BUSI 681: Managerial Economics & Public Policy (Core MBA Class)

This class covers the fundamentals of optimal firm production and market functioning as well as linking microeconomic foundations to firm decision making and competitive dynamics. In addition to analyzing competition and firm strategy via economics, students examine common sources of market failures.

Teaching Awards:

• Krowe Award for Teaching Excellence
• Top 15% teaching list

BULM 758F: The Economics of Sustainability (MBA Elective)

This class applies economics to understand market failures and firm strategic responses in the area of sustainability. Topics covered include common property problems, such as natural resource depletion, energy, carbon emissions, manufacturing, the industrialization of food production and supply chain issues (e.g., sustainability and safety).

Teaching Awards:

• Krowe Award for Teaching Excellence
• Top 15% teaching list

The Chesapeake Project

Rachelle participates as a faculty mentor and facilitator for the Chesapeake Project at the University of Maryland, a university-wide initiative for integrating sustainability into the curriculum. She has co-organized several similar workshops within the Robert H. Smith School of Business.