In the News

Influential media routinely feature our experts

  • Lindsey in Money

    September 27, 2024

    Money quoted Charles Lindsey, associate professor of marketing, in a story on whether consumers are being tricked by retail marketing into spending more money.

  • Iyer in The Buffalo News

    September 26, 2024

    The Buffalo News quoted Ananth Iyer, dean and professor, in a story covering a meeting about the NY SMART I-Corridor Tech Hub, a $40 million initiative for the Buffalo-Rochester-Syracuse region that centers on semiconductor manufacturing, research and education.

  • Brandon Szerwo.

    Szerwo on Voice of Corporate Governance

    September 26, 2024

    The Voice of Corporate Governance podcast interviewed Brandon Szerwo, assistant professor of accounting and law, about his recent research paper titled “Insights from Auditors’ Disclosures of How They Addressed Critical Auditor Matters.”

  • Michael Dambra.

    Dambra on MSN

    September 24, 2024

    MSN quoted Michael Dambra, associate professor and Kenneth W. Colwell Chair of Accounting and Law, in an article about new research that reveals investors are capitalizing on a loophole in U.S. tax laws.

  • Jerry Newman.

    Newman in The Los Angeles Times

    September 16, 2024

    The Los Angeles Times quoted Jerry Newman, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, in a story about whether Kamala Harris should brag about her time working for McDonald’s. 

Meet our Experts

  • Arun Lakshmanan, Associate Professor of Marketing.
    8/15/22

    Arun Lakshmanan, PhD

    Associate Professor of Marketing

    Expertise: sensory marketing and visual perception; consumer attention and learning; new product use and design; advertising and social media

    Contact: Arun Lakshmanan can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Natalie Simpson, Associate Professor and Chair of Operations Management and Strategy.
    9/7/22

    Natalie Simpson, PhD

    Professor and Chair of Operations Management and Strategy

    Expertise: emergency services and disaster response; supply chain risk and resilience; creative and temporary operations; complex networks

    Contact: Natalie Simpson can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • G. James Lemoine, Assistant Professor of Organization and Human Resources.
    9/7/22

    G. James Lemoine, PhD

    Associate Professor of Organization and Human Resources

    Expertise: servant leadership; business ethics and moral leadership; gender and leadership; leadership and motivation; entrepreneurial leaders; managing under volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA)

    Contact: James Lemoine can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Sunyee Yoon, associate professor of marketing.
    1/12/24

    Sunyee Yoon, PhD

    Associate Professor of Marketing

    Expertise: social status and mobility; socially responsible consumption; products that promote animal welfare; consumer behavior

    Contact: Sunyee Yoon can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Sanjukta Smith, Associate Professor of Management Science and Systems.
    9/16/22

    Sanjukta Smith, PhD

    Associate Professor and Chair of Management Science and Systems

    Expertise: online social networks, cloud computing, data center operations

    Contact: Sanjukta Smith can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Aditya Vedantam, Assistant Professor of Operations Management and Strategy.
    9/6/23

    Aditya Vedantam, PhD

    Associate Professor of Operations Management and Strategy

    Expertise: sustainability in operations and supply chains; clean energy technologies; recycling; recycled content claims, including for plastics; apparel and other resale markets; eco-certifications

    Contact: Aditya Vedantam can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Cristian Tiu, Associate Professor of Finance.
    8/15/22

    Cristian Tiu, PhD

    Associate Professor and Chair of Finance

    Expertise: stock market, hedge funds, financial fraud, risk management and asset allocation, institutional investors

    Contact: Cristian Tiu can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Indranil Goswami, Associate Professor of Marketing.
    1/12/24

    Indranil Goswami, PhD

    Associate Professor of Marketing

    Expertise: motivation and self-control; incentive policies; charitable giving and pro-social behavior; cognitive biases; deadlines and procrastination; judgment and decision-making; market research; consumer behavior

    Contact: Indranil Goswami can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Mike Mingcheng Wei, associate professor of operations management and strategy.
    9/15/22

    Mike Mingcheng Wei, PhD

    Associate Professor of Operations Management and Strategy

    Expertise: supply chain management; dynamic pricing; revenue management; strategic consumer behavior; online learning and decision-making; online recommendation systems; assortment optimization; high-dimensional machine learning

    Contact: Mike Wei can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Stephanie Argentine, executive in residence, Center for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness.
    9/19/22

    Stephanie Argentine

    Executive in Residence, Center for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness

    Expertise: employee engagement, recruitment and retention; startups and employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs); compensation and benefits; the future of work; succession planning; board governance; strategic planning

    Contact: Stephanie Argentine can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Nallan C. Suresh, Department Chair of Operations Management and Systems; Interim Chair of Management Science and Systems.
    9/16/22

    Nallan C. Suresh, PhD

    UB Distinguished Professor of Operations Management and Systems

    Expertise: global supply networks; supply chain disruptions; U.S. and global manufacturing; international trade; logistics; infrastructure; economic development

    Contact: Nallan Suresh can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Tom Murdock, clinical assistant professor of entrepreneurship.
    9/14/22

    Thomas Murdock

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship

    Expertise: emerging entrepreneurship, business incubation, economic development (particularly technology-based), startups as economic drivers, startup business plans/business models, customer discovery, social entrepreneurship

    Contact: Thomas Murdock can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Joshua Khavis, Assistant Professor of Accounting and Law.
    1/26/24

    Joshua Khavis, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Accounting and Law

    Expertise: financial accounting and reporting, auditing and crowdsourcing

    Contact: Joshua Khavis can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Dominik Roesch, Associate Professor of Finance.
    9/16/22

    Dominik Roesch, PhD

    Associate Professor of Finance

    Expertise: arbitrage, liquidity, international markets, market efficiency, market microstructure

    Contact: Dominik Roesch can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Kevin Cleary, Clinical Assistant Professor of Management Science and Systems.
    1/5/24

    Kevin Cleary

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Management Science and Systems

    Expertise: artificial intelligence (and machine learning) and AI interplay with cybersecurity and privacy; usage and concerns surrounding platforms like ChatGPT; cybersecurity; information security; data breaches; data privacy and security regulations; ethical data usage; cyberwarfare; automation technologies; cybersecurity pedagogy; AI pedagogy

    Contact: Kevin Cleary can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Inho Suk, Associate Professor of Accounting and Law.
    9/20/22

    Inho Suk, PhD

    Associate Professor of Accounting and Law

    Expertise: corporate voluntary disclosures; accounting fraud; environmental, social and governance (ESG) accounting; mergers and acquisitions (consolidation) accounting; executive and employee turnover; accounting-marketing interface 

    Contact: Inho Suk can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Emily Grijalva, Assistant Professor of Organization and Human Resources.
    9/19/22

    Emily Grijalva, PhD

    Associate Professor of Organization and Human Resources

    Expertise: narcissism, gender, leadership

    Contact: Emily Grijalva can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Kyle Hunt, Assistant Professor of Management Science and Systems.
    1/26/24

    Kyle Hunt, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Management Science and Systems

    Expertise: machine learning, operations research, game theory, homeland security and defense, information management, health care analytics, fake news/misinformation

    Contact: Kyle Hunt can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Feng Gu, Professor and Chair of Accounting and Law.
    9/19/22

    Feng Gu, PhD

    Professor and Chair of Accounting and Law

    Expertise: financial reporting; mergers and acquisitions; intangibles; corporate governance; insider trading

    Contact: Feng Gu can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Robert Neubert, Director of Entrepreneurship Academic Programs.
    2/16/24

    Robert Neubert

    Director of Entrepreneurship Academic Programs

    Expertise: entrepreneurship; intrapreneurship and corporate innovation; business model development for early-stage firms; lean startup methods; mentoring early-stage technology companies

    Contact: Robert Neubert can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Charles D. Lindsey, Associate Professor of Marketing.
    11/9/21

    Charles D. Lindsey, PhD

    Associate Professor of Marketing

    Expertise: consumer behavior, advertising, marketing strategy and research, brand loyalty, serving and package sizes

    Contact: Charles Lindsey can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Joana Gaia, Clinical Assistant Professor of Management Science and Systems.
    11/9/21

    Joana Gaia, PhD

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Management Science and Systems

    Expertise: health information systems; business intelligence; digital security and privacy; data analytics; emergency management; girls and STEM careers

    Contact: Joana Gaia can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Timothy Maynes, Associate Professor of Organization and Human Resources.
    8/15/22

    Timothy Maynes, PhD

    Associate Professor of Organization and Human Resources

    Expertise: employee-driven innovation and change; employee productivity, engagement and performance; effective team functioning (especially in sports)

    Contact: Timothy Maynes can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Tom Ulbrich, executive director of UB's Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.
    8/15/22

    Thomas Ulbrich

    Executive in Residence for Entrepreneurship

    Expertise: entrepreneurship and startups, entrepreneurial skills and attributes, entrepreneurial education, small business, family business, customer loyalty, social entrepreneurship

    Contact: Thomas Ulbrich can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Dominic Sellitto, Clinical Assistant Professor of Management Science and Systems.
    4/24/23

    Dominic Sellitto

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Management Science and Systems

    Expertise:  Artificial intelligence (and machine learning) and AI interplay with cybersecurity and privacy; usage and concerns surrounding platforms like ChatGPT and image generators like stable diffusion; cybersecurity; data breaches; data privacy and security regulations; ethical data usage; cyberwarfare; data analytics; health care analytics; automation technologies

    Contact: Dominic Sellitto can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Kate Bezrukova, Associate Professor of Organization and Human Resources.
    9/15/22

    Kate Bezrukova, PhD

    Associate Professor and Chair of Organization and Human Resources

    Expertise: team chemistry in business and sports; managing a diverse workforce; unconscious bias at work; negotiations and gender; work-life balance; conflict management; artificial intelligence in teams

    Contact: Kate Bezrukova can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Brandon Szerwo, Assistant Professor of Accounting and Law.
    9/15/22

    Brandon Szerwo, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Accounting and Law

    Expertise: financial reporting and audit quality, corporate governance, financial regulation, management disclosures, auditor disclosures, financial accounting

    Contact: Brandon Szerwo can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Scott Ptak, Clinical Assistant Professor of Operations Management and Strategy.
    9/15/22

    Scott Ptak, PhD

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Operations Management and Strategy

    Expertise: global economics, including inflation, currencies and exchange rates; international trade; business location strategies

    Contact: Scott Ptak can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Jennifer Wu, Clinical Assistant Professor of Finance.
    9/15/22

    Szu-Yin (Jennifer) Wu, PhD

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Finance

    Expertise: corporate finance; mergers and acquisitions; shareholder activism; corporate governance; investment management

    Contact: Jennifer Wu can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Min-Hsuan Tu, Assistant Professor of Organization and Human Resources.
    9/9/22

    Min-Hsuan Tu, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Organization and Human Resources

    Expertise: abusive leadership; power and influence; leader identity and development

    Contact: Min-Hsuan Tu can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Veljko Fotak, Assistant Professor of Finance.
    9/6/22

    Veljko Fotak, PhD

    Associate Professor of Finance

    Expertise: international corporate finance, sovereign wealth funds, syndicated loan markets, currency markets, short selling, government interventions and equity bailouts, and the intersection of finance and politics

    Contact: Veljko Fotak can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Susan Steffan, executive directer, Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.
    9/12/23

    Susan Steffan

    Executive Director, Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership

    Expertise: entrepreneurship; small business; startups; finance for entrepreneurs; consulting; negotiations; adult and online learning

    Contact: Susan Steffan can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

  • Michael Dambra, Assistant Professor of Accounting and Law.
    5/5/23

    Michael Dambra, PhD

    Associate Professor of Accounting and Law

    Expertise: economic consequences of regulatory changes, initial public offerings (IPOs), pension accounting, valuation of privately held equity, executive compensation

    Contact: Michael Dambra can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.