UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Fourteen members of the Penn State Smeal College of Business faculty, which ranks among the best in the world for research productivity, will receive promotions effective July 1.
Tenure-Track Faculty Promotions
Samuel B. Bonsall (accounting), Peter Iliev (finance), Suresh Muthulingam (supply chain and information systems), Timothy T. Simin (finance) and Hui Zhao (supply chain and information systems) were all promoted to the rank of full professor. Chloe Tergiman (risk management) received tenure and was promoted to the rank of associate professor.
Bonsall’s research has focused on the role that credit rating agencies play in capital markets. He holds a doctorate and master’s, both in business administration with an accounting concentration, and a bachelor’s in economics, all from Penn State.
Iliev examines how regulation (including elements of the federal Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010) and corporate governance practices (including environmental, social and governance practices, especially those related to sustainability) affect capital allocation. He earned a doctorate in economics from Brown University, a master’s in economics from both Ohio State and Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, and a bachelor’s in business from Sofia University in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Muthulingam’s research lies in the intersection of operations and sustainability, focusing on environmental and behavioral issues in operations management. He investigates how behavioral factors influence the adoption of sustainable operating practices such as energy efficiency within firms and how operational knowledge can be leveraged to enhance operational practices such as quality management with firms and supply chains. He completed his doctorate in decisions, operations and technology management from University of California, Los Angeles, earned an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, India, and a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras, India.
Simin’s research is primarily concerned with econometric issues surrounding the predictability of asset returns and understanding what information drives expectations of future returns. He holds a doctorate in finance, with a concentration in statistics, from the University of Washington and a bachelor’s in economics and finance from the University of Texas at Dallas.
Zhao’s research applies analytics to the healthcare systems with particular interest in pharmaceutical supply chains, public policy and innovative design of healthcare systems (such as telehealth, online platforms and using new technology such as machine learning to address healthcare problems). Most of her work looks at the incentive misalignment in the healthcare value chain, seeking solutions to resolve such problems. She earned a both a doctorate and master’s in industrial engineering from Purdue University, and a mini-MBA in applied management principles, also from Purdue. She holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in mechanical and manufacturing engineering from Tianjin University in Tianjin, China, and a bachelor’s in industrial economics and systems engineering from Tianjin.
Tergiman is an economist who conducts laboratory experiments using human subjects to understand individuals’ decision-making in strategic settings such as voting and bargaining where information is asymmetrically distributed. She holds a doctorate in economics from New York University, and bachelor’s degrees in economics and mathematics from MIT.
Clinical Faculty Promotions
Nancy Mahon has been promoted to clinical professor in the Department of Accounting. She teaches oral, written and graphic communications, including storytelling in presentations, signals of charisma in presentations and gender and communication. Mahon earned both a doctorate and master’s in speech communication from Penn State.
Chelsea Hammond (marketing), Kyle Kaplan (risk management), Jason Lunn (finance), Heather Lutz (supply chain and information systems), Mallory Meehan (risk management) and Chris Solo (supply chain and information systems) have all been promoted to associate clinical professor.
Hammond teaches courses in marketing in a global environment, marketing data integration, strategic marketing analysis and marketing analytics. She holds a doctorate in communication science from the University of Connecticut, a master’s in library science from Southern Connecticut State University and a bachelor’s in English and philosophy from Connecticut.
Kaplan teaches courses in business law and real estate law. He holds a juris doctor and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a master’s in sport management from the University of Florida and a bachelor’s in marketing from Florida.
Lunn teaches courses in the financial management of the business enterprise, financial analysis and valuation and financial management. He earned a doctorate in finance and an MBA in corporate finance from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from Stanford University.
Lutz teaches courses in supply chains, supply chain management and supply chain transformation and manufacturing services strategies. She holds a doctorate in supply chain management from Syracuse University, an MBA in logistics from George Washington University and a bachelor’s in mathematics from Penn State.
Meehan teaches courses in real estate fundamentals, real estate analysis tools, real estate risk analysis and real estate institutions and markets analysis. She earned a juris doctor from Dickinson School of Law, an MBA in marketing and entrepreneurship and bachelor’s degrees in marketing and finance, both from Smeal.
Solo teaches courses in supply chain management, descriptive analytics for business, supply chain analytics and business information systems. He holds a doctorate in industrial engineering and operations research from Penn State, a master’s in operations research from the United States Air Force Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s in mathematics from Penn State.
Nancy McClure has been promoted to assistant teaching professor in the Department of Accounting. She has taught in a broad spectrum of accounting and business courses, including financial and managerial accounting, auditing, taxation, commercial banking and business and industry analysis. McClure holds a master’s in accounting from Penn State.