Business and Administration: Faculty Experts: For Journalists

Tarek Abdallah

Kellogg School of Management

Assistant Professor of Operations Management

Field: Business Strategy, Data Science, Economics

Focus Areas: Business Strategy, Data Science, E-Commerce, Microeconomics, Predictive Analytics, Pricing Strategy

Jim Andrews

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Northwestern University School of Professional Studies

Adjunct Lecturer, Sports Administration

Field: Marketing

Focus Areas: Audience Engagement and Insight, Marketing Strategy, Sports Marketing

Jacqueline Babb

Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications

Senior Lecturer

Field: Communications, Management and Organizations, Marketing

Focus Areas: Brand and Reputation Management, Business Associations, Communications Strategy, Content Marketing, Corporate Social Responsibility, ESG criteria

Scott Baker

Kellogg School of Management

Associate Professor of Finance

Field: Finance

Focus Areas: Behavioral Finance, Entrepreneurship, Financial Policy and Regulation, Interest Rates, Labor Markets, Macroeconomics, Personal Finance

Bobby J. Calder

Kellogg School of Management

Professor Emeritus of Marketing

Field: Marketing

Focus Areas: Brand and Reputation Management, Consumer Behavior, Content Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Nonprofits

Timothy Calkins

Kellogg School of Management

Clinical Professor of Marketing

Field: Marketing

Focus Areas: Biotechnology, Brand and Reputation Management, Marketing Strategy, Product Management and Development

Alexander Chernev

Kellogg School of Management

Professor of Marketing

Field: Marketing

Focus Areas: Behavioral Economics, Brand and Reputation Management, Consumer Behavior, Decision Making, Marketing Strategy, Pricing Strategy, Product Management and Development

Noshir Contractor

Kellogg School of Management, McCormick School of Engineering, School of Communication

Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Communications, Complex Systems, Computational Social Science, Data Science, Industrial Engineering

Focus Areas: Communication Skills, Data Science, Network Science, Predictive Analytics, Scientific Collaboration, Social Media, Social Networks, Space Travel, Teams Theory

Adam Cook

Northwestern University School of Professional Studies

Adjunct Lecturer of Sport Administration

Field: Management and Organizations, Sports Medicine

Focus Areas: College Athletics, Community Development, Gaming, Globalization, International Relations, Organizational Change, Organizational Culture, Pro Sports, Sports Marketing

Jonathan Copulsky

Kellogg School of Management, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications

Senior Lecturer of Marketing and Academic Director, Business Marketing Strategy Program

Field: Marketing

Focus Areas: Audience Engagement and Insight, B2B Marketing, Brand and Reputation Management, Content Marketing, Innovation, Publishing

Alberto Cusi

Northwestern University School of Professional Studies

Adjunct Lecturer

Field: Marketing

Focus Areas: Brand and Reputation Management, International Business and Marketing

Hayes Ferguson

Field: Education, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Management and Organizations, Marketing

Focus Areas: Entrepreneurship, Gender Diversity and Equality, Innovation

Steven Franconeri

Kellogg School of Management, McCormick School of Engineering, The Graduate School, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Psychology

Field: Education, Psychology

Focus Areas: Behavioral Economics, Data Science, Data Visualization, Decision Making, Design Thinking, Influence and Persuasion, Misinformation, STEM Education

Craig Garthwaite

Kellogg School of Management

Professor of Strategy

Field: Management and Organizations

Focus Areas: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Healthcare Policy, Pharmaceutical Industry, Political Economies

George Georgiadis

Kellogg School of Management

Associate professor of strategy

Field: Business Strategy, Management and Organizations

Focus Areas: Business Strategy, Incentive Behavior, Managerial Compensation

Adam Goodman

McCormick School of Engineering

Director, Center for Leadership

Field: Management and Organizations

Focus Areas: Leadership Theory and Practice, Teams Theory

Kent Grayson

Kellogg School of Management

Professor of Marketing

Field: Marketing

Focus Areas: Consumer Behavior

Paul Hirsch

Kellogg School of Management

Professor Emeritus of Management & Organizations

Field: Management and Organizations

Focus Areas: Corporate Governance , Innovation, Journalism Industry, Mergers and Acquisitions, Organizational Change, Organizational Culture

Philip E. Hockberger

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Field: Research Administration

Focus Areas: Biomedicine, Biophysics, Cell Imaging, Neuroscience, Physiology

Julie N Hook

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Research Associate Professor

Field: Business Strategy, Management and Organizations, Psychology

Focus Areas: Innovation, Marketing Strategy, Medical Device Development, Product Management and Development, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychological Counseling, Statistics and probability, Telemedicine

Ashlee Humphreys

Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications

Field: Marketing

Focus Areas: Consumer Behavior, Marijuana Industry, Marketing Strategy, Social Media

Katherine Jackson

McCormick School of Engineering

Adjunct Lecturer

Field: Education

Focus Areas: Communication Skills, Entrepreneurship, Nonprofits

Seunga Venus Jin

Northwestern University in Qatar

Associate Dean for Education;

Field: Communications, Marketing

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Behavior, Data Science, Digital Media, E-Commerce, FinTech (Financial Technologies)

Benjamin Jones

Kellogg School of Management

Gordon and Llura Gund Family Professor of Entrepreneurship

Field: Business Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Focus Areas: Economic Growth and Development, Emerging Markets, Entrepreneurship, Globalization, Innovation, International Business and Marketing

Megan Kashner

Kellogg School of Management

Lecturer and Director of Social Impact & Sustainability in Kellogg’s Sustainability & Social Impact Management Area

Field: Business Ethics, Business Strategy

Focus Areas: Business Strategy, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Economic Growth and Development, Entrepreneurship, Investing, LGBTQ Rights, Nonprofits

Kieran Kelliher

Northwestern University School of Professional Studies

Adjunct Lecturer, Sports Business: Finance, Accounting & Economics

Field: Accounting, Business Strategy, Finance, Management and Organizations, Sports Law

Focus Areas: Business Strategy, College Athletics, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance , Financial Accounting, Nonprofits, Pro Sports, Sports Marketing

Debra B. Kerr

Northwestern University School of Professional Studies

Adjunct Lecturer

Field: Management and Organizations, Visual Arts

Focus Areas: Curation and Museum Studies, Visual Arts

Brayden King

Kellogg School of Management

Max McGraw Chair in Management and the Environment

Field: Management and Organizations

Focus Areas: Brand and Reputation Management, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Sustainability, Organizational Change, Organizational Culture, Social Activism

Philip Kotler

Kellogg School of Management

Professor Emeritus of Marketing

Field: Marketing

Focus Areas: B2B Marketing, Brand and Reputation Management, Business Strategy, Economic Growth and Development, Innovation, International Business and Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Nonprofits, Product Management and Development, Sales Force Management, Urban Economics

Harry M. Kraemer

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Kellogg School of Management

Clinical Professor of Strategy

Field: Business Strategy

Focus Areas: Business Strategy, Corporate Governance , Leadership Theory and Practice, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity

Nour Kteily

Kellogg School of Management

Associate Professor of Management & Organizations

Field: Management and Organizations

Focus Areas: Conflict Resolution, Discrimination, Middle Eastern Culture and Politics, Negotiation Tactics, Social Psychology

Daniel Lansberg-Rodriguez

Kellogg School of Management

Adjunct Lecturer of Finance

Field: Finance

Focus Areas: Economic Growth and Development, Emerging Markets, Entrepreneurship, International Business and Marketing, Investing, Latinx Culture and Politics, Macroeconomics, Political Corruption

Gregory Ferrell Lowe

Northwestern University in Qatar

Professor and Director of Executive Education

Field: Management and Organizations

Focus Areas: Business Strategy, Communications Strategy, Corporate Social Responsibility, Digital Media, Industrial Organizations and Economics, Innovation, Nonprofits, Organizational Change

Thomas Lys

Kellogg School of Management

Professor Emeritus of Accounting Information and Management

Field: Accounting

Focus Areas: Behavioral Finance, Corporate Governance , Corporate Social Responsibility, Financial Accounting, Financial Audits, Managerial Compensation , Mergers and Acquisitions, Negotiation Tactics, Pension Funds

David A. Matsa

Kellogg School of Management

Professor of Finance

Field: Finance

Focus Areas: Bankruptcy, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance , Financial Policy and Regulation, Industrial Organizations and Economics, Labor Markets, Organizational Change, Regulations

Mark McCareins

Kellogg School of Management

Clinical Professor of Business Law

Field: Business Law

Focus Areas: Antitrust Law, Corporate governance, Intellectual Property Rights, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions

Loran Nordgren

Kellogg School of Management

Professor of Management & Organizations

Field: Management and Organizations

Focus Areas: Behavioral Economics, Behavior Change, Decision Making, Influence and Persuasion, Leadership Theory and Practice, Negotiation Tactics, Organizational Culture

Nicholas Pearce

Kellogg School of Management

Clinical Professor of Management and Organizations

Field: Management and Organizations

Focus Areas: Discrimination, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Leadership Theory and Practice, Negotiation Tactics, Nonprofits, Organizational Change, Organizational Culture

Nicola Persico

Kellogg School of Management

John L. and Hellen Kellogg Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences

Field: Economics

Focus Areas: Contract Theory, Labor Markets, Middle Eastern Culture and Politics, Political Economies, Regulations

Lauren Rivera

Kellogg School of Management

Professor of Management & Organizations

Field: Management and Organizations

Focus Areas: Decision Making, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Gender Diversity and Equality, Labor Markets, Leadership Theory and Practice

Neal Roese

Kellogg School of Management, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

SC Johnson Chair in Global Marketing

Field: Marketing

Focus Areas: Brand and Reputation Management, Consumer Behavior, Decision Making, Personality and Identity Construction, Social Psychology

Derek D. Rucker

Kellogg School of Management

Sandy & Morton Goldman Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies in Marketing

Field: Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Marketing

Focus Areas: Consumer Behavior, Influence and Persuasion, Social Psychology, Statistics and probability

Mohanbir Sawhney

Kellogg School of Management

McCormick Foundation Chair of Technology

Field: Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Marketing

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Entrepreneurship, Information Systems and Technology, Innovation, Machine Learning and Automation, Product Management and Development, Technology Companies

David Schonthal

Kellogg School of Management

Clinical Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Field: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Focus Areas: Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Innovation

Joel Shapiro

Kellogg School of Management

Clinical Associate Professor of Data Analytics

Field: Business Strategy, Data Science

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Automation, Nonprofits, Online Education and Remote Learning, Predictive Analytics

Michelle Shumate

School of Communication

April McClain Delaney & John Delaney Research Professorship, Communication Studies

Field: Management and Organizations

Focus Areas: Corporate Governance , Corporate Social Responsibility, NGOs, Nonprofits

Daniel Spulber

Kellogg School of Management

Elinor Hobbs Professor of International Business

Field: Business Strategy

Focus Areas: Antitrust Law, Contract Theory, Entrepreneurship, Globalization, Industrial Organizations and Economics, Innovation, Intellectual Property Rights, International Business and Marketing, Microeconomics

Amanda Starc

Kellogg School of Management

Associate Professor of Strategy

Field: Business Strategy

Focus Areas: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Healthcare Policy, Health Insurance, Industrial Organizations and Economics, Mergers and Acquisitions, Social Safety Net

Nicole Stephens

Kellogg School of Management

Professor of Management & Organizations

Field: Management and Organizations

Focus Areas: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education Disparities, Gender Diversity and Equality, Income Gap, Negotiation Tactics, Race and Ethnicity, Socioeconomics

Dr. Anne M. Stey

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care

Field: Data Science, Economics, Surgery

Focus Areas: Communications Strategy, Decision Making, Healthcare Policy, Information Systems and Technology, Machine Learning and Automation, Network Science, Organizational Change

David P. Stowell

Kellogg School of Management

Clinical professor of finance

Field: Finance

Focus Areas: Bankruptcy, Corporate Finance, Financial Policy and Regulation, Investing, Mergers and Acquisitions, Regulations

Brian Uzzi

Kellogg School of Management

Richard L. Thomas Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change

Field: Management and Organizations

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, FinTech (Financial Technologies), Innovation, Machine Learning and Automation, Social Media, Social Networks

Vijay Viswanathan

Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications

Professor and Associate Dean of Integrated Marketing Communications

Field: Marketing

Focus Areas: Audience Engagement and Insight, Brand and Reputation Management, Consumer Behavior, Marketing Strategy, Market Research, Pricing Strategy

Dr. Shuai Xu

McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Dermatology

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Data Science, Dermatology, Global Health, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Bioelectronics, Telemedicine, Wearable Technology