Great Teachers at Bentley INSPIRATION FOR YOUR SUCCESS
Andy Aylesworth, associate professor of Marketing, teaches courses in advertising, consumer behavior, marketing research and general business.
Great teaching doesn’t happen by accident. B E N T L E Y P R O F E S S O R S P R O V I D E S P E C I A L A D VA N TA G E S YOU WON’T FIND ELSEWHERE, INCLUDING: Real-world corporate immersion. Your business classes will be grounded in real-world practice, and you will work with corporate clients to solve problems and improve operations.
Leading business applications and great technology. Bentley is regularly recognized for its use of technology in the classroom, the library, and all over campus.
Small classes where your professors will get to know you and the way you think and learn. Faculty are genuinely interested in your development as a lifelong learner and critical thinker.
Team teaching in many classes, infusing course discussion with cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Opportunities for exposure to global culture through an array of study abroad courses. The opportunity to develop relationships with professors who can provide leads on internships, jobs, and other opportunities that are well suited to your interests and capabilities. Effective instructional methods informed by special teaching resources and seminars, fostered by the university’s Wilder Teaching Professors.
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Powerful research resources. Faculty members use — and can direct you to — online databases and resources that simply aren’t available at other schools. Speaking of research, it enriches the quality of teaching at Bentley. You will benefit from that depth of understanding and from the cuttingedge projects faculty members are working on. Finally, the one thing you won’t find in your classes are teaching assistants.
great teachers who can change your life
It’s hard to pick just a handful of great teachers at a university that places a priority on teaching. But the eight professors profiled here are recognized by students and alumni for the impact their teaching has on students and on the successful careers that follow.
WHAT STUDENTS SAY
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She helps explain life by teaching life lessons. I particularly remember a discussion about how the way others treat you is a reflection more on them than on you.
“I ask my students: How can you create? When you go into business, you will need to be creative, and you will need to have the courage of your creativity.”
” Barbara Paul-Emile
ASHLEY FRITZ ’10
HER PHILOSOPHY
“Learning need not remain an intellectual exercise solely. It can become a living and transforming agent if, as a learning community, students and teachers take the journey to understanding together, discovering and integrating new knowledge in holistic ways.”
WHAT SHE TEACHES
English Literature
BACKGROUND/INTERESTS
Has also taught at University of Colorado-Boulder, Vassar, Boston University and Brandeis. Author of numerous scholarly articles as well as creative works such as the novel Seer and The Dance of Life: Poems for the Spirit.
OF SPECIAL NOTE
Serves as Maurice E. Goldman Distinguished Professor Arts and Sciences. Honored as Massachusetts Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation and Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Winner of the Bentley Adamian Award for Teaching Excellence. Often combines course work with travel to locations such as the Caribbean, Egypt, France, Greece and Turkey.
“What worked for companies in the past is not going to work anymore. Love and compassion need to be a part of the business language. Do the right thing and profits will follow.”
Raj Sisodia HIS PHILOSOPHY
“Business can and should be a noble undertaking, creating prosperity and spreading well-being throughout the planet. It is not about trading off the interests of one stakeholder for those of another. I try to get my students inspired and energized by showing them that business can be a powerful force for good.”
WHAT STUDENTS SAY WHAT HE TEACHES
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Raj reaches out to his students and genuinely fosters interest and passion in course topics. ANDREW ROQUE ’10
Marketing
BACKGROUND AND INTERESTS
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One of the leaders of the Conscious Capitalism movement, a business perspective that includes all stakeholders: society, partners, investors, companies, and employees. His book, Firms of Endearment, has become a conscious capitalism classic, profiling firms such as Whole Foods, Southwest Airlines, and The Container Store. Has published numerous articles in scholarly and professional journals and is frequently quoted in the press and media.
OF SPECIAL NOTE
Sisodia has received the Bentley Innovation in Teaching Award and the Award for Excellence in Scholarship.
WHAT STUDENTS SAY
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Professor Seemann views his students as thinkers. He shares his insights and expertise, but encourages us to arrive at our own conclusions. He gives us an opportunity to sharpen our ability to think critically and intelligently.
“Business and the wider environment change so fast that no particular set of skills is adequate preparation for a career — or life in general — over the long run. What matters is that you learn how to think and learn. Philosophy teaches that.”
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Axel Seemann
RAUHAQ SETH ’12 HIS PHILOSOPHY
“You may not recall the details of the mind-body problem by the time you graduate; but if you remember how to approach a complex issue, how to look at it from a number of perspectives, and how to accept that most interesting questions have no easy answers, you will have learned something that is going to stay with you long after your studies are over. It is the kind of insight philosophy can provide you with, and one of the reasons why it is such a great subject!”
WHAT HE TEACHES
Philosophy
BACKGROUND AND INTERESTS
Earned his doctorate at the London School of Economics with postdoctoral studies at UC Berkeley. Interested in questions that arise in the broad context of social cognition.
OF SPECIAL NOTE
Has been a Berlin-based management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group and a television journalist, also in Germany.
“Our students who go to Africa become passionate: they listen to children learning to read who have no parents to encourage them to go to school. They help women peel nuts to make cocoa butter and learn what it takes to make hand cream. You can’t help but care about global economic policy when you have friends in the developing world.”
Diane Kellogg HER PHILOSOPHY
“I see my job as teaching people to care. When people care, they become passionate about solving the problems they care about, and will want to learn all they can learn that might help solve those problems.”
WHAT SHE TEACHES
Management
WHAT STUDENTS SAY BACKGROUND/INTERESTS
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Professor Kellogg uses simulation activities and role playing to prove her points and teach her lessons, especially when illustrating cultural differences. KIM ANGELOVICH ’10
Earned her doctorate at Harvard University. Delivers executive education programs to large international corporations. Clients include BP, Marsh-McClennan, Mercer, DHL, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Ford Motor Corporation, Sabre, Deloitte & Touche, The MathWorks, the Economic Development Council of New York City, Genzyme and Biogen-Idec.
OF SPECIAL NOTE
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Founder of a program that links Bentley with the Mmofra Trom Center and 13 other NGOs in Ghana. Pioneered a suite of semester-long courses related to economic development, each including an experiential component available through travel to Ghana.
WHAT STUDENTS SAY
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He is a master at using nontraditional methods to solve problems. SHAWN BOEDICKER ’10
the world in a whole new light. From Avatar to health insurance, math is everywhere!”
” Charles Hadlock HIS PHILOSOPHY
“We need young people who want to change the world — and are willing to work hard to do it.”
WHAT HE TEACHES
Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Studies
BACKGROUND/INTERESTS
For many years, worked at the legendary consulting firm Arthur D. Little, focusing on environmental and energy issues around the world. Clients included the Environmental Protection Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and many multinational firms. Former chair of the Bentley Mathematical Sciences Department and Dean of Bentley’s Undergraduate College.
OF SPECIAL NOTE
His honors class consulting projects have included studies for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts regarding preparedness for a statewide flu pandemic and alternative energy innovation in state agencies.
“Our business process-oriented courses teach students to integrate what they learn in separate areas, and pull everything together in a way that reflects what businesses actually do.”
Catherine Usoff Jane Fedorowicz THEIR PHILOSOPHIES
Fedorowicz believes students attend college to learn concepts and practice critical thinking skills they will need after graduation. Her courses always have a project component in which students try out what they are learning as they learn it. Usoff believes that the student who understands how his or her discipline fits within the broader organization will quickly learn how to add value to the organization. Students who are better able to see the “big picture” of how business gets done and how performance can be improved will be best prepared for leadership positions.
WHAT STUDENTS SAY
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The classroom provided me with experience in a SAP environment, something that many interns don’t have when they enter business world. CHRISTINA INVERNIZZI ’10
WHAT THEY TEACH
Information Process Management
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BACKGROUND/INTERESTS
The two professors help students see the connections between accountancy, finance, marketing, and other business courses. A significant component of their courses involves hands-on experience with the SAP enterprise system, which provides added value for students in the eyes of potential employers.
OF SPECIAL NOTE
Fedorowicz is the Rae D. Anderson Professor of Accountancy and Information Systems. Usoff is the chair of the Information and Process Management Department and teaches in the Bentley MBA program.
“I give students the tools to take ideas and turn them into action.”
Mark Frydenberg HIS PHILOSOPHY
“Students learn about information technology by interacting with it. I try to create a classroom environment that reinforces concepts with exploration and discovery. My goal is for students to complete the course with a story to tell, not about the terms they memorized, but about what they accomplished, or how they applied their knowledge to enhance the use of technology in their own lives.”
WHAT HE TEACHES
Computer Information Systems BACKGROUND AND INTERESTS
Joined Bentley two years after getting his graduate degree in 1987. A prolific author, he presents frequently at both academic and industry professional conferences.
WHAT STUDENTS SAY
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He loves what he does and wants his students to love it too. LAUREN BOCSKOCSKY ’10
Interested in software development, teaching and learning with new technology, social media, and Web literacy.
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OF SPECIAL NOTE
Three-time recipient of the Bentley Innovation in Teaching Award. Author of Web 2.0 Concepts and Applications, a college textbook that introduces Information technology concepts through the lens of Web 2.0 applications.
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