Manning School of Business

Since its formation in 1971, the Manning School of Business has been creating the business leaders of the future. We offer programs in accounting, finance, management, management information systems and marketing, and provide students with a broad range of skills necessary for success.

All of our programs are fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International, the highest level of business school accreditation.

Management Faculty

Steven Freund, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Management (Finance)Equity options, security markets and corporate finance
Stuart C. Freedman, Ph.D.Department Chair, Professor, ManagementOrganizational behavior
Eunsang Yoon, Ph.D.Professor, Management (Marketing)New Product Planning, Global Market Entry, Sustainable/Green Marketing
Saira Latif, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Management (Finance), CPH-NEWInvestments, International Finance, Performance Evaluation
Tunde Kovacs, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Management - FinanceInformation assimilation and financial markets, Market efficiency, Security issues, Security analysts, Corporate governance, Short selling
Brooke D. Hargreaves-Heald, J.D.Associate Professor, ManagementHuman Resource Management, Management of Diversity, Employment Discrimination Law
Yash R. Puri, M.B.A.Professor, Management (Finance)Corporate financial strategy
Deborah Finch, Ed.D.Lecturer, ManagementFirst-Year Experience, Homeschooling, Non-profit Management and Marketing
Cory Cromer, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Management (Marketing) 
Steven F. Tello, Ed.D.Associate Professor, Management, EntrepreneurshipTechnology innovation and entrepreneurship, technology management and planning, assessment and interaction in on-line education
Scott Latham, Ph.D.Associate Dean, Ph.D. Program, Management (Business Policy and Strategy) Strategic planning, Organizational turnaround, Business start up development
Ravi Jain, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Management (Finance)Corporate Finance and Value Investing
Jack Wilson, Ph.D.President Emeritus/University Distinguished Professor, Management 
Silvia Salas, Ph.D.Assistant Professor , ManagementLeadership, International Management, Organizational Behavior, Employee Deviance
Timm L. Kainen, Ph.D. Professor, ManagementOrganization Design, Negotiation and Change Management, Middle Management Performance Effectiveness
Sangphill (Phil) Kim, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Management (Finance)Corporate finance, investments and international business
Ralph E. JordanVisiting Instructor, Management, Climate Change InitiativeLeadership, Team Building, Lean Six Sigma
Clare Comm, Ph.D.Professor, Management (Marketing)Services Marketing and Buyer Behavior
Yi Yang, Ph.D.Associate Professor, ManagementStrategic management and entrepreneurship
Dev Prasad, Ph.D.Professor, Management (Finance)Investments, portfolio analysis and security management, corporate finance, business finance and short-term financial management, international financial management and international financial markets
Martin R. Moser, Ph.D.Associate Professor, ManagementStrategic Management
Valerie Kijewski, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Management (Marketing)Strategy formulation and implementation
Eunju Lee, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, ManagementShort Selling, Liquidity, Market Microstructure, Empirical Asset Pricing
Ashwin Mehta, M.S.Lecturer, Management (Marketing)Strategic management; Entrepreneurship and Global Enterprises
M. Berk Talay, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Management (Marketing)Innovations, New Product and Service Development, International Marketing
Frank E. Andrews, Ed.D.Associate Dean, Robert J. Manning School of Business, FinanceInvestments, Educational Leadership
Ying Huang, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Management (Marketing)Buyer-Supplier Relationships, International Marketing, Retail Strategy
Kimberly Merriman, Ph.D.Associate Professor, ManagementLeadership, Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, Extrinsic Motivators
Michael C. Beers, Ph.D.Lecturer, ManagementOrganizational Learning, Knowledge Management, Change Management

The UMass Lowell Edge

Management News
Prof. David Lewis, back, third from left, visited a Burmese orphanage this summer, one of several volunteer and research efforts by professors over break.

Professors’ Breaks Include Research, Travel

Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande, co-founder of the Deshpande Foundation and the Merrimack Valley Sandbox at UMass Lowell, speaks to students and faculty at the symposium on innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education.

Campus Entrepreneurship Takes Spotlight

Suresh Mathur,  chief operating officer of Auro University in India, and students from the school visited campus and met with Manning School of Business Dean Kathy Carter and Provost Ahmed Abdelal.

Partnerships Bring International Students to Campus

Manning School of Business students created marketing and business development plans for a group of Burmese refugees to grow sales of hand-woven goods.

Business Students Weave Marketing Plans

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