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  • Yoon in AdAge

    July 8, 2025

    AdAge interviewed Sunyee Yoon, associate professor of marketing, for a story about the modern-day version of the Lipstick Effect, a term for consumers’ willingness to splurge on small luxuries like a designer lipstick in times of economic strife. 

  • Simpson in USA Today

    July 8, 2025

    USA Today interviewed Natalie Simpson, professor of operations management and strategy, for a story about keeping campers safe following the flooding in a Texas camp that killed 27 children and counselors.

  • Fotak in Newsweek

    July 4, 2025

    Newsweek quoted Veljko Fotak, associate professor of finance, in an article about the suspected insider trading of a congressman who sold a Medicaid-related stock before voting for Trump’s tax bill, which impacts Medicaid.

  • Laing in Scripps News

    June 26, 2025

    Scripps News interviewed Scott Laing, clinical assistant professor of finance, for a story about tariff engineering, a legal way of modifying a product that is imported or exported in a way that changes the technical classification to avoid import duties.

  • Grijalva in Psychology Today

    June 2, 2025

    Psychology Today referenced a UB study by Emily Grijalva, associate professor of organization and human resources, which found that having a narcissist (someone with a grandiose sense of self-importance and poor empathy) on a team is damaging — to say nothing of having a leader who displays narcissistic traits.

Meet our Experts

  • Veljko Fotak, Assistant Professor of Finance.
    3/5/25

    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: Media on deadline can reach Veljko Fotak most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Joana Gaia, Clinical Assistant Professor of Management Science and Systems.
    3/24/25

    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: Media on deadline can reach Joana Gaia most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Feng Gu, Professor and Chair of Accounting and Law.
    8/19/25

    Feng Gu, PhD

    Professor

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

    Contact: Media on deadline can reach Inho Suk most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Natalie Simpson, Associate Professor and Chair of Operations Management and Strategy.
    3/24/25

    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: Media on deadline can reach Natalie Simpson most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Min-Hsuan Tu, Assistant Professor of Organization and Human Resources.
    8/29/25

    Min-Hsuan Tu, PhD

    Associate Professor of Organization and Human Resources

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

    Contact: Media on deadline can reach Min-Hsuan Tu most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Michael Dambra, Assistant Professor of Accounting and Law.
    3/5/25

    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:
    Media on deadline can reach Michael Dambra most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Brandon Szerwo, Assistant Professor of Accounting and Law.
    3/24/25

    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: Media on deadline can reach Brandon Szerwo most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Cristian Tiu, Associate Professor of Finance.
    8/19/25

    Cristian Tiu, PhD

    Associate Professor

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

    Contact: Media on deadline can reach Cristian Tiu most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Susan Steffan, executive directer, Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.
    3/24/25

    Susan Steffan

    Executive Director, Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership

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

    Contact: Media on deadline can reach Susan Steffan most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Arun Lakshmanan, Associate Professor of Marketing.
    3/24/25

    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: Media on deadline can reach Arun Lakshmanan most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Sanjukta Smith, Associate Professor of Management Science and Systems.
    8/19/25

    Sanjukta Smith, PhD

    Associate Professor

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

    Contact: Media on deadline can reach Sanjukta Smith most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Kate Bezrukova, Associate Professor of Organization and Human Resources.
    3/4/25

    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: Media on deadline can reach Kate Bezrukova most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Emily Grijalva, Assistant Professor of Organization and Human Resources.
    3/24/25

    Emily Grijalva, PhD

    Associate Professor of Organization and Human Resources

    Expertise: narcissism, gender, leadership

    Contact: Media on deadline can reach Emily Grijalva most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Aditya Vedantam, Assistant Professor of Operations Management and Strategy.
    3/24/25

    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: Media on deadline can reach Aditya Vedantam most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Tom Murdock, clinical assistant professor of entrepreneurship.
    8/22/25

    Thomas Murdock

    Clinical Associate 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: Media on deadline can reach Thomas Murdock most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Joshua Khavis, Assistant Professor of Accounting and Law.
    8/19/25

    Joshua Khavis, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Accounting and Law

    Expertise: financial accounting and reporting, auditing and crowdsourcing

    Contact: Media on deadline can reach Joshua Khavis most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Kyle Hunt, Assistant Professor of Management Science and Systems.
    3/24/25

    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: Media on deadline can reach Kyle Hunt most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Scott Laing, Clinical Assistant Professor of Finance.
    3/24/25

    Scott Laing, PhD

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Finance

    Expertise: global economics, including inflation, the impact of taxes and tariffs; international trade; job growth and employment; and corporate finance

    Contact: Media on deadline can reach Scott Laing most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Charles D. Lindsey, Associate Professor of Marketing.
    3/24/25

    Charles D. Lindsey, PhD

    Associate Professor of Marketing

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

    Contact: Media on deadline can reach Charles Lindsey most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Timothy Maynes, Associate Professor of Organization and Human Resources.
    3/24/25

    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: Media on deadline can reach Timothy Maynes most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Jennifer Wu, Clinical Assistant Professor of Finance.
    3/24/25

    Szu-Yin (Jennifer) Wu, PhD

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Finance

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

    Contact: Media on deadline can reach Jennifer Wu most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Kevin Cleary, Clinical Assistant Professor of Management Science and Systems.
    8/22/25

    Kevin Cleary

    Clinical Associate 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: Media on deadline can reach Kevin Cleary most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Nallan C. Suresh, Department Chair of Operations Management and Systems; Interim Chair of Management Science and Systems.
    6/17/25

    Nallan C. Suresh, PhD

    SUNY Distinguished Professor
    Operations Management and Systems

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

    Contact: Media on deadline can reach Nallan Suresh most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Robert Neubert, Director of Entrepreneurship Academic Programs.
    3/24/25

    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: Media on deadline can reach Robert Neubert most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Sunyee Yoon, associate professor of marketing.
    3/24/25

    Sunyee Yoon, PhD

    Associate Professor of Marketing

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

    Contact: Media on deadline can reach Sunyee Yoon most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Indranil Goswami, Associate Professor of Marketing.
    3/5/25

    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: Media on deadline can reach Indranil Goswami most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Mike Mingcheng Wei, associate professor of operations management and strategy.
    3/24/25

    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: Media on deadline can reach Mike Wei most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Inho Suk, Associate Professor of Accounting and Law.
    8/19/25

    Inho Suk, PhD

    Professor and Chair of Accounting and Law

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

    Contact: Media on deadline can reach Inho Suk most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.  

  • G. James Lemoine, Assistant Professor of Organization and Human Resources.
    3/24/25

    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: Media on deadline can reach James Lemoine most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • Dominic Sellitto, Clinical Assistant Professor of Management Science and Systems.
    8/22/25

    Dominic Sellitto

    Clinical Associate 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: Media on deadline can reach Dominic Sellitto most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • 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.

  • Dominik Roesch, Associate Professor of Finance.
    3/24/25

    Dominik Roesch, PhD

    Associate Professor of Finance

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

    Contact: Media on deadline can reach Dominik Roesch most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.

  • 3/4/25

    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: Media on deadline can reach Stephanie Argentine most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management’s Marketing and Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu. If you are not a member of the media, contact information is available on the school’s directory.