The Penn State Smeal College of Business welcomes 19 new members to its faculty this academic year.
Accounting
Jed J. Neilson, assistant professor
Doctorate: University of Michigan (expected 2016)
Master’s: University of Utah
Bachelor’s: University of Utah
Schalyn Sohn, instructor in accounting
Previous experience: instructor at George Mason University and Northern Virginia Community College
Master’s: University of Notre Dame
Bachelor’s: Penn State
Finance
Anh Le, assistant professor
Previous experience: assistant professor at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Doctorate: New York University
Bachelor’s: Queensland University (Australia) and Monash University (Australia)
Giang Nguyen, assistant professor
Doctorate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Master’s: George Washington University
Bachelor’s: Monash University (Australia) and University of Queensland (Australia)
Anas Aboulamer, visiting assistant professor
Previous experience: assistant professor at Concordia University (Canada)
Doctorate: McGill, Concordia, HEC universities (joint program, Canada)
Master’s: Concordia University
Bachelor’s: Al Akhawayn University (Morocco)
Alexei (Alexey) Zhdanov, assistant professor
Previous 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 Rochester
Master’s: Vlerick School of Management (Russia) and St. Petersburg State Technical University (Russia)
Management and organization
Peter S. Whalen, clinical associate professor
Previous experience: assistant professor at University of Denver
Doctorate: University of Oregon
Master’s: Saint Louis University
Bachelor’s: Florida State University
Richard Weyer, instructor in entrepreneurship
Previous experience: vice president for customer success at Devicify
Master’s: Penn State (MBA) and University of Rhode Island
Bachelor’s: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
Shawn M. Clark, clinical professor and interim director of Farrell Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Previous experience: associate director of research for the Center for Enterprise Architecture at Penn State
Doctorate: Penn State
Master’s: Brigham Young University
Bachelor’s: Brigham Young University
Marketing
J. Andrew Petersen, associate professor
Previous experience: assistant professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Doctorate: University of Connecticut
Bachelor’s: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Risk management
Chloe Tergiman, assistant professor
Previous experience: assistant professor at University of British Columbia
Doctorate: New York University
Master’s: New York University
Bachelor’s: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Liang Peng, associate professor
Previous experience: associate professor at University of Colorado
Doctorate: Yale University
Master’s: Yale University (2) and Renmin University (China)
Bachelor’s: Renmin University
Patrick S. Smith, visiting assistant professor
Doctorate: Georgia State University (expected 2016)
Master’s: University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Bachelor’s: University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Supply chain and information systems
Suvrat S. Dhanorkar, assistant professor
Doctorate: University of Minnesota
Master’s: University of Notre Dame
Bachelor’s: Pune University (India)
Vincent Slaugh, visiting professor
Doctorate: Carnegie Mellon University
Master’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 Systems
Previous experience: Seass Faculty Fellow and associate professor at University of Illinois
Doctorate: Purdue University
Master’s: George Washington University
Bachelor’s: College of William and Mary
Shan Jiang, visiting assistant professor
Doctorate: University of Arizona
Bachelor’s: Tsinghua University (China)
Zhuojun Gu, visiting assistant professor
Doctorate: University of Minnesota
Master’s: Fudan University (China)
Bachelor’s: Zhejiang University (China)
Siyuan Liu, visiting assistant professor
Previous experience: research scientist at Carnegie Mellon University
Doctorate: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Bachelor’s: Shandong University (China)