Research Associates
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Bindu Arya, Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas Dr. Arya's primary research areas are social networks and knowledge transfer, and social responsibility and learning of multinational corporations. She has several international activities as an Executive Marketing Director representing India-based Granite International at two International Natural Stone Expos in Carrara, Italy and Neunberg, Germany. Her work has been published in leading journals, including the Journal of Management, and Business Ethics Quarterly. She is multilingual and speaks Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, and German. |
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D'Anne Hancock, Ph.D., University of New Orleans Dr. Hancock has been a member of the University of Missouri-St. Louis Finance department since 1988. Other teaching experience includes stints at Loyola University and the University of New Orleans. She teaches courses in International Finance at both the undergraduate and the graduate level. Dr. Hancock counts the Global Association of Risk Management Professionals (GARP) and the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) among the many professional organizations to which she belongs. She spent eight years in London and traveled extensively throughout the entire world including both eastern and western Europe, Japan, Israel, Egypt and India. As a graduate student she spent time at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. |
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Chikako Usui, Ph.D., Stanford University Associate Professor, Fellow, Center for International Studies; Member, Graduate Programs in Gerontology; Adjunct Faculty, Washington University East Asian Studies Dr. Usui's primary research areas are political economy of Japan, Japanese management, comparative public policy, gender, and aging. Her international activities include, visiting University of Zurich, Switzerland. In 2005, she played an instrumental role in the formation of faculty and student exchange programs between the College of Business at UMSL and Rikkyo University in Tokyo, Japan. She is on the Editorial Board of Japanese Journal of Administrative Science, and Theory and Society. She has more than 30 articles and chapters and one book. She speaks Japanese. |
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Timothy A. Farmer, Ph.D., Ohio State University Dr. Farmer's primary research areas are professional judgment and decision making, and relationships of accounting to organizations and society. He traveled extensively in Europe and has attended the Berkshire Choral Institute in Canterbury, UK. He is a former member of the board of directors of Saint Louis Effort for AIDS (EFA) and is currently on the advisory committee for EFA. He is currently the 2006-2007 Chair of the University Assembly and Faculty Senate and a member of the campus' Institute Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), which reviews protocols for research involving vertebrates. He also serves on the Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies Committee. He has published 6 articles and 3 book reviews, and has prepared the test bank for a new international accounting textbook. |
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Kailash Joshi, Ph.D., Indiana University Dr. Joshi's primary research areas are offshoring of IT and IT enabled service, cross country comparisons for offshoring, India's role in offshoring of IT, BPO, and KPO, and managing offshoring and outsourcing initiatives. He traveled to India where he studied the development of services offshoring industry. He also keeps up-to-date on India's economy and business environment. He is a member of the University Senate, and a member of Policy Committee at the College of Business Administration and Graduate Studies Committee. He is a Senior Associate Editor for the Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research. He has more than 30 articles in peer reviewed scholarly journals, including MIS Quarterly, Decision Sciences, and IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. He speaks Hindi and Urdu. |
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Ray Mundy, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Dr. Mundy currently teaches courses in Supply Chain Management and Transportation. He has authored numerous industry reports, is an active lecturer at national transportation and logistics seminars, and is a frequent contributor of articles to trade publications and journals. Dr. Mundy sits on editorial boards of the International Journal of Transportation Planning and Technology and the Transportation Management Journal. He is a consultant to both the public and private sectors, including engagements with numerous U.S airports and their ground transportation companies, the U.S. Department of Transportation, World Bank, CSX and Burlington Northern Railroads, the Coca-Cola Company, EDS, Ryder, Toyota Motor Company of America, John Deere, Forward Air, Land Air, and Accenture. |
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Gerald Y. Gao, Ph.D., The University of Hong Kong Dr. Gao's primary research areas are market entry strategy, foreign direct investment performance, and market and strategic orientation. He had several international activities including Visiting Scholar to Centre for Corporate Change, Australia Graduate School of Management, Australia. His publications appeared in academic journals, including Journal of Business Research, and Journal of International Marketing. He speaks Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese). |
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Young-Won Her, Ph.D., University of South Carolina Assistant Professor of Accounting Dr. Her's primary research areas are behavioral decision research in managerial accounting, management control systems and performance evaluation, and international / cultural differences in accounting practices. He taught accounting courses at several Korean universities in Pusan, South Korea. He served as a Visiting Research Fellow under the Australia-Korea Fellowship Scheme and participated in a research project on a comparative study of accounting practice in Australia and Korea in La Trobe University, (Melbourne, Australia). He has published 2 research articles and a funded research report. He speaks Korean. |
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Natalia Mintchik, Ph.D., University of North Texas Assistant Professor of Accounting Dr. Mintchik's research interests include properties of analysts' forecasts, internal control assessment in the Post-Sarbanes-Oxley environment, accounting students moral judgment and epistemological beliefs. She has obtained her Ph. D. in accounting from University of North Texas and her Master degree in economics from Moscow State University, Russia. Prior to becoming an academic, Dr. Mintchik held the positions of AIS independent consultant, financial director in Dealine Distribution Company, Russia; financial expert at Merisel-Computer Technology, Russia; and auditor at Moscow and Milan's offices of Deloitte & Touche. Dr. Mintchik's academic accomplishments include the degree with merit from Moscow State University, the UNT Outstanding Doctoral Student in Accounting Reward and the Jane Sewell Fund Scholarship. Besides English, Dr. Mintchik speaks fluent Russian and conversational Italian. |
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Ekin Pellegrini, Ph.D., University of Miami Assistant Professor of Management Dr. Pellegrini's primary research areas are leadership, mentoring, delegation, and research methods. She was born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey, and worked in managerial positions in Andersen Consulting reporting to Milan, Italy office. She also worked at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals and AstraZeneca in Istanbul, Turkey. She has published 3 book chapters and 2 journal articles, which appeared in the Journal of International Business Studies and Educational and Psychological Measurement. She speaks Turkish and French. |
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Gaiyan Zhang, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine Assistant Professor of Finance Dr. Zhang's primary research areas are credit derivatives, empirical corporate finance, international finance, and risk management. She obtained her B.A in Finance from Nankai University, (Tianjin, China), M.A in Finance from Fudan University, (Shanghai, China). Prior to pursuing an academic career she held the following positions, Security Analyst at Sassoon Consulting Firm, Hong Kong. Her work has been published in leading finance and economics journals, including Journal of Financial Economics, and Chinese Economy. She speaks Chinese. |
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James Campbell, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley Professor of Management Science and Information Systems Dr. Campbell's primary research interests areas are mathematical modeling and optimization for supply chain management, transportation and logistics. In 2000 he received a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award to Australia He has over 50 publications in leading journals, including Management Science, Operations Research, and Journal of Business Logistics. He speaks a little French and Spanish. |
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Joseph William Rottman, D.Sc., Washington University, St. Louis Assistant Professor of Management Information System Dr. Rottman's primary research areas are global sourcing, innovation diffusion and public sector IT. He has spoken internationally on these issues and has been engaged by Fortune 500 companies to assess their global sourcing strategies as well as public sector organizations seeking strategic leadership. His 6 articles have appeared in leading journals, including the Sloan Management Review, MIS Quarterly Executive, and Journal of Information Technology. He also has 1 book chapter. |
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Michael J. Costello, LLM in international and comparative law, Vrije Universeit, Brussels, Belgium and JD, St. Louis University, St. Louis International Coordinator and Adjunct Professor Mr. Costello is an accomplished international commercial attorney having served as international counsel for companies, such as Monsanto and Ralston Purina, and general counsel for Agribrands International, Inc., a NYSE listed Fortune 500 spin-off from Ralston Purina with operations in 16 countries on four continents. He has also practiced in the areas of bankruptcy, corporate, finance, real estate and securities law. Mr. Costello is a commercial arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and partner in Agreeco, llc., an international business advisory firm (See: www.agreeco.com). He has assisted clients in acquisitions, divestitures, distribution, licensing, litigation, establishment and withdrawal of businesses in Asia, the Americas and Eastern and Western Europe. Mr. Costello lectures in the areas of public and commercial international law, international institutions, law and ethics, and international business operations. He has lectured and taught at Lindenwood University, University of Michigan, St. Louis University, Washington University and Webster University as well as bar and corporate counsel institutes. |
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Rajiv Sabherwal, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh University of Missouri Curators Professor of Information Systems Dr. Sabherwal is one of the first two Curators Professors from a business school within the University of Missouri system. His primary research areas are knowledge management, information systems strategy, and global software development. He has given more than a dozen invited talks overseas, including Finland, Norway, Canada, India, and Singapore. As a participant in the Faculty Development in International Business program organized by the Southern Centers for International Business Education and Research (CIBERs), he also visited a number of corporations, academic institutions, and government offices in Sao Paulo (Brazil), Buenos Aires (Argentina), and Santiago (Chile) in 1998. Dr. Sabherwal is a Departmental Editor for IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, and serves on the editorial boards for several leading journals. He recently completed a three-year term as Senior Editor at MIS Quarterly. Forty of his papers have been published, or are forthcoming, in numerous leading journals such as Management Science, California Management Review, Organization Science, Information Systems Research,MIS Quarterly, and European Journal of Information Systems. He speaks Hindi. |
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Donald R. Kummer, Ph.D., University of Oregon Associate Professor of Finance Dr. Kummer is an Associate Professor of Finance, who has been teaching graduate and undergraduate level courses since 1971. He was formerly the Finance Area Chair and Director of Business Graduate Programs. His research areas of interest are International financial diversification, International risk management and International financial crisis. He is a member of the American Finance Association and Western Finance Association. In 2000 he taught and supervised interns in the Missouri London Program. He has also visited Austria, Belgium, England, France, Germany, Israel, Spain and the Czech Republic. |