The Penn State Smeal College of Business welcomes 19 new members to its faculty this academic year.

Accounting

Jed J. Neilson, assistant professorDoctorate: University of Michigan (expected 2016)Master’s: University of UtahBachelor’s: University of Utah

Schalyn Sohn, instructor in accountingPrevious experience: instructor at George Mason University and Northern Virginia Community CollegeMaster’s: University of Notre DameBachelor’s: Penn State

Finance

Anh Le, assistant professorPrevious experience: assistant professor at University of North Carolina-Chapel HillDoctorate: New York UniversityBachelor’s: Queensland University (Australia) and Monash University (Australia)

Giang Nguyen, assistant professorDoctorate: University of North Carolina at Chapel HillMaster’s: George Washington UniversityBachelor’s: Monash University (Australia) and University of Queensland (Australia)

Anas Aboulamer, visiting assistant professorPrevious experience: assistant professor at Concordia University (Canada)Doctorate: McGill, Concordia, HEC universities (joint program, Canada)Master’s: Concordia UniversityBachelor’s: Al Akhawayn University (Morocco)

Alexei (Alexey) Zhdanov, assistant professorPrevious experience: senior researcher/portfolio manager at PanAgora Asset Management and assistant professor at the Swiss Finance Institute and the University of Lausanne (Switzerland)Doctorate: University of RochesterMaster’s: Vlerick School of Management (Russia) and St. Petersburg State Technical University (Russia)

Management and organization

Peter S. Whalen, clinical associate professorPrevious experience: assistant professor at University of DenverDoctorate: University of OregonMaster’s: Saint Louis UniversityBachelor’s: Florida State University

Richard Weyer, instructor in entrepreneurshipPrevious experience: vice president for customer success at DevicifyMaster’s: Penn State (MBA) and University of Rhode IslandBachelor’s: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

Shawn M. Clark, clinical professor and interim director of Farrell Center for Innovation and EntrepreneurshipPrevious experience: associate director of research for the Center for Enterprise Architecture at Penn StateDoctorate: Penn StateMaster’s: Brigham Young UniversityBachelor’s: Brigham Young University

Marketing

J. Andrew Petersen, associate professorPrevious experience: assistant professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel HillDoctorate: University of ConnecticutBachelor’s: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Risk management

Chloe Tergiman, assistant professorPrevious experience: assistant professor at University of British ColumbiaDoctorate: New York UniversityMaster’s: New York UniversityBachelor’s: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Liang Peng, associate professorPrevious experience: associate professor at University of ColoradoDoctorate: Yale UniversityMaster’s: Yale University (2) and Renmin University (China)Bachelor’s: Renmin University

Patrick S. Smith, visiting assistant professorDoctorate: Georgia State University (expected 2016)Master’s: University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkBachelor’s: University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Supply chain and information systems

Suvrat S. Dhanorkar, assistant professorDoctorate: University of MinnesotaMaster’s: University of Notre DameBachelor’s: Pune University (India)

Vincent Slaugh, visiting professorDoctorate: Carnegie Mellon UniversityMaster’s: Carnegie Mellon University and Penn State (2)Bachelor’s: Penn State (2)

Nicholas (Nick) Petruzzi, professor and chair of the Department of Supply Chain and Information SystemsPrevious experience: Seass Faculty Fellow and associate professor at University of IllinoisDoctorate: Purdue UniversityMaster’s: George Washington UniversityBachelor’s: College of William and Mary

Shan Jiang, visiting assistant professorDoctorate: University of ArizonaBachelor’s: Tsinghua University (China)

Zhuojun Gu, visiting assistant professorDoctorate: University of MinnesotaMaster’s: Fudan University (China)Bachelor’s: Zhejiang University (China)

Siyuan Liu, visiting assistant professorPrevious experience: research scientist at Carnegie Mellon UniversityDoctorate: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyBachelor’s: Shandong University (China)