Research Expertise
Our faculty has a global mindset -- and we can prove it.
- Approximately 55 percent of our faculty have taught a course abroad organized by the Ahlers Center for International Business or the International Center at USD.
- Almost 60 percent have participated in an international faculty development program organized by the Ahlers Center.
- Over 40 percent are currently engaged in internationally-focused research.
- 43 percent speak a language other than English.
- 77 percent have either worked or studied in a country other than the U.S.
Where have USD School of Business Faculty Lived or Worked?
International Visiting Faculty
To complement the expertise of our own faculty, we are honored to bring internationally-recognized professors from institutions across the world to our classrooms here at the USD School of Business. Meet some of the international faculty members we have hosted.
Gayle Allard, PhD
Professor of economic environment, IE School of Global & Public Affairs (Madrid, Spain)
Ariel Casarin, PhD
Associate professor of economics, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Santiago, Chile)
Josep Franch, PhD
Dean, ESADE (Barcelona, Spain)
Paolo Guerrieri, PhD
Former senator of Italy; professor of economics, University of Rome 'La Sapienza' (Rome, Italy)
Ricardo Leal, PhD
Professor of finance, COPPEAD/UFRJ (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Mansoo Shin, PhD
Professor of international business, Korean University Business School (Seoul, South Korea)
Faculty Expertise and Research Interests
Our faculty are experts with research interests in a wide array of international topics ranging from trade and finance to sustainability, management, culture, and more
| Jason Campbell, assistant professor of economics | International trade |
| Zhenhua Chen, assistant professor of accountancy | Language, culture and information generating/processing activities |
| Stephen Conroy, professor of economics | International comparison of ethical attitudes |
| Simon Croom, professor of supply chain management | Supply chains; psychology; sustainability |
| Richard Custin, clinical professor of business law and ethics | Mediation; peacemaking; law |
| Eileen Daspro, clinical professor of international business | Global strategy |
| Josh Della Vedona, assistant professor of finance | Behavior of investors with a focus on Scandinavian markets |
| John Demas, clinical professor of real estate | Taxation; family succession planning; corporate governance |
| Denise Dimon, professor of economics | Latin American economic environment; international education |
| Kokila Doshi, professor of economics | Social entrepreneurship; base of the pyramid; Asian development |
| Sara Esfahani, clinical professor of economics | Resource allocation and efficiency in African agriculture |
| Jeremy Gabe, assistant professor of real estate | Market incentives for green building; international approaches to housing affordability |
| Alan Gin, associate professor of economics | China and international economics |
| Jaime Gómez, professor of management | Strategy; cross-cultural management |
| Johanna Hunsaker, professor of management | Cross-cultural management and women in leadership |
| Phil Hunsaker, professor of management | International organizational behavior and cross-cultural management |
| Aarti Ivanic, associate professor of marketing | Marketing and retailing |
| Priya Kannan-Narasimhan, associate professor of management | Strategy and entrepreneurship |
| Maria Kniazeva, professor of marketing | Cross-cultural marketing |
| Alyson Ma, professor of economics | International Trade |
| Jennifer Miles, assistant professor of management | Cross-cultural differences in ethical decision-making |
| Norm Miller, Hahn chair of real estate finance | Sustainability strategies |
| Jennifer Mueller, associate professor of management | Cultural difference in creativity |
| Andrew Narwold, professor of economics | International trade |
| Manzur Rahman, professor of finance | International financial markets and corporate governance |
| Ryan Ratcliff, associate professor of economics | Foreign direct investment; international finance |
| Daniel Rivetti, associate professor of finance | Determinants of international liquidity |
| Miriam Rothman, professor of management | Education and international HR management |
| Tara Ceranic Salinas, assistant professor of social and legal research | International business ethics, sustainability and CSR |
| Tygarajan Somasundaram, associate professor of marketing | International marketing |
| Steven Sumner, associate professor of economics | Banking and monetary transmission in Canada |
| Charles Tu, Mulvihill professor of commercial real estate | Real estate; sustainability |
| Nicole Wissman-Weber, assistant professor of management | Identifying climate risks and solutions; social entrepreneurship |
| Carsten Zimmermann, associate professor of management | International mergers and acquisitions and international sourcing |
| Dennis Zocco, professor of finance | Fintech; International investment |
| Phil Zhu, associate professor of finance | International finance |
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