associate Professor
Year Joined the College of Business
2013
Expertise
Organizational behavior, Employee training and development activities, Citizenship behaviors, Employee attitudes and motivation
Courses Taught
Organizational Behavior, Organizational Development & Change Human Resources Management & Development
Degree(s)
Ph.D., Organizational Studies, University at Albany
Select Recent Publications
Deosthali, K. & Johnson, R. (2022). Empirical Examination of Voluntary Development Activities of Employees,” IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review, 11(1), 75-91.
Potnis, D., Gala, B., & Deosthali, K. (2020). Investigating “Message Forwarding Behavior” of Mobile Phone Users: Exploring the Link Between Message Content, User Sentiment, and User Intention to Forward Messages on Social Media-based Instant Messaging Behaviors, First Monday, 25(8).
Alexandra Dunn
Associate Professor
Year Joined the College of Business
2017
Expertise
Perceived organizational support; Recruitment, onboarding, and socialization of newcomers; management pedagogy
Courses Taught
Principles of Management, Human Resources, Organizational Behavior, Management and Films, Life & Career After UMW
Degree(s)
Ph.D., UNC Charlotte
Select Recent Publications
Williams, C., Thomas, J., Bennett, A. A., Banks, G., Toth, A., Dunn, A.M., McBride, A., & Gooty, J. The role of discrete emotions in job satisfaction: A meta-analysis. Journal of Organizational Behavior. In press.
Dunn, A. M & Fallah, S. (2023). The Future Is Scary!: A Job Search Scenario Planning Exercise to Encourage Student Resilience Capacity and Reduce Stress. Journal of Management Education. In press.
Toth, A., Dunn, A.M., Shanock, L., Kavanagh, K., Sergent, A., & Leonard, S. (2022). You being new can be hard on me too: Considering the veteran employee’s perspective on newcomer socialization. Human Performance, 35(3-4), 261-277. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959285.2022.2111432
Honors/Awards
Society for HR Management Certified Professional (SHRM-CP)
Samira Fallah
Assistant Professor
Year Joined the College of Business
2020
Expertise
CEO succession, Strategic leadership, Strategic decisions, Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
Courses Taught
Strategic Management, Strategic Leadership, Leadership Strategy & Policy
Degree(s)
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Select Recent Publications
Dunn, A. M., & Fallah, S. (2023). The Future Is Scary!: A Job Search Scenario Planning Exercise to Encourage Student Resilience Capacity and Reduce Stress. Journal of Management Education (Part of the Forthcoming Special Issue “Teaching About Contemporary Careers.”)
Honors/Awards
VIVA Open Adopt Grant, Academic Library Consortium of Virginia, 2024-2025
▪Jepson Fellowship, University of Mary Washington, 2024-2025
▪Early Educator Institute Scholarship, Management and OB Teaching Society, 2022
▪Paul R. Lawrence Fellowship, Case Research Foundation, 2020
Christopher Garcia
Associate Dean and Professor
Year Joined the College of Business
2011
Expertise
Machine Learning & AI, Operations Research, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, and Transportation
Courses Taught
Analytics I: Predictive Models, Applied Machine Learning; Quantitative Business Modeling
Degree(s)
Ph.D., Old Dominion University
Select Recent Publications
Garcia, C., Rabadi, G., Abujaber, D., and Seck, M. (In Press), “Supporting humanitarian crisis decision making with reliable intelligence derived from social media using AI”, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
Garcia, C. (2023), “The synchronized multi-assignment orienteering problem”, Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 1790-1812.
Honors/Awards
Sabbatical, Fall 2022
Lance Gentry
Professor
Year Joined the College of Business
2013
Expertise
Marketing, Market surveys, Ecotourism, Market strategy
Courses Taught
Principles of Marketing, Ecotourism, Market Strategy, Practicum in Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy & Applied Supply Chain Management
Degree(s)
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Rachel L. Graefe-Anderson
Associate Professor
Year Joined the College of Business
2012
Expertise
Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Financial Literacy, Financial Management, Financial Analysis, CEO Compensation.
Courses Taught
Principles of Finance, Financial Management, Financial Modeling, Advanced Corporate Finance, Investments, Student-Managed Investment Fund Class, Financial Crises.
Degree(s)
Ph.D. Purdue University
David Lockhart Henderson III
Professor
Year Joined the College of Business
2012
Expertise
Accounting Information Systems, Accounting Analytics, Managerial Accounting
Courses Taught
Principles of Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, Accounting for Decision Making and Control, Business of UK Soccer
Degree(s)
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Select Recent Publications
Henderson, D. and Marsh, J. (2022), Decisions, Decisions, Decisions: Summer activities for Anna!.
Southeastern Case Research Journal, 19(1), 27-31.
Lulu Huang
Assistant Professor
Year Joined the College of Business
2024
Expertise
Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, and International Business
Courses Taught
Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship
Degree(s)
Ph.D. University of Texas at San Antonio
Select Recent Publications
Thornton-Lugo, M. A., McCarter, M. W., Clark, J. R., Luse, W., Hyde, S., Heydarifard, Z., & Huang, S. R. L. (2022). Makeup Calls in Organizations: An Application of Justice to the Study of Bad Calls. Journal of Applied Psychology. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/apl0001026
Zahra Heydarifard and Lulu S. R. Huang contributed equally.
Xu, K., Hitt, A. M., Brock, D., Pisano, V., & Huang, S. R. L. (2021). Country Institutional Environments and International Strategy Research: A Review and Analysis. Journal of International Management, 27(1) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2020.100811
Lewis, C. A., Cardy, R. L, & Huang, S. R. L. (2019). Institutional Theory and HRM: A New Look. Human Resource Management Review, 29(3), 316-335.
This article was one of the two finalists for “Best Article of the Year” published in Human Resource Management Review in 2019.
Mark Jacobson
Visiting Instructor
Year Joined the College of Business
2024
Expertise
Business, Management, Marketing, International, IT/MIS Planning/Strategy
Courses Taught
BUAD 105, BUAD 473A, MIST 201, MKTG 460 (UMW Fall 2024); many similar courses taught at the Carey Business School at Hopkins and as a Lecturer at Towson University (University of Maryland System)
Degree(s)
MAS, The Johns Hopkins University
Select Recent Publications
Various IT Strategic Planning and related publications on behalf of Big 4 Clients, including the IMF, Deutsche Bank, and U.S. DOT
Recent Honors/Awards
Non-profit Community Service Award (Hopkins); President’s Award – National Kidney Foundation of Maryland, FMCSA (U.S. DOT) Customer Service Award, DOT Secretary’s Partnering for Excellence Award, DOT Secretary’s Team Award, DOT Presidential Transition Award
Kimberley Kinsley
Senior Lecturer
Year Joined the College of Business
2007
Expertise
Law
Courses Taught
Business Law, Commercial Law, Cybersecurity Law
Degree(s)
J.D., University of Detroit College of Law, Detroit, MI
Select Recent Publications
Kinsley, Kimberley, 2023. Environmental, Social and Governance Investments: Regulating Greenwashing, Journal of Business Law and Ethics, ISSN 2372-4862 (Print) 2372-4870 (Online)) DOI: 10.15640/jble, Vol. 15, 1-25. (September 2023).
Kinsley, Kimberley, June 2021. “Civil Law Access” In Inequality in America: Causes and Consequences, edited by Kimberley Kinsley and Robert S. Rycroft. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, pages 193 – 199.
Kinsley, Kimberley and Robert Rycroft, June 2021. “Wealth Inequality”, In Inequality in America: Causes and Consequences, edited by Kimberley Kinsley and Robert S. Rycroft. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, pages 57 – 66.
Ken Machande
Professor
Year Joined the College of Business
2000
Expertise
Accounting
Courses Taught
Principles of Accounting, Cost/Managerial Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Governmental and Not-for-profit Accounting
Degree(s)
MBA, Albany State University
Honors/Awards
CPA, CMA, CFM
Kashef Majid
Associate Professor
Year Joined the College of Business
2013
Expertise
Marketing
Courses Taught
Marketing Research, Digital Marketing, Principles of Marketing, Marketing for Social Good, Marketing Management
Degree(s)
Ph.D., George Washington University
Select Recent Publications
Dogru, T., Majid, K., Laroche, M., Mody, M., & Suess, C. (2021). Communicating quality while evoking loss–How consumers assess extra charges in the Airbnb marketplace. Tourism Management, 87, 104376.
Majid, K. A., Kolar, D. W., & Laroche, M. (2021). Support for small businesses during a health crisis. Journal of Services Marketing, 35(5),
671-683.
Majid, K. A. (2020). Effect of interactive marketing channels on service customer acquisition. Journal of Services Marketing, 35(3), 299-311.
Honors/Awards
Mary Pinschmidt Award, by the graduating class of 2021
John Marsh
Associate Professor
Year Joined the College of Business
2013
Expertise
Finance, Strategy
Courses Taught
Personal Finance, Principles of Finance, Financial Management
Degree(s)
Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Select Recent Publications
Henderson, D. & Marsh, J. 2022. Decisions, Decisions, Decisions: Summer Activities for Anna! Southeast CASE Research Journal, 19(1), 27-31.
Lewis, B., Gower, K., & Marsh, J. 2022. Lily Farms Nurseries: A Company Culture Change to Survive. Southeast CASE Research Journal, forthcoming.
Richardson, W., Marsh, J., & Machande, K. 2021. Retirement Planning: It’s All About the Assumptions. Case Research Journal, 41(3).
Smita Jain Oxford
Senior Lecturer
Year Joined the College of Business
2003
Expertise
Communication, Negotiation
Courses Taught
Business Communication, Negotiation
Degree(s)
MBA, Columbia University
Honors/Awards
Mary Pinschmidt Award
Durgesh Pattanayak
Assistant Professor
Year Joined the College of Business
2024
Expertise
Marketing Strategy, Marketing Analytics, B2B Marketing, Supply Chain Management and Marketing-finance interface
Courses Taught
Marketing Analytics, Analytics II-Optimization Model, Marketing Management
Degree(s)
PhD. University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Recent Honors/Awards
- Fellow, AMA Sheth Doctoral Consortium, BI Norwegian Business School at Oslo, 2023.
- Recipient, Department of Marketing Baker Award for Excellence in Service by a Graduate Student, College of Business, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2023.
- Nominated for COB’s PhD student Research award, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2024
- Nominated for COB’s PhD student Distinguished Teaching award, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2024
Distinguished Research Award, Papers presented ICBE-2018, Seoul National University, Seoul.
Sayan Sarkar
Associate Professor
Year Joined the College of Business
2016
Expertise
Financial Accounting
Courses Taught
Principles of Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Foundations in Financial Markets
Degree(s)
Ph.D., University of Texas, El Paso
Select Recent Publications
Wood, D. A., M. Achhpilia, M. T., Adams, [et al. including Sarkar, S.]. (2023). The ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot: How well does it answer accounting assessment questions? Issues in Accounting Education.
ANikbakht, E., Sarkar, S., Smith, G. C., & Spieler, A. C. (2021).
Pre-IPO earnings management: Evidence from India. Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation.
Benedetti, H., Nikbakht, E., Sarkar, S., and Spieler, A. C. (2021).
Blockchain and CorporateFraud. Journal of Financial Crime
Mukesh Srivastava
Professor
Year Joined the College of Business
2004
Expertise
Innovation Diffusion of Information Technologies, Cybersecurity security and IT governance, AI and Community Development
Courses Taught
Managing and Leading Sustainable Business, Workforce Enterprise Resource Planning, Knowledge Management of Information Systems, Business Information Systems
Degree(s)
Doctor of Business Administration, University of Surrey, England, United Kingdom; Cambridge Commonwealth Fellow, University of Cambridge.
Honors/Awards
Keynote Address (2021 and 2022) COVID-19 pandemic and its medical, social, and economic impacts at International Conference on Innovation Management, Education, and Technology (ICIMET 2022), Bangkok, Thailand, July 30, 2022.
Keynote addresses on Digital Transformation at the International Conference on Innovation, Management, Economics, and Innovation (ICIMESS 2021) Bangkok, Thailand, March 27-28.
Filiz Tabak
Dean and Professor
Year Joined the College of Business
2023
Expertise
Organizational Behavior, Leadership, Employee work engagement, Entrepreneurial passion
Degree(s)
Ph.D. Oklahoma State University
Select Recent Publications
Tabak, F., Shkoler, O., Lebrón, M., and Rabenu, E. 2023. Team-Member and Leader-Member Exchange, Engagement, and Turnover Intentions: Implications for Human Resource Development. Human Resource Development International, 1-26.
Sanford, D., & Tabak, F. 2023. Personality and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in Management Education. Organization Management Journal, 20, 3, 107-119.
Qian, S. Brannon, D., & Tabak, F. 2022. Exploring Mechanisms in Entrepreneurial Passion-Entrepreneurial Behavior Relationship: Mediating Role of Growth-Oriented Intentions. Journal of Career Development, 49, 4, 922-933.
Chris H Willis
Assistant Professor
Year Joined the College of Business
2024
Expertise
Entrepreneurship, Governance, and Social Impact
Courses Taught
MGMT/MKTG 421 – Entrepreneurial Venture Creation
BUAD 457 – Practicum in Entrepreneurship
Degree(s)
Ph.D. Candidate Old Dominion University
Select Recent Publications
Willis, C. H., Merriman, C., Nair, A., Fournet, A., (2024). Social Innovation Solutions Driving Student Engagement, The Community Problem Solving Challenge. Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy.
Nair, A., Sharifi, M., Guldiken, O., Oksoy, A., Willis, C. H., (2023). A Review of Strategic Management Research in India. Asia Pacific Journal of Management.
Irwin, K. and Willis, C.H., (2023). The Reciprocal Relationship Between M&A Strategic Decision-making and Well-being”, Harms, P.D. and Chang, C.H.(D). (Ed.) Stress and Well-being at the Strategic Level. Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being, Vol. 21
Zhang, F., Monod, E., Beenen, G., Jiang, Y., and Willis, C. H., (2023). Socio-economic management theory related to BPM: a case study of dysfunctions in the digital transformation strategy operation. Revue Française de Gestion Industrielle.
Koala, K. Nair, A. Brown, S. Willis, C. H., (2023) Eastern Shore of Virginia Broadband Authority: A Success Story.
Oksoy, A., Nair, A., Willis, C. H., (2022). Potential Power in a Quasi-Competitive Market. Negotiation Journal.
Willis, C. H., Wilson, S., Zhang, J., (2021). Will Venture Capitalists Invest at a Distance During and After a Major Crisis? Evidence from the 2008 Financial Crisis.
Recent Honors/Awards
Navigating Resource Acquisition as a Minority Entrepreneur in the Global South: The Role of Storytelling and Social Identity. (2024) from Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation [distributed through ODU] $9,000
“Adaptive Capacity Stemming from the Board of Directors” (2022) from ODU $7,500
“The Impact of Environmental Jolt on the Geographical Component of Cross-Border VC and PE Investment Strategies” (2021) China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) Cathay Cross-border Private Equity Research Fund $10,000
“E. M. Kauffman Foundation Knowledge Challenge Diversity of Entrepreneurship Researcher” (2020) from Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation $400,000
Tsung-Hsuan “Joey” Yang
Assistant Professor
Year Joined the College of Business
2023
Expertise
Accounting
Courses Taught
Principles of Accounting, Federal Taxation of Individuals
Degree(s)
Ph. D., University of Texas at Arlington
Xiaofeng Zhao
Professor
Year Joined the College of Business
2007
Expertise
Queuing theory, Supply chain management
Courses Taught
Analytics—Optimization Models, Quantitative Business Modeling
Degree(s)
Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Select Recent Publications
Zhao, Xiaofeng, and Jianrong Hou. “Applying the theory of constraints principles to tourism supply
chain management.” Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research 46.2 (2022): 400-411
Hou, Jianrong, and Xiaofeng Zhao. “Using a priority queuing approach to improve emergency
department performance.” Journal of Management Analytics 7.1 (2020): 28-43
Hou, Jianrong, and Xiaofeng Zhao. “Toward a supply chain risk identification and filtering framework
using systems theory.” Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics 33.6 (2021): 1482-1497.