Faculty & Research
Faculty Specialties
Opus College of Business faculty are specialists in a wide range of business topics. They are often called upon by the media and private businesses to lend opinions or advice in their particular areas knowledge. Please see the list of Opus College of Business faculty and their corresponding areas of expertise listed below or download a pdf of the full Faculty Resource Guide.
Accounting
Jane Saly
Diane Matson
Brian Shapiro
Education
International
Social Issues
Advertising
Anti-Trust
Forensic Economics
Auditing
Banking
International
Branding
Business Education
Adult
Sharon Gibson
Distance
Lifelong
Self-Development
Service Learning
Student-managed Investment Funds
Technology
Business Law
Richard Kunkel
Susan Marsnik
Dawn Swink
John Wendt
Identity Theft
Privacy
Sports and Entertainment Contracts
Copyright Issues
Careers
Changes
Development
Meaningful Work
Work-Life Balance
Communication
Competition
Strategy
Conflict Management
Consumer Behavior
Consumer Decision Making
Corporate Finance
Heino Beckmann
Heung-Joo Cha
Ameeta Jaiswal-Dale
Analyst Estimates and Forecasts
Capital Budgeting
Corporate Treasury Management
Emerging Markets
Financial Performance
Financial Reporting
Fixed Income Securities
Thadavillil (Nathan) Jithendranathan
International Finance
Sarbanes Oxley
Ron James
Corporate Management
Change Management
Leadership and Followership
Effects on Employee Creativity
Styles
Transitions
Derivaties
Derivative Markets
Derivative Securities
Thadavillil (Nathan) Jithendranathan
Derivatives
E-Commerce
Legal Issues
Economic Markets (Domestic)
Capital Markets
Mary Schmid Daugherty
Sunil Mohanty
Economic Development
Thomas Musil
Housing Markets & Economics
Market Microstructure
U.S. Economy
Economic Markets (International)
Asian Markets
Emerging Markets
Thadavillil (Nathan) Jithendranathan
Heung-Joo Cha
Korean Markets
Employment
Mick Sheppeck
Teresa Rothausen-Vange
Legal Issues
Recruiting and Selection
Performance Management
Spirituality at the Workplace
Telecommuting
Engineering
Emerging Business
New Product Development
Scientifically Pioneering Businesses
Entrepreneurship Strategy
John McVea
David Vang
Jay Ebben
Alec Johnson
Laura Dunham
Franchising
Opportunity Recognition
Resource Acquisition in Entrepreneurship
Small Group Decision Making
Entrepreneurship Financing
Creative Industries
Ethics and Corporate Responsibility
Kenneth Goodpaster
Robert Kennedy
Jamal Al-Khatib
Richard Rexeisen
Dawn Elm
John McVea
John Spry
Executive Compensation
In Entrepreneurship
Morality
Nonprofit Organizations
Family Business
Mary Schmid Daugherty
Alec Johnson
Ritch Sorenson
Fraud Detection
Gender and Diversity Issues
Governance
Sunil Mohanty
Dawn Elm
Kenneth Goodpaster
Mike Evers
Charles "Mel" Gray
Health Care Organizations
Health Care Management
Human Resources
Jack Militello
Mick Sheppeck
Sunil Ramlall
Development and Mentoring
Sharon Gibson
International Issues
Measurement
Technology Issues
Information Technology
Robert Gaffney
Sameer Kumar
Ernest Owens
Data Privacy
International Business
Contracts
Global Business Values
Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)
Pricing and Performance
Class Action Litigation
Intellectual Property
Leadership
Manufacturing
Dan McNamara
Frederick Zimmerman
Marketing
Communication
Ethics
International
Jamal Al-Khatib
Christopher Puto
Products
Research
Retail
Services and Nonprofit
Operation
Foodservice Demand Forecasting
Supply Chain Management
Personal Finance
Investments
Portfolio Management
Mary Schmid Daugherty
Michael F. Sullivan
Public Finance
Thomas Musil
David Vang
John Spry
Sports Stadiums
Nonprofit Organizations
Quality Management
Phil Anderson
Dan McNamara
Sameer Kumar
Real Estate
Thadavillil (Nathan) Jithendranathan
Development
Legal Issues
Professional Practices
Retail Industry
Discount Merchandising
Shopping Behavior
Shopping Centers/Mall of America
Risk Management
Alternative Risk Financing
Business Process Re-engineering
Financial
International Finance
Organizational
Process Modeling and Optimization
Project Management
Risk Pooling
Sales
Taxation
Valuations
Asset Pricing
Thomas Musil
