Smith Profiles
Faculty Profile
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.
Student Profile
Johnson & Johnson Dream Job Awaits
Julian Colicchio, Undergraduate
Before classes even began at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business in fall 2018, senior Julian Colicchio could breathe easy, knowing he already has a job lined up when he graduates.
Faculty Profile
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.
Alumni Profile
Working With IBM's Watson
Kristie C. Bradford, A Front Row Seat at the Intersection of Business and Tech
What does a typical work day look like for Kristie Curameng Bradford, a 2005 full-time MBA graduate at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business? Well, there’s really no such thing — and that’s precisely why she loves her job.
Faculty Profile
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.
Alumni Profile
Fighting Food Waste and Hunger
Evan Lutz ’14
Entrepreneur Evan Lutz ’14 hates to see food go to waste. So in 2014 during his senior year at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, he co-founded Hungry Harvest from his dorm basement in College Park, Md.
Student Profile
Mixing Business and Science
Stephanie Gomez, Full-time MBA
Stephanie Gomez’s desire to help others attracted her to STEM careers at a young age. Now, as an MBA student at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, Gomez is even more determined to bring those dreams to fruition.
Student Profile
Journey from Guam to ExxonMobil
Janna Fernandez, Full-time MBA
Janna Fernandez’s journey to the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business began roughly 8,000 miles away in Guam, but her experiences are taking her even further.
Alumni Profile
Following the Itch to Explore the World
Tekisha Harvey, Full-time MBA
In the past year Tekisha Harvey, MBA ’08, has visited Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Colombia, Argentina, the Netherlands, Bali, the Philippines, Thailand and Japan. “It’s crazy that this is my life,” she says.
Faculty Profile
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.