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in management sciences from Iowa in 2004, an M.S. in computer science from Baylor University in 1999, and a B.E. in computer engineering from the University of Mumbai in 1996. His research interests are in the areas of business intelligence, online visibility, and web mining. He serves as an associate editor of Information Systems Research journal. Shagun Pant, assistant professor of finance, received her Ph.D. in finance from Shagun Pant the University of Utah in 2009, an M.A. in management information systems from Iowa in 2003, and a B.E. in electrical engineering from the University of Mumbai in 1999. She previously was an assistant professor in finance at Texas A&M University. Her areas of expertise are theoretical and empirical corporate governance and capital structure. Tom Parker, visiting assistant professor of economics, received his Ph.D. Tom Parker in economics from the University of Illinois in 2011, an M.A. in economics from the University of British Columbia in 2004, and a B.S. in economics from the University of Illinois in 2003. His areas of expertise are in applied econometrics and econometric theory. Alice Schoonbroodt, assistant professor of economics, received her Ph.D. in economics
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from the University of Minnesota, an M.A. in economics from McGill University Alice Schoonbroodt in Montreal, and a B.A. in economics from Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. She previously was a lecturer in economics at the University of Southampton in the U.K. and an affiliated research at ESRC Centre for Population Change. Her areas of expertise are in macroeconomics, demographic economics, family economics, and growth and development. Nicholas Yannelis, professor and Henry B. Tippie Research Professor Nicholas Yannelis in economics, received his Ph.D. and M.A. in economics from the University of Rochester in 1983 and 1979, respectively. In addition, he received an M.A. from the London School of Economics in 1997 and a B.A. from the Athens School of Economics in 1976. He previously was the Sir John Hicks Professor of Economic Theory at the University of Manchester (U.K.) and the Commerce Distinguished Alumni Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the editor of the journal Economic Theory, and his research is focused on general equilibrium and game theory with asymmetric information.
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Collegiate Teaching Award Finance professor Jon Garfinkel is one of 18 UI faculty members who have received Jon Garfinkel Collegiate Teaching Awards for the 2010-11 academic year. The awards represent the highest honor a college can bestow upon its faculty for excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching. Garfinkel, associate professor of finance and Waugh Business Faculty Research Fellow, serves as the faculty director of the Tippie MBA Finance Academy. His teaching is in the areas of managerial finance and corporate investment and financing decisions. He has been commended for his challenging, innovative courses.
New Director for McGladrey Institute Mark Penno, Soumyo Sarkar Research Fellow and professor of accounting, is the new Mark Penno director of the RSM McGladrey Institute of Accounting Education and Research. Penno, an accounting theory scholar, has been on the accounting faculty since 2004. He succeeds Ramji Balakrishnan, Carlson-KPMG Professor of Accounting, who had served as the institute’s director for six years. The institute is a critical part of the Department of Accounting, fostering educational
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excellence in Iowa’s accounting programs and encouraging high-quality research from accounting faculty.
CIC Leadership Program Kurt Anstreicher, departmental executive officer and Henry B. Tippie Kurt Anstreicher Research Professor of Management Sciences, is one of five UI faculty members named fellows in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Academic Leadership Program, which aims to develop management skills among faculty who have demonstrated exceptional ability and administrative promise. An expert in mathematical optimization, he has edited the journal Mathematical Programming, Series A since 2007.
New Professorships Greg L. Stewart Henry B. Tippie Research Professor of Management and Organizations (see photo in Tippie in the News section) Nicholas C. Yannelis Henry B. Tippie Research Professor of Economics (see photo in New Faculty)
New Fellowship Martin Gervais Henry B. Tippie Research Fellow of Economics (see photo in New Faculty)