Red McCombs School of Business Experts


Mark I Alpert

Mark I Alpert

Professor Emeritus, Department of Marketing, Red McCombs School of Business
malpert310@gmail.com

Expertise: Consumer behavior; marketing research; retailing; pricing; marketing communications; emotion in consumer behavior, business.

Edward G Anderson

Edward G Anderson

Professor, Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management, Red McCombs School of Business
edward.anderson@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6394

Expertise: Edward Anderson is a professor of supply chain and operations management for The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business. Within the school’s Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management, he has taught supply chain and operations management courses, project management, health care, and new venture design and implementation for the BBA, MBA, Ph.D., and Executive Education programs. Anderson has also served as director of the McCombs Healthcare Innovation Center, a research center specializing in innovation in healthcare delivery. Anderson worked as a product design engineer in the automotive industry and currently holds six patents. Numerous national media outlets have featured Anderson for his expertise in supply chain innovation, disruption, outsourcing, and industrial policy.

Victor L Arnold

Victor L Arnold

Professor Emeritus, Department of Management, Red McCombs School of Business
victor.arnold@mccombs.utexas.edu

Expertise: Management; nonprofit management; natural resources management

Mark B Baker

Mark B Baker

Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management, Red McCombs School of Business
m.baker@mail.utexas.edu

Expertise: Multinational corporate law; international trade law; legal aspects of terrorism; international law; business.

Andrew Belnap

Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting, Red McCombs School of Business
andrew.belnap@mccombs.utexas.edu

Expertise: Andrew Belnap is an assistant professor of accounting at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on a wide range of tax issues, including tax enforcement and tax disclosures made by public corporations. He’s an expert on U.S. tax law and has conducted research with the IRS and the Texas Comptroller’s Office. His studies have been published in top accounting journals including the Journal of Accounting and Economics and the Review of Accounting Studies.

Ben Bentzin

Ben Bentzin

Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Marketing, Red McCombs School of Business
ben.bentzin@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 750 9253

Expertise: Marketing of technology, product marketing, strategic pricing, social media, entrepreneurship

John C Butler

John C Butler

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Finance, Red McCombs School of Business
butlerjc@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 6821

Expertise: Dr. Butler's research focuses on the Decision Sciences: decision analysis, operations, information systems, management science and statistics. He serves as Secretary/Treasurer of INFORMS Decision Analysis Society, an organization comprised of over 900 academics and practitioners in the field of decision analysis. For EMIC, Dr. Butler is focused on building energy-specific business curriculum. He teaches MBA-level energy finance classes and supervises student participation in practicums and case competitions.

Julia L Coronado

Julia L Coronado

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Finance, Red McCombs School of Business
julia.coronado@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: Julia Coronado is a clinical associate professor of finance at the McCombs School of Business and associate director for the school's real estate center. The Texas Real Estate Center aims to facilitate cutting-edge research in finance, real estate, law, design, and planning, and to allow students to connect and learn from industry professionals. Before joining McCombs faculty, Coronado worked for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., contributing to the Federal Open Market Committee forecasts for eight years. Coronado is also president and co-founder of MacroPolicy Perspectives LLC, which leverages the expertise of former Federal Reserve and Treasury senior officials who understand how economic and financial developments impact policy decisions. Coronado has researched and published several papers on pension finances and market valuations, social security, retirement saving adequacy and behavior, the frontier of private and public data collection, and monetary policy.

John Daly

John Daly

Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
daly@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5251

Expertise: communication effectiveness; customer service and loyalty; advocacy (persuasion and influence); presentation skills; leadership and teamwork; crisis communication; interpersonal communication; practical ways to improve communication skills; idea advocacy; virtual and dispersed teamwork

John N Doggett

John N Doggett

Professor of Instruction, Department of Management, Red McCombs School of Business
john.doggett@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7671, +1 512 471 3676

Expertise: International entrepreneurship, global competition, sustainability, energy

James S Dyer

James S Dyer

Professor, Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management, Red McCombs School of Business
j.dyer@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3322, +1 512 471 5278

Expertise: His research and teaching interests include risk management, multiple criteria decision making, and capital budgeting. Decision and risk analysis with applications in oil and gas; exploration and production; electric utilities; project managment; environment & earth science.

Michael H Granof

Michael H Granof

Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, Department of Accounting, Red McCombs School of Business
michael.granof@mccombs.utexas.edu

Expertise: Governmental and nonprofit accounting and finance, financial accounting and reporting, auditing

John M Griffin

John M Griffin

Professor, Department of Finance, Red McCombs School of Business
john.griffin@mccombs.utexas.edu

David Harrison

David Harrison

Associate Dean for Research, McCombs School of Business, Department of Management, Red McCombs School of Business
drdaveharrison@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4930

Michael G Hasler

Michael G Hasler

Associate Professor of Instruction, Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management, Red McCombs School of Business
michael.hasler@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 8192, +1 512 587 1422

Expertise: Supply chain management, procurement, total cost of ownership, global trade, supplier management, operations management, manufacturing management, business analytics, big data, organizational change, leadership development

George P Huber

George P Huber

Professor Emeritus, Department of Management, Red McCombs School of Business
george.huber@mccombs.utexas.edu

Expertise: Organizational change; organizational design; organizational learning; organizational decision-making

David B Jemison

David B Jemison

Professor Emeritus, Department of Management, Red McCombs School of Business
david.jemison@mccombs.utexas.edu

Expertise: Strategic management; managing multibusiness global firms; mergers and acquisitions; strategic alliances; strategy development; strategy implementation

Carey W King

Carey W King

Research Scientist, Energy Institute
careyking@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5468

Expertise: Macroeconomics; Energy and renewable energy generation, usage, conservation, policy, and education; energy systems approaches; energy return on energy invested (EROI), net energy; carbon capture and sequestration; nexus of water and energy; renewable energy and electricity integration

William R Kinney

William R Kinney

Professor Emeritus, Department of Accounting, Red McCombs School of Business
william.kinney@mccombs.utexas.edu

Expertise: Financial accounting, auditing

Prabhudev C Konana

Prabhudev C Konana

Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management, Red McCombs School of Business
prabhudev.konana@mccombs.utexas.edu

Expertise: Global sourcing, supply chain management, electronic commerce, virtual communities

Leon S Lasdon

Leon S Lasdon

Professor Emeritus, Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management, Red McCombs School of Business
lasdon@utexas.edu

Expertise: Decision Support Systems, Decision Theory, Management Science, Operations Research, Optimization, Supply Chain Management

Vijay  Mahajan

Vijay Mahajan

Professor, Department of Marketing, Red McCombs School of Business
vijay.mahajan@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0840, +1 512 471 1128

Expertise: Product diffusion; marketing strategy; marketing research methodologies; business.

Robert G May

Robert G May

Professor Emeritus, Department of Accounting, Red McCombs School of Business
bob.may@mccombs.utexas.edu

Expertise: Management of higher education; financial accounting and reporting practice; business, economics & labor

Leigh M McAlister

Leigh M McAlister

Professor, Department of Marketing, Red McCombs School of Business
leigh.mcalister@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 470 1145

Expertise: Consumer behavior, marketing models, marketing strategy, brand value, retail marketing

James A Nolen

James A Nolen

Associate Director of Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst Center for Private Equity, Department of Finance, Red McCombs School of Business
james.nolen@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 6834, +1 512 471 4368

Expertise: Corporate finance, entrepreneurship, mergers & acquisitions

Francisco  Polidoro

Francisco Polidoro

Professor, Department of Management, Red McCombs School of Business
francisco.polidoro@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 9187

Melinda  Price

Melinda Price

Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Management, Red McCombs School of Business
mellie.price@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 495 5123

Rajagopal  Raghunathan

Rajagopal Raghunathan

Professor, Department of Marketing, Red McCombs School of Business
raj.raghunathan@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 2987

Expertise: Consumer behavior, decision making

Ehud I Ronn

Ehud I Ronn

Professor, Department of Finance, Red McCombs School of Business
eronn@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5853

Expertise: Dr. Ronn's research is primarily in the area of energy risk: modeling, measurement and management. He has published articles on banking, investments, interest rate-sensitive instruments, and energy derivatives in academic and practitioner literature. In the energy-consulting area, Dr. Ronn has addressed the multiple issues of Risk Assessment; Construction of Optimal Hedge Portfolios; VAR and CVAR; Dual-Fuel Options; Valuation of Load-Following Services; Modeling Energy Prices and Pricing Monthly and Daily Options; and the Valuation and Optimal Management of Storage Facility.

James G Scott

James G Scott

Professor, Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management, Red McCombs School of Business
james.scott@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5905

Expertise: statistical computation, Bayesian interference, machine learning, hierarchical models

Lewis J Spellman

Lewis J Spellman

Professor Emeritus, Department of Finance, Red McCombs School of Business
lewis.spellman@mccombs.utexas.edu

Expertise: Banking, capital markets, the new economy

Rajashri  Srinivasan

Rajashri Srinivasan

Professor, Department of Marketing, Red McCombs School of Business
raji.srinivasan@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5441

Expertise: New product development, marketing of high technology, marketing management and strategy, e-commerce marketing

Sheridan  Titman

Sheridan Titman

Director, Energy Management and Innovation Center, Department of Finance, Red McCombs School of Business
titman@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2787

Expertise: Corporate finance, energy, finance, real estate and investments, business, economics & labor, environment & earth science

Andrew B Whinston

Andrew B Whinston

Professor, Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management, Red McCombs School of Business
abw@uts.cc.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 7962, +1 512 471 8879

Expertise: Resource allocation issues; bundle markets in electronic commerce; digital economy; electronic commerce; electronic financial markets; network management, business.