Faculty Expertise Listing

KENNETH ANDERSON
Ph.D., University of Nebraska, Lincoln
anderson@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Negotiations, Strategic Management

MONICA BANYI
Ph.D., University of Arizona
Banyi@gonzaga.edu

GERHARD BARONE
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
barone@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Pricing of earnings components; earnings quality; accounting quality effects on cost of equity capital

ANDREW BRAJCICH
J.D., LL.M., University of Washington School of Law
Director, Graduate Accounting
brajcicha@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: S corporation taxation, individual taxation

CATHY M. DEHART
C.P.A., CMA, FSA, Gonzaga University
dehart@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Business writing; using Wave to set up an accounting system for small businesses

MATTHEW HOAG
Ph.D., C.P.A., University of Tennessee
Coordinator of Accounting
hoag@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Corporate governance; auditing; financial reporting

SARA KERN
Ph.D., C.P.A., C.F.E. State University of New York, Buffalo
kern@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Forensic accounting; auditing; professional ethics

JILLIAN LABELLE
C.P.A., M.A.cc, Gonzaga University
labellej@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Financial & managerial accounting at the principles level; individual taxation

DANIEL LAW
Ph.D., Washington State University
law@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Job burnout; Managerial/cost accounting

CASEY MCNELLIS
Ph.D., C.P.A., Washington State University
mcnellis@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: financial accounting and reporting

GARY WEBER
Ph.D., Arizona State University
Kinsey M. Robinson Chair of Business Administration
weber@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Federal income tax of individuals, real estate, partnerships, corporations, and like-kind exchanges

ADRIANE LEITHAUSER
M.B.A., Gonzaga University
leithauser@gonzaga.edu

BRIAN STEVERSON
Ph.D., Tulane University
John L. Aram Chair of Ethics
steverson@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Professional ethics; contractarian business ethics

CLARENCE BARNES
Ph.D., University of Tennessee
barnes@gonzaga.edu

KELSEY CARLSTON
Ph.D., University of Utah
carlston@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: intergenerational economic mobility, health economics

KEVIN HENRICKSON
Ph.D., University of Oregon
Erwin Graue Chair of Economics
henrickson@gonzaga.edu

RYAN HERZOG
Ph.D., University of Oregon
herzog@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Business cycle fluctuations, monetary policy and financial markets, and regional labor markets

ERICA JOHNSON
Ph.D., University of Oregon
johnsone@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Health economics; environmental economics; econometrics

MASHA TACKETT
Ph.D., West Virginia University
tacketm@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Applied econometrics, data analysis, development and public economics.

ANNIE VOY
Ph.D., University of Oregon
voy@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: International trade; international economic development, econometrics

TODD FINKLE
Ph.D., University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Pigott Professor of Entrepreneurship
finkle@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Creativity; entrepreneurial finance; entrepreneurship education; Warren Buffett

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS
Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
stevensc@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Social entrepreneurship; non-profit management and governance; strategic planning

MAIMUNA AKTER
Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University
akter@gonzaga.edu 
Expertise: Corporate Finance; Market Manipulation; Common Ownership; fluent in Bengali

MATTHEW MCPHERSON
Ph.D., West Virginia University
mcpherson@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: International finance; bankruptcy, community development

JUSTIN D. MORSCHECK
Ph.D., Washington State University
morscheck@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Corporate payout policy; financial planning and analysis; financial spreadsheet engineering

SHRIYA SHEKHAR
Ph.D., Wayne State University
shekhar@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: IPO underpricing; Bank monitoring; Capital structure; Financial Modeling
fluent in English, Hindi

DANIELLE XU
Ph.D., University of Arizona
Mozilo Chair of Business Administration
xu@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Investments; international finance; big data analysis; SAS; Stata; fluent in Chinese (Mandarin)

YELIN ZHANG
Ph.D., Schulich School of Business, York University
zhangy2@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Corporate finance, entrepreneurial finance, and financial markets

YEMISI AWOTOYE
Ph.D., Morgan State University
awotoye@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Minority entrepreneurship; psychology of entrepreneurship; strategic management; international management

REBECCA BULL SCHAEFER
Ph.D., Purdue University
bullschaefer@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Emotional contagion; performance appraisals (formats and methods); perception management and public speaking

MOLLY PEPPER
Ph.D., Arizona State University
Associate Dean, Impact
pepper@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Mentoring; change management; personality profiles

DANIEL STEWART
Ph.D., Stanford University
Director, Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership Program
stewartd@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Entrepreneurship, strategic management, American Indian/Native American economic development

TA-TAO CHUANG
Ph.D., Texas Tech University
chuang@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Strategic use of information systems; data analytics; data sciences; data mining; machine learning

JOHN CORREIA
Ph.D., Washington State University
correia@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Career Strategizing, Problematic Social Media Use, Mindfulness Theory

TIMOTHY J. OLSEN
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
olsent@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Crowdsourcing; tech entrepreneurship and startups; business process management

SHAN XIAO
Ph.D., Mississippi State University
xiao@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Information security & privacy; project management; data analysis; system analysis & design; persuasive communication; fluent in Mandarin

SCOTT BOZMAN
Ph.D., Washington State University
bozman@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Market research; branding; integrated communications

DANNY KIM
Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo
kimj@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Consumer behavior; marketing research; international marketing; fluent in Korean

LADA KURPIS
Ph.D., University of Oregon
kurpis@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: International marketing (BRICS countries in particular); Russian economy and market; cross-cultural communication and cultural intelligence; social values research; sport marketing research; Fluent in Russian

PEGGY SUE LOROZ
Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder
loroz@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Consumer psychology; Information processing, risk perception, persuasion; branding, Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) for college athletes

VIVEK PATIL
Ph.D., University of Kansas
patil@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Data mining; data visualization; marketing research

RICHARD VANN
Ph.D., University of Wyoming
vann@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Health goals and health care access; sustainable business practices; ethical consumption; health care management; startup marketing; digital marketing, mission-based and mission-driven organizations

MARIELLA ZAVALA
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
zavala@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Sociocultural aspects of consumer behavior; consumer well-being; sustainability; secondhand consumption; social media marketing; Fluent in Spanish

MIRJETA BEQIRI
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Director, MBA Programs
beqiri@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Data analysis; service quality; operations strategy

SCOTT HEDIN
Ph.D., University of South Carolina
hedin@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Project management; data analysis; basic process innovation

ASHISH THATTE
Ph.D., University of Toledo
thatte@gonzaga.edu
Expertise: Supply chain management; manufacturing and operations management; lean thinking