Virginia Tech. Pamplin Executive MBA Program - Faculty

France Bélanger

France Bélanger received a doctorate in information technology from the University of South Florida and a bachelor of commerce in economics and finance from McGill University. Dr. Bélanger teaches Information Technology for Business Decisions. She is widely published in information system journals such as Information Systems Research, Communications of the ACM, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Information & Management, Database, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Information Resources Management Journal, and many others. She co-authored the books E-Business Technologies and Evaluation and Implementation of Distance Learning: Technologies, Tools and Techniques.

James Brown

James Brown received a D.B.A. in marketing from Indiana University, a master of business administration from Miami University of Ohio and a bachelor of science in industrial management from the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Brown teaches Business Negotiations. His research is published in the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Science, Journal of Retailing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science and other leading marketing academic journals.

Robert Brown

Robert Brown received a Ph.D. from Georgia State University. Dr. Brown teaches Implementing Management Controls.

Eloise Coupey

Eloise Coupey received a Ph.D. from Duke University and a bachelor of arts from Harvard University. Dr. Coupey teaches Marketing Principles. She has written two books, Marketing and the Internet: Conceptual Foundation and Digital Business: Concepts and Strategy, and published in such journals as, Quarterly Journal of Electronic Commerce, Journal of Consumer Psychology, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Business Research, Psychology and Marketing, IEEE Transactions of Systems, Man and Cybernetics and Marketing Letters.

J. Lawrence French

Larry French received a Ph.D. from Cornell University, a master of science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a master of arts from the University of Maryland and a bachelor of arts from Wesleyan University. Dr. French teaches Global Organizational Behavior. He is published in Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Advances in International Comparative Management, Social Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Administration and Society, Academy of Management Review and Journal of Labor Research.

Parviz Ghandforoush

Parviz Ghandforoush received a Ph.D. from Texas Tech University and a master of business administration and bachelor’s in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Ghandforoush teaches Management of Information for Business Decisions. He is co-author of the textbook, Management Science for Decision Makers. He published numerous articles in journals such as Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, IIE Transactions, ORSA Journal on Computing, European Journal of Operations Research, Omega, TIMS Studies in Management Science, International Journal of Production Research, Computers and Operations Research, Computers and Industrial Engineering, Journal of the Operational Research Society and several refereed book chapters.

Devi Gnyawali

Devi Gnyawali received a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science from Tribhuvan University. Dr. Gnyawali teaches Global Strategic Management. He is published in various journals including Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Advances in International Comparative Management, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Journal of Higher Education, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, Management Learning, Strategy & Leadership among others.

Donald Hatfield

Don Hatfield received a Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles, a master of science from the University of Iowa and a bachelor of arts from Iowa State University. Dr. Hatfield teaches Leadership in a Technology Environment. His research is published in The Journal of Industrial Economics, Strategic Management Journal, The Journal of Business Ethics, The Journal of Labor Research, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, The Journal of High Technology Management Research, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice and others.

Janine Hiller

Janine Hiller received a juris doctorate from the University of Richmond and a bachelor of arts from Virginia Tech. Dr. Hiller teaches Legal & Ethical Issues in the High Tech Environment. She helped write one of the first textbooks on Internet Law. Her research articles have appeared in American Business Law Journal, Banking Law Journal and Real Estate Law Journal.

Barbara Hoopes

Barbara Hoopes received a doctorate in operations research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a bachelor’s in mathematics from Davidson College. Dr. Hoopes teaches Program Management & Project Leadership and Production & Service Operations. She has published papers in Management Science, the Journal of Productivity Analysis, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Annals of OR and the International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management.

Raman Kumar

Raman Kumar received a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, a master of business administration from the Indian Institute of Management and a B.B.M. from the Banaras Hindu University. Dr. Kumar teaches Financial Modeling & Corporate Finance. He is published in many finance journals including top-quality journals such as the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Dr. Kumar is an associate editor of the Financial Review.

Jim Littlefield

Jim Littlefield received a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a master of business administration from the University of Chicago and a bachelor of science from Kent State University. Dr. Littlefield teaches International Marketing. His research is published in such journals as Southern Journal of Business, Health Care Management Review, Journal of Community Health, Business, North Carolina Medical Journal, Continuing Higher Education Review, Journal of Macromarketing, Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing, Journal of Consumer Marketing, Journal of Business Ethics and Social Indicators Research. He has also written numerous books including, Marketing and Economic Development, Marketing the Dental Practice, Doctoral Programs in Marketing, Readings in Advertising, Marketing: An Environmental Approach, Marketing in a Developing Nation and Advertising: Mass Communication in Marketing.

Sattar Mansi

Satar Mansi received a Ph.D. and a master of business administration from The George Washington University and a bachelor’s in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Mansi teaches Corporate Governance. He is published in top quality journals such as the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of International Business Studies and Journal of Banking and Finance.

Steven Markham

Steven Markham received a Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a bachelor of science from Claremont Men’s College. Dr. Markham teaches Leadership for Change Management. He has published numerous articles and book chapters in the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Decision Sciences, Journal of Occupational Psychology, Compensation & Benefits Review, Personnel Psychology, Personnel Administrator, Applied Psychological Measurement, Psychological Reports, The Review of Business and Economic Research, The Handbook of Organizational Communication, Research in Personnel and Human Resource Management, (Volume 5) among others.

Abon Mozumdar

Abon Mozumdar received a doctorate in finance from New York University, a M.B.A. in finance and marketing from the Indian Institute of Management, and a B. Tech in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology. This is Dr. Mozumdar’s first time teaching in the Executive MBA program. He has been published in theJournal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Business, and the Journal of Finance. He is in the process of co-authoring Time Variation in Liquidity.

Kent Nakamoto

Kent Nakamoto received his doctorate in marketing from Stanford University, a master’s in marketing and a master’s in arts administration from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a bachelor’s in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Nakamoto teaches Marketing Analysis & Strategy. He is published in journals such as Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Psychology, Journal of Consumer Research, Marketing Science, Management Science and International Journal of Research in Marketing.

Laura Poppo

Laura Poppo received a Ph.D. and Master of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and a bachelor of arts from Dartmouth College. Dr. Poppo teaches Strategic Business Environment. She is published in numerous journals in management: Administrative Science Quarterly, Management Science, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Journal of Management Studies and the Academy of Management Proceedings. Her work also is published in several management books including Advances in Strategy Management, Information Systems Outsourcing in the New Economy and Information Technology and the Corporation of the 1990s.

Cliff Ragsdale

Cliff Ragsdale received a doctorate in management science and information technology from the University of Georgia, and a M.B.A. in finance and bachelor's in psychology from the University of Central Florida. This is Dr. Ragsdale's first time teaching in the Executive MBA program. His research is published in Decision Sciences, Naval Research Logistics, Operations Research Letters, Computers and Operations Research, OMEGA, Personal Financial Planning, Financial Services Review, and the Journal of Electronic Data Interchange. He has also written the textbook Spreadsheet Modeling and Decision Analysis: A Practical Introduction to Management Science.

Dilip Shome

Dilip Shome received a Ph.D. and a master of business administration from the University of Florida and a M. Tech. and a bachelor of science from the Indian Institute of Technology. Dr. Shome teaches Valuation & Corporate Restructuring. He has approximately 15 articles published in various academic and practitioner journals. Some of his publications appear in popular journals such as the Journal of Finance and Financial Management.

Vijay Singal

Vijay Singal received a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, a master of business administration from Indian Institute of Management and a B. Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology. Dr. Singal teaches Financial & Economic Environment of Business. He authored a book titled Beyond the Random Walk: A Guide to Market Anomalies and Low Risk Strategies. His research is published in top quality journals such as the American Economic Review, Journal of Business, Journal of Finance, and the Journal of Financial Economics, and in practitioner journals such as Journal of Portfolio Management, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Financial Analysts Journal and Journal of Investment Management.

Linda Teagarden

Linda Teagarden received her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado-Boulder, a master of business administration from Indiana State University and a bachelor of arts from Michigan State University. This is Dr. Teagarden's first time teaching in the Executive MBA program. Her research has been published in Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Applied Business Research, Journal of High Technology Management Research and Journal of Managerial Issue.

Wanda Smith

Wanda Smith received a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a master of business administration from the University of Chicago and a bachelor of science from Georgetown College. Dr. Smith teaches for the EMBA Orientation. She has published articles in the Business and Society, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Management Education and Psychological Reports.

Richard Wokutch

Richard Wokutch received a Ph.D. and a bachelor of science from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Wokutch teaches Business Ethics & Culture. He is the author or editor of the following books: Worker Protection, Japanese Style: Occupational Safety and Health in the Auto Industry, Cooperation and Conflict in Occupational Safety and Health: A Multination Study of the Automotive Industry, and Rising Above Sweatshops: Innovative Approaches to Global Labor Challenges, co-edited with L. Hartman and D. Arnold. He has also published articles in outlets such as The California Management Review, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, the Monthly Labor Review, Business Ethics Quarterly, the Academy of Management Executive and Research in Corporate Social Performance and Policy.