Faculty Media Mentions

Derek Horstmeyer, professor of finance, wrote an article for The Wall Street Journal on the risks associated with investing in ESG funds.

Derek Horstmeyer, professor of finance, was interviewed by WhatsNew2Day on dividend mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. Horstmeyer notes that these types of funds are “advantageous, because bond yields remain extremely low, dividend-yielding stocks offer alternatives to investing in cash-generating securities.”

The U.S. Department of Defense wrote an article about a School of Business Center for Government Contracting event where Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy Jesse Salazar spoke about how “Domestic manufacturing advances our national security by providing supply chain resilience and the capacity to respond in the case of a national emergency.”

Director of the MS in Management program Victoria Grady was interviewed by Fortune on how employers should “proactively create an organization that represents the new ‘normal’ for the future.”

Laurie Meamber, associate professor of marketing, was interviewed by MoneyGeek on credit card mistakes that consumers often make, and how to avoid them.

Jason Howell, adjunct faculty of finance, was interviewed by WalletHub on his expertise on planning for retirement.

Derek Horstmeyer, professor of finance, and graduating finance senior Zach McKannan wrote an article for the CFA Institute on the capital asset pricing model and how “beta has been a decent forecaster of future returns.”

Alizabeth Brady (MBA ’17) was a Peace Corps Rural Health and Sanitation volunteer in a small town in Paraguay. When she joined the Peace Corps, she had her graduate degree and lots of theoretical knowledge of Latin American culture, politics, language, and demographics.

Derek Horstmeyer, professor of finance, was interviewed by Markets Insider on how both “AMC and GME have been very resilient meme stocks.”

Tarun Kushwaha, professor of marketing, was interviewed by WalletHub on Progressive Insurance reviews.

Suzanne de Janasz, professor of management and conflict analysis & resolution, wrote an op-ed for the Harvard Business Review on low-stakes negotiation opportunities and how some people often overlook them.

Gautham Vadakkepatt, director of the Center for Retail Transformation within the School of Business at George Mason University, was interviewed by Retail Dive on the differences between Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods.