The College of Business Administration has announced the appointment of eminent scholars along with new faculty appointments to the Knight Ridder Center and the Pino Entrepreneurship Center. The faculty members appointed to these positions initiate and maintain highly visible activities that stimulate research and educational initiatives with industry and professional associations.

“The college is pleased to acknowledge—with these special titles—faculty members whose professional activities and scholarship help further Florida International University’s (FIU) strengths as a public research institution,” said Joyce J. Elam, executive dean and James L. Knight Eminent Scholar Chair in Management Information Systems, who holds a PhD in operations research from University of Texas.

The following members of the faculty hold the prestigious positions for the coming academic year.

Eminent scholars

Alvah H. Chapman, Jr. Eminent Scholar in Leadership
Modesto A. Maidique
President Emeritus
Professor, Department of Management and International Business
PhD, Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Knight Ridder Byron Harless Eminent Scholar Chair in Management
Juan I. Sanchez
Professor, Department of Management and International Business
PhD, Business Administration, University of South Florida

Knight Ridder J. K. Batten Eminent Scholar Chair in Strategy
Jose de la Torre
Clinical Professor, Department of Management and International Business
DBA, International Business, Harvard University

Knight Ridder Eminent Scholar Chair in Global Marketing
Paul Miniard
Professor, Department of Marketing
PhD, Marketing, University of Florida

Knight Ridder Eminent Scholar Chair in International Management
Mary Ann Von Glinow
Professor, Department of Management and International Business
PhD, Management Science, The Ohio State University

Ryder Eminent Scholar Chair in Logistics Management
Peter Dickson
Professor, Department of Marketing
PhD, Marketing, University of Florida

Ryder Eminent Scholar Chair in Management Information Systems
Christos Koulamas
Chair, Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems
PhD, Industrial Engineering, Texas Tech University

Ryder Eminent Scholar Chair in Business Leadership
Kannan Raghunandan
Professor, School of Accounting
PhD, Business Administration, University of Iowa

Endowed professorships

Ingersoll Rand Professorship in International Business
Ali Parhizgari
Department of Finance and Real Estate
PhD, Economics, University of Maryland

Florida International Bankers’ Association Professorship in Finance
John S. Zdanowicz
Professor, Department of Finance and Real Estate
PhD, Finance, Michigan State University

SunTrust Professorship
Clark Wheatley
School of Accounting
PhD, Accounting, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Ryder Professorship
Walfried Lassar
Chair, Department of Marketing
PhD, Business, University of Southern California

BMI Professor
John Tsalikis
Associate Professor, Department of Marketing
PhD, Marketing, University of Mississippi

Macy’s Retailing Professorship
Kimberly Taylor
Associate Professor, Department of Marketing
PhD, Decision Sciences, The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLP Professorship in Accounting
Krishnamurthy Surysekar
School of Accounting
PhD, Accounting, University of Maryland

Knight Ridder Center Research Professors

The Knight Ridder (KR) Center Research Professors are recognized for their publications in refereed journals, especially those journals included on the University of Texas-Dallas list. Each of the newly appointed KR professors had a minimum of four premier publications—the top level of journal designation—during the last three academic years.

Robert Daigler
Department of Finance and Real Estate
PhD, Finance, The University of Oklahoma, Norman

Sushil Gupta
Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems
PhD, Management, University of Delhi

William G. Hardin III
Department of Finance and Real Estate
PhD, Georgia State University

Sumit Kundu
Department of Management and International Business
PhD, International Business, Rutgers University

George J. Kyparisis
Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems
DSc, Operations Research, The George Washington University

Stephen Lin
School of Accounting
PhD, Accounting and Finance, University of Manchester, England

Suchismita Mishra
Department of Finance and Real Estate
PhD, Finance, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Anthony Miyazaki
Department of Marketing
PhD, Marketing, University of South Carolina

William Newburry
Department of Management and International Business
PhD, International Business and Management, New York University

Arun J. Prakash
Department of Finance and Real Estate
PhD, Finance, University of Oregon, Eugene

Dasaratha Rama
Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems
PhD, Business Administration, University of Iowa

Francis Seaton
Department of Marketing
PhD, Marketing, Washington University

Divesh Sharma
School of Accounting
PhD, Accounting, Griffith University, Australia

Pino Entrepreneurship Center Fellow

Pino Center Entrepreneurship Professor
Irma Becerra-Fernandez
Professor, Department of Decision Sciences and Information Systems
PhD, Electrical Engineering, Florida International University