Faculty + Research
College of Business Faculty
The College of Business has 104 tenure-track and tenured faculty with Ph.D.s., and there are approximately 18 part-time faculty members.
Full-time faculty members received their Ph.D. degrees from institutions such as University of California, Berkeley and Los Angeles (UCLA); Stanford University, Harvard University; University of Southern California; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Georgia State University; Carnegie Mellon, Purdue University; University of North Carolina; and University of Washington.
Non-US born faculty members were originally from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, India, Bangladesh, Turkey, Korea, Russia, Bulgaria, Philippines, Great Britain, Australia, Lebanon, Egypt, and Germany.
Ethnicity
| Ethnicity* | Percent |
|---|---|
| *Self-reported; includes non-U.S. born faculty | |
| Asian American | 26.5 |
| Hispanic | 1.1 |
| African American | 4.2 |
| Pacific Islander | 4.8 |
| White | 59.8 |
| Other | 3.7 |
Gender
| Gender | Percent |
|---|---|
| Female | 33.3 |
| Male | 66.7 |
Faculty Publications and Research Projects
Decision Sciences
- Ramesh Bollapragada, associate professor of decision sciences, was featured in the April/May 2009 issue of Tyre Asia on the topic of "Building Strong Supply Chains"
International Business
Management
- Management Professor Ron Purser to examine effective virtual organization in research and design, September 10, 2009
- Professor Denise Kleinrichert coauthors chapter in a new book about corporate boards and risk management, August 27, 2009
- This column references research on furloughs by John Sullivan, professor of management. San Jose Mercury News, July 15, 2009
- Sanjay Jain, assistant professor of management, is the lead author of an article published in the July 2009 issue of Research Policy. The article is entitled "Academics or entrepreneurs? Investigating role identity modification of university scientists involved in commercialization activity".
Marketing
- Culture counts in marketing efforts; Marketing Professor Judi Strebel coauthors new study, August 19, 2009
- In a study coauthored by Associate Professor of Marketing Judi Strebel, researchers explored consumer reaction to unexpected promotional gifts. Thaindian News, July 21, 2009
- Professor Sanjit Sengupta receives Fulbright Grant, July 6, 2009
Faculty Spotlight
The College of Business is pleased to introduce six tenure-track faculty members to the Departments of Finance, Hospitality and Tourism Management, and Management.
Daniela Balkanska
Assistant Professor, Finance
Daniela Balkanska earned her Ph.D. in management at UC Irvine, specializing in finance. Her primary research is in behavioral finance with special emphasis on the disposition effect behavior of individual investors. Her other research interests lie in empirical asset pricing. Her teaching interests and experience include investments, corporate finance, and international finance. Daniela is originally from Bulgaria.
Todd Feldman
Assistant Professor of Finance
Ph.D. in International Economics and Finance, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2009; M.A. in International Economics and Finance, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2006; M.S. in Applied Economics, University of California, Davis, June 2004; B.S. in Finance & Accounting, SUNY Binghamton, May 1999
Desired Research: Behavioral Finance, Financial Economics, International Finance
Charlotte Fillol
Assistant Professor of Management
Ph.D. in Management, Paris Dauphine; M.A. in Management and Information Systems, Paris Dauphine; B.A. in Management, Paris Dauphine, Human Resources major.
Research interests include individual learning, organizational learning and learning organizations; individual and organizational identity, identification and self; communities of practice.
Anne Koch
Assistant Professor of Management
Anne Koch joins SF State from the University of Sussex in England. Previously, she was a research fellow at UC Berkeley. She received her Ph.D. in economic and social sciences from University of Luneburg in Germany. She has taught strategic management, global new product development, and management of organizations. Her research interests include research and new product development, organizational alignment, and learning in companies
Jennifer Tosti-Kharas
Assistant Professor of Management
Jennifer Tosti-Kharas received her Ph.D. in management from the Stern School of Business, New York University. Her research interests include professional identity, the meaning of work, employee response to involuntary job loss, and career development. She has taught organizational behavior, team dynamics and corporate social responsibility, and will teach organizational behavior at SF State. Prior to entering academia, Jennifer worked as a strategy consultant at Accenture, specializing in communications, media and entertainment industries.
Andrew Walls
Assistant Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management
Andrew Walls comes to SF State from the Rosen College of Hospitality Management at the University of Central Florida, where he earned his Ph.D. in hospitality management and tourism. He has experience teaching hospitality operations, communications and sales and marketing. Research interests lie in the areas of hospitality consumer behavior, sales and marketing and consumer experiences. Additionally, Andrew has over 18 years of senior management experience in the hotel and convention and visitor’s bureau organizations.
