Smith Profiles
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Chemical Engineer Finds Finance Niche
Russell Wermers, Professor, Finance
Passion for math and science led Russell Wermers to a career in chemical engineering.
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Trucks, Trains and Passion for Teaching
Thomas Corsi, Professor, Supply Chain Management
Thomas Corsi’s faculty office has that homey look of someone who has really settled in. Decorations include framed watercolors of trainyards that his father painted, a University of Maryland logo an aunt cross-stitched, and sports posters from his hometown Cleveland teams.
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Building Bridges Across Disciplines
Joseph P. Bailey, Professor, Technology
Recalling his early years in northern New Jersey, Joseph P. Bailey describes a teen wearing gold chains, a mullet haircut and plotting for a career to make a lot of money.
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In Search of Social Media Intelligence
Wendy W. Moe, Professor, Marketing
Social media did not exist when Wendy W. Moe transitioned from business to academia. She first heard about sites like MySpace, Twitter and Facebook from her MBA students at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.
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Professor Keeps Eye on Research
Michel Wedel, Professor, Marketing
A lot can happen in 100 milliseconds. Research from Michel Wedel at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business shows that people may glance at online ads and look away in less than a blink.
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Accounting Scholar Pays It Forward
Rebecca Hann, Professor, Accounting
Life’s unexpected and often rewarding turns are manifested in Rebecca Hann’s path to becoming a professor. Growing up in Hong Kong, she wanted to be a teacher.
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Cotton Games Spur Landmark Study
Albert “Pete” Kyle, Professor, Finance
Wall Street traders play for higher stakes than Monopoly rivals collecting plastic houses and fake money.
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Act of Defiance Leads to Academia
Rajshree Agarwal, Professor, Management
Teaching started as an act of defiance more than a career choice for Rajshree Agarwal, the Rudolph P. Lamone Chair and Professor in Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.
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Where Data Meets Optimization
Margrét Bjarnadóttir, Professor, Statistics
In the year after graduating with her PhD, in what was financially a lean time, Margrét Bjarnadóttir and her husband decided to buy a new Macbook Pro to replace their aging one.
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Change Agent Finds Niche at Smith
Henry C. Boyd III, Professor, Marketing
Henry C. Boyd III was just a kindergartner, living on a U.S. military base in Okinawa, Japan, when he began to grasp the importance of education.