Tara A. Gerber ’14 MBA has been named to the 2015 Hartford Business Journal 40 Under 40 List. Ms. Gerber is the senior director of strategy and partnerships with Travelers.
Tara A. Gerber ’14 MBA
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Dwayne M. Harris ’14 MBA
Dwayne M. Harris ’14 MBA has been named the new executive director of the nonprofit Little Theatre of Manchester. Mr. Harris is looking to deepen connections within the community as the support of local residents has helped the current success of the Little Theatre.
Elizabeth O. Kohl ’14 Ph.D.
Elizabeth O. Kohl ’14 Ph.D. has successfully defended her dissertation titled, “Capital Structure, Labor Relations, and Determinants of Voluntary Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting.”
Wei Chen ’14 Ph.D.
Wei Chen ’14 Ph.D. has successfully defended his dissertation titled, “The Effect of Regulatory Resource Depletion on Consumer DecisionMaking.” Dr. Chen is working at Mapfre Insurance Company in Webster, Massachusetts.
Lei Wang ’14 Ph.D.
Lei Wang ’14 Ph.D. has successfully defended her dissertation titled, “Essays on the Interface of Location-Based Services, Consumers’ Shopping Behavior and Firms’ Marketing Strategy.” Dr. Wang has accepted an offer at Penn State.
Sarah B. Jeffrey ’14 MBA
Sarah B. Jeffrey ’14 MBA has received the prestigious Early Career Healthcare Executive Regent’s Award by the Connecticut Association of Healthcare Executives. The award recognizes Ms. Jeffrey’s contributions toward the achievement of the goals of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the advancement of healthcare management excellence. Ms. Jeffrey is currently an administrative fellow at Bristol Hospital.
Shuai Yang ’14 PhD
Shuai Yang ’14 PhD has successfully defended her dissertation titled, “Two Essays on Matching Strategy in Paid Search Advertising.” Dr. Yang has accepted an offer at Donghua University (Shanghai) and will be joining in Fall 2014.
Jeffrey R. Carlson ’14 PhD
Jeffrey R. Carlson ’14 PhD has successfully defended his dissertation titled “Exploring the Important and Value of Studying Subjective Time in Marketing Management. Dr. Carlson has accepted a position as assistant professor at the University of Richmond.
Erin E. Henry ’14 PhD
Erin E. Henry ’14 PhD has successfully defended her dissertation titled “The Information Content of Tax Expense: A firm and Market-Level Return Decomposition.” Dr. Henry has accepted a tenure-track position at the University of Tennessee.
Norman Massel ’14 PhD
Norman Massel ’14 PhD has successfully defended his dissertation titled “The Effect of Exemption from Mandatory Disclosure to the IRS on Firm Value and Behavior. Dr. Massel has accepted a tenure track position as assistant professor at Louisiana State University.