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Penn State Smeal welcomes 16 new faculty members

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Smeal College of Business welcomes 16 new members to its faculty this academic year.

ACCOUNTING
Samuel Bonsall IV, associate professor
Previous experience: associate professor at Ohio State University
Doctorate: Penn State
Master’s: Penn State
Bachelor’s: Penn State

FINANCE
Mehmet Canayaz, assistant professor
Doctorate: University of Oxford
Master’s: New York University
Bachelor’s: New York University

Zhe Wang, assistant professor
Doctorate: Stanford University
Master’s: Peking University
Bachelor’s: Wuhan University

Robert Everett, senior instructor
Previous experience: professor at Lock Haven University
Doctorate: George Washington University
Master’s: DePaul University
Bachelor’s: Cornell University

Svetla Vitanova, instructor
Previous experience: part-time instructor at Penn State Smeal
Doctorate: Brown University
Master’s: Central European University (Hungary)
Bachelor’s: Sofia University (Bulgaria)

MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION
Paul Shrivastava, professer in management and organization, Penn State chief sustainability officer and director of the Penn State Sustainability Institute
Previous experience: executive director of Future Earth
Doctorate: University of Pittsburgh
Post graduate diploma: Indian Institute of Management (India)
Bachelor’s: Bhopal University (India)

Charlene Zietsma, associate professor
Previous experience: associate professor at York University
Doctorate: University of British Columbia
Master’s: Simon Fraser University
Bachelor’s: Wilfrid Laurier University

Carolyn Dang, assistant professor
Previous experience: assistant professor at University of New Mexico
Doctorate: University of Washington
Bachelor’s: University of Chicago

Jennifer Eury, clinical assistant professor
Previous experience: director of honor and integrity at Penn State Smeal
Doctorate: Penn State
Master’s: Penn State
Bachelor’s: Penn State

MARKETING
Matthew Checchio, instructor
Previous experience: marketing director, adjunct instructor at Penn State DuBois and Penn State Smeal
Master’s: Drexel University
Bachelor’s: Penn State

RISK MANAGEMENT
Sanket Korgaokar, assistant professor
Doctorate: University of California - Berkeley
Master’s: University of California - Berkeley
Bachelor’s: University of Pennsylvania

Mallory Meehan, clinical assistant professor and assistant director of IRES
Previous experience: operations and client relations manager at Trombley Real Estate
Juris Doctorate: Penn State
Master’s: Penn State
Bachelor’s: Penn State

Kyle Kaplan, clinical assistant professor
Previous experience: assistant professor at Carson-Newman University
Juris Doctor: University of North Carolina
Master’s: University of North Carolina
Master’s: University of Florida
Bachelor’s: University of Florida

Cassandra Ghinos, instructor
Previous experience: international programs coordinator at Penn State Smeal
Master’s: Thunderbird School of Global Management
Bachelor’s: Dickinson College

SUPPLY CHAIN AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Yue Zhang, assistant professor
Doctorate: Duke University
Master’s: Hong Kong University
Bachelor’s: Tsinghua University

Tariq Mughal, instructor
Previous experience: visiting professor at Bucknell University
Master’s (2): University of Utah
Bachelor’s: University of Utah

Last Updated April 20, 2020

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