Faculty Media Mentions

“An organization’s ‘duty of care’ can’t end the moment an employee hands in their resignation because safeguarding the well-being of your workforce begins with caring about them as people, not just as employees,” says Sarah Wittman, assistant professor of management, in an interview with HR Morning. 

Marketing Professor Russell Abratt is quoted as an expert in WalletHub's 2022 Stat Farm Insurance Review.

Laurie Meamber, associate professor of marketing, says that “one common mental mistake people make when they use a balance transfer is to forget that the transfer does not reduce the total amount of debt,” in an interview with MoneyGeek.

“If they want to become purpose-driven, today's companies cannot simply layer purpose atop what they are already doing — they must ensure every aspect of their business harmonizes with their core values,” says Dean Maury Peiperl on the Great Resignation in an article he wrote for HR Dive.

Senior finance students Amine El Boury and Drew Hardin, along with Derek Horstmeyer, professor of finance, wrote an article for the CFA Institute on moving averages, “to assess how it performed over the decades.”

A new study from Derek Horstmeyer, professor of finance, and his students indicate that the best three words to use for Wordle are “slice,” “tired,” and “crane.”

Derek Horstmeyer, professor of finance, wrote an article for The Wall Street Journal on a study that indicated it matters what country your manager is in when they are constructing a global portfolio.

Sarah Wittman, assistant professor of management, was interviewed by Business.com on how to improve the off-boarding process.

“With single-family rents and home values increasing strongly in recent years, the returns on rental single-family homes have been attractive,” says Eric Maribojoc, director of the Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship, in an interview with Money.

George Perry, business foundations instructor, was interviewed by The Washington Post on the new name of the Washington Football Team.

"If I'm a brand marketer now for this organization, I would say this is an opportunity for us to reinvent who we are and really start to embrace the community and get those fans behind us whether we win or lose," says George Perry, business foundations instructor, on the Washington Football Team's renaming.

Brett Josephson, associate dean for Executive Development, was on the Association for Federal Enterprise Risk Management’s podcast to discuss our Chief Risk Officer Program.