Prominent Faculty Join College

Some are seasoned researchers. Others are rising academic stars. Altogether eight new faculty members joined the college this fall with esteemed credentials. That makes twenty-four new professors and instructors in the past three years in response to unprecedented enrollment growth and burgeoning national stature.

Meet the new faculty members.

Eren Cil, Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences
Degree: PhD, Kellog School of Management
Expertise: service operations, strategic pricing under competition, queuing theory

Heidi Connole, Instructor of Business
Degree: PhD, Washington State University, mostly recently on faculty at University of Idaho
Expertise: Leadership and Communications

T. Bettina Cornwell, Professor of Marketing
Degree: PhD, University of Texas, mostly recently on faculty at University of Michigan
Expertise: Sports sponsorship, consumer information processing, marketing communications

Bruce Darling, Instructor of Accounting
Degree: PhD, Madison University
Expertise: Information Systems, auditing, financial reporting

Shane Heitzman, Assistant Professor of Accounting
Degree: University of Arizona, mostly recently on faculty at University of Rochester
Expertise: Taxes and incentives in mergers and acquisitions

Lan Jiang, Assistant Professor of Marketing
Degree: PhD, University of British Columbia
Expertise: customer relationships, retail environments, new product design

Arvids Ziedonis, Assistant Professor of Management and Academic Director of the Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship
Degree: University of California-Berkeley, most recently on faculty at University of Michigan
Expertise: Economics of innovation, entrepreneurship, technology and innovation strategy, university research commercialization

Rosemarie Ziedonis, Associate Professor of Management and Research Director of the Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship
Degree: PhD, University of California-Berkeley, most recently on faculty at University of Michigan
Expertise: Innovation policy and strategy, entrepreneurship, intellectual property