New Faculty – Fall 2012
The Robert H. Smith School of Business welcomes 14 new faculty members to start
the fall 2012 semester. The new faculty members hail from PhD programs and previous
posts at top universities worldwide, including two former Smith School staff members
who joined the teaching ranks. Smith students will also benefit from a stable of
new adjunct instructors who bring their real-world experience into the classroom.
The new faculty kicked off the semester at Smith with an orientation and welcome
dinner on August 27.
Full-time faculty:
Accounting and Information Assurance
- Lei Zhou, visiting assistant professor -- Ph.D. in business management from
the University of Maryland
Decisions, Operations and Information Technologies
- Sean Barnes, assistant professor -- Ph.D. in applied math and scientific computation
from the University of Maryland
- Margaret Bjarnadottir, assistant professor – Ph.D. in operations research from
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Zeinab Karake, lecturer – Ph.D. in information and decision systems from George
Washington University
- Adam Lee, Tyser Teaching Fellow – Ph.D. in computer science from the University
of Maryland
Finance
- Xiaohui Gao, visiting assistant professor – Ph.D. in finance from the University
of Florida
- Michel Padhi, visiting assistant professor – Ph.D. in finance from the University
of Maryland
- Alberto Rossi, assistant professor – Ph.D. in economics from the University
of California San Diego
- Liu Yang, assistant professor – Ph.D. in finance from the University of Maryland
- Youngsuk Yook, visiting assistant professor – Ph.D. in finance from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Management and Organization
- Relli Derfler-Rozin, assistant professor – Ph.D. in organization behavior from
the London Business School
- Melissa Carrier, lecturer (previous full-time staff member) – MBA from the
University of Pennsylvania
- Nicole Coomber, lecturer (previously full-time staff member) – Ph.D. in education
policy from the University of Maryland
- Gosia Langa, lecturer – M.S. in business management from the University of
Maryland
Adjunct instructors:
Accounting and Information Assurance
- Eduardo Martinez
- Peter McPhun
Decisions, Operations and Information Technologies
- Ali Pilehvar
- Andrew Baer
- Kyongil Yoon
Finance
- Ken Fuller
- Ken Brodkowitz
Management and Organization
- Robert Muller
- Chris Dugan
Marketing
- Stephanie Finnel (faculty research assistant)
- Bagher Fardanesh
- Jeb Brown
- Z (Stuart) Eisenman
About the Robert H. Smith School of Business
The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader
in management education and research. One of 12 colleges and schools at the
University of Maryland, College Park, the Smith School offers undergraduate,
full-time and part-time MBA, executive MBA, MS in business, PhD and executive
education programs, as well as outreach services to the corporate community. The
school offers its degree, custom and certification programs in learning
locations in North America and Asia.
