Manning School of Business

Since its formation in 1971, the Manning School of Business has been creating the business leaders of the future. We offer programs in accounting, finance, management, management information systems and marketing, and provide students with a broad range of skills necessary for success.

All of our programs are fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International, the highest level of business school accreditation.

Management Faculty

Eunju Lee, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Management (Finance)Short Selling, Liquidity, Market Microstructure, Empirical Asset Pricing

Stuart C. Freedman, Ph.D.Department Chair, Professor, ManagementOrganizational behavior

Ashwin Mehta, M.S.Lecturer, Management (Marketing)Strategic management; Entrepreneurship and Global Enterprises

Steven F. Tello, Ed.D.Associate Professor, Management, EntrepreneurshipTechnology innovation and entrepreneurship, technology management and planning, assessment and interaction in on-line education

Ravi Jain, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Management (Finance)Corporate Finance and Value Investing

Tunde Kovacs, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Management - FinanceInformation assimilation and financial markets, Market efficiency, Security issues, Security analysts, Corporate governance, Short selling

Saira Latif, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Management (Finance), CPH-NEWInvestments, International Finance, Performance Evaluation

Clare Comm, Ph.D.Professor, Management (Marketing)Services Marketing and Buyer Behavior

Eunsang Yoon, Ph.D.Professor, Management (Marketing)New Product Planning, Global Market Entry, Sustainable/Green Marketing

Michael C. Beers, Ph.D.Lecturer, ManagementOrganizational Learning, Knowledge Management, Change Management

Sangphill (Phil) Kim, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Management (Finance)Corporate finance, investments and international business

Timm L. Kainen, Ph.D. Professor, ManagementOrganization Design, Negotiation and Change Management, Middle Management Performance Effectiveness

Yash R. Puri, D.B.AProfessor, Management (Finance)Corporate financial strategy

Steven Freund, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Management (Finance)Equity options, security markets and corporate finance

Scott LathamAssociate Professor, Ph.D. Director, Management (Business Policy and Strategy) Strategic planning, Organizational turnaround, Business start up development

Valerie Kijewski, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Management (Marketing)Strategy formulation and implementation

Deborah Finch, Ed.D.Lecturer, ManagementFirst-Year Experience, Homeschooling, Non-profit Management and Marketing

Jack Wilson, Ph.D.President Emeritus/University Distinguished Professor of Higher Education, Emerging Technologies, and Innovation, ManagementTechnological Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Research Commercialization; Governance, Structure, and Finance of the Research University; Educational Innovation, Online Education, and Technology in Higher Education.

M. Berk Talay, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Management (Marketing)Innovations, New Product and Service Development, International Marketing

Ralph E. JordanLecturer, Management, Climate Change InitiativeLeadership, Team Building, Lean Six Sigma

Brooke D. Hargreaves-Heald, J.D.Associate Professor, ManagementHuman Resource Management, Management of Diversity, Employment Discrimination Law

Ying Huang, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Management (Marketing)Buyer-Supplier Relationships, International Marketing, Retail Strategy

Kimberly Merriman, Ph.D.Associate Professor, ManagementLeadership, Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, Extrinsic Motivators

Dev Prasad, Ph.D.Professor, Management (Finance)Investments, portfolio analysis and security management, corporate finance, business finance and short-term financial management, international financial management and international financial markets