Teachers. Scholars. Leaders.
Opus College of Business faculty are gifted teachers whose passion for mentoring and coaching is equal to their extensive research, consulting and business backgrounds.
This extraordinary group of faculty has chosen St. Thomas because they want to make a difference in the lives of individual students and to pass on their experience and expertise within a relevant, ethical context.
OCB faculty facts
- More than 100 full-time faculty
- Largest business ethics faculty in the U.S.
- Faculty specialties include
- Business ethics
- Business law
- Conflict management
- Consumer behavior
- Forensic economics
- International baking
- Leader development
- Nonprofit marketing
- Social issues in accounting
- Work-life balance
- Faculty hold doctoral degrees from institutions such as
- Duke University
- Michigan State University
- Northwestern University
- Stanford University
- University of California-Berkeley
- University of Minnesota
- University of Pennsylvania
- Yale University
Recent publications
Phil Anderson, Ph.D., and Leigh Lawton, Ph.D.
Intercultural Development: Study Abroad vs. On-campus Study in the fall 2011 issue of Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad.
Susan Marsnik, J.D. (co-author)
Drawing a Line in the Patent Subject-Matter Sands: Does Europe Prove a Solution to the Software and Business Method Patent Problem? published as the lead article in the Boston College International and Comparative Law Review.
Ahead of the Curve
Dean Christopher Puto, Ph.D., talks about what makes the Opus College of Business unique.

