Faculty Directory
Learn from faculty who bridge theory and practice
At UC Davis, you learn from world-class scholars and industry leaders who bring global perspectives and real-world insights into every class. They create a collaborative, high-impact learning environment that combines academic rigor with professional relevance.
Our faculty are more than instructors. They are mentors who know your name, challenge your thinking and support your success. With a low student-to-faculty ratio, you'll build strong, personal connections that continue long after graduation.
Trained at top institutions including Stanford, MIT, Wharton, Carnegie Mellon, Harvard, Chicago Booth, Cornell and Northwestern, our faculty combine academic expertise with real business experience. Many consult with Fortune 500 firms, lead influential research and advise on public policy.
You’ll engage with complex business problems through case studies, simulations, guest lectures and team projects. This immersive approach turns big ideas into practical tools you can use throughout your career.
10:1
student: faculty ratio
ACCESSIBLE
40%
female faculty
DIVERSE
Top 15%
globally for research impact
HIGH QUALITY
(QS, 2025)
Mak Ahmad
Lecturer
Ph.D., Computer Science, UC Davis, In Progress
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science, Sonoma State University, 2017
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer and Electrical Engineering, UC Davis, 2004
Research Expertise
Visualization and Human-Computer Interaction
Areas of Expertise
Technology Management
Shannon W. Anderson
Professor Emerita
Ph.D., Harvard University
Research Expertise
Empirical analysis of quantitative and qualitative field-based data as well as survey data to study performance management and cost accounting in and at the boundaries of the firm (e.g., lean production, supplier performance management, customer profitability and lean consumption), integration of strategy, operations management and management accounting practices, and design of cost accounting systems, cost allocation mechanisms, and cost-based transfer pricing policy
Charles Ansbach
Lecturer
Charles Ansbach has worked with major corporations nationally and internationally representing not only their interests in discussions as donors to major nonprofits/NGOs but also in appeals for support and partnership made by community groups. In those many interactions, he learned why most corporate CSR programs fail and how to fix them. Ansbach has learned what CSR directors must do to manage their programs inside corporate structures and the practical sides of serving effectively in that role.
Cyrus Aram
Lecturer
MBA, UC Davis Graduate School of Management
Lecturer Cyrus Aram brings over 20 years of private and public sector experience in the areas of customer strategy, business transformation, planning, program, change and quality management. He has domain level expertise in customer strategy, business process transformation, lean sigma, program and change management, performance management and business controls, and thought leadership. He is also an adjunct faculty at the Sacramento State College of Business Administration.
Richard Armstrong
Lecturer
MBA, University of California, Davis
B.S., Cornell
Teaching Expertise
Accounting
Ed Arnheiter
Lecturer
Ph.D., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1997
M.S., Engineering Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1994
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Union College (NY), 1983
Research Expertise
Manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma, Quality Control, Continuous Improvement
Areas of Expertise
Business Analytics, Operations Management, Statistics
Brad M. Barber
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
AAAS Fellow
Ph.D., University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
Ph.D., University of Maryland
Research Expertise
Behavioral finance, asset pricing, gender, and private equity.
Teaching Expertise
Financial Theory and Policy
Beth Bechky
Professor, Stephen G. Newberry Chair in Leadership
Ph.D., Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Stanford University, 1999
Master of Arts (M.A.), Sociology, Stanford University 1992
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) (with honors), Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University 1991
Research Expertise: Future of work, occupations and professions, collaboration.
Amber Beckler
Lecturer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), UC Davis Graduate School of Management
Hemant Bhargava
Distinguished Professor, Jerome and Elsie Suran Chair in Technology Management
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Director, Center for Analytics and Technology in Society
Paul Bianchi
2019 & 2020 Robert A. Fox Executive in Residence
Masters in Management, University of Kent, Canterbury
B.S., Managerial Economics, UC Davis
Paul Bianchi is an experienced and successful human capital executive and consultant with over 25 years of high-technology leadership experience from innovative companies like NeXT, Apple, Ask Jeeves, PeopleSoft and Illumina.
Nicole Woolsey Biggart
Research Professor and Professor Emerita
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Chair, Social, Political and Economic Sciences section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Research Expertise
Economic and organizational sociology, firm networks, industrial change and social bases of technology adoption.
Course Taught
Strategic Innovations in Energy Efficiency
Fast Facts
Jörn Boehnke
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Research Expertise
Applied Microeconomics, Quantitative Marketing, Empirical Industrial Organization, Labor Economics, Online Market Platforms, Dynamics of Customer Behavior and Pricing
Nick Briscoe
Lecturer
Master of Science (M.S.), UC Davis
Nicholas Briscoe is Chief Economist at Briscoe Economics Group, Inc. He provides valuation consulting and expert witness testimony in a wide variety of economic and financial matters. He teaches as the UC Davis Graduate School of Management as part of the adjunct faculty. Briscoe’s prior positions include manager in the forensic services division of the accounting firm Crowe Horwath, LLP, as well as Senior Economist at Cohen | Volk Economic Consulting Group.
David S. Bunch
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Rice University
Research Expertise: Marketing research, marketing science, decision and management sciences, consumer choice behavior, choice modeling, new product development and introduction
Professor David Bunch is an internationally recognized expert on marketing research, marketing science and decision and management sciences. His research interests include consumer choice behavior, choice modeling, new product development and introduction, travel behavior, vehicle choice and alternative fuel vehicles.
Sebastian Calonico
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Michigan, 2014
M.A. in Statistics, University of Michigan, 2012
Research Expertise
Program Evaluation, Causal Inference Methodology, Robust statistical inference, Nonparametric Methods, Data Science
Monica Camarena
Lecturer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), UC Davis Graduate School of Management, 2020
Richard P. Castanias II
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
Research Expertise
Finance, capital market theory, monetary economics, management control systems, international finance and accounting
C. Janie Chang
Academic Executive Director, Master of Professional Accountancy Program
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Research Expertise
Human information processing in accounting settings, behavioral issues in managerial accounting and auditing, nature of expert judgments, group decision making, accounting information systems, audit analytics, and cross-cultural research.
Janie Chang is the academic executive director of the Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc) program at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management.
Doy Charnsupharindr
Lecturer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of California Berkeley
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Stanford University
Joseph Chen
Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Programs and Curriculum
Ph.D., Stanford University
Research Expertise: Empirical asset pricing, mutual funds, and foreign exchange
Olga Clasper
Lecturer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), UC Davis Graduate School of Management
Olga Clasper has a Bachelor's in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, a Master's in Computer Science from Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey, and an MBA from the University of California, Davis. She has worked at Intel in Folsom as a Software Engineer and Technical Program Manager since 2014.
William Leo Cron
Visiting Faculty
Research Expertise
Marketing, Sales & Sales Management, Channels of Distribution, Health Care
Naga Lakshmi Damaraju
Lecturer
Ph.D. in business administration, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, 2008
Research Expertise
Investment and divestment strategies, corporate governance, entrepreneurship, cultural influences on strategy and entrepreneurship
Area of Expertise
Management & Organizations
Conrad M. Davis
Visiting Faculty
Master of Science (M.S.), Taxation, Golden Gate University, California
Conrad Davis is the Partner-in-Charge of the Firm’s Sacramento, CaliforniaTax Practice. He has more than 28 years of experience providing tax compliance and consulting services to closely held business, their owners in the food and food production related businesses. He works closely with his clients to understand their business and goals. He coordinates with Crowe auditors to effectively and efficiently provide tax services to jointly served clients.
Joe DiNunzio
Executive Director, Mike and Renee Child Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Stanford Graduate School of Business, 1988
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology, Harvard University, 1984
Research Expertise
Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management Consulting, Entertainment & Media, Technology
Areas of Expertise
Operations Management, Management & Organizations, Technology Management
Gina Dokko
Professor
Ph.D., Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Research Expertise
Careers, job mobility, organization theory, organizational behavior, social networks, technology and innovation
Eamonn Dolan
Lecturer and Former Robert A. Fox Executive-in-Residence
Master of Science (M.S.) in Management - Concentration in Finance, MIT, 1985
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Managerial Economics, UC Davis, 1983
Research Expertise
Alternative investing, portfolio management, investment cycles, fixed income
Areas of Expertise
Finance
Kimberly Elsbach
Professor Emerita
Fellow, Academy of Management
Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Stanford University
Research Expertise
Perceptions of individuals and organizations, including perceptions of legitimacy, creativity, and trustworthiness.
Horacio Enriquez
Lecturer
Master of Science (M.S.), Engineering Management and Leadership, Santa Clara University, 2004
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering, Santa Clara University, 1997
Research Expertise
Supply chain digitalization, supply chain risk and resiliency, supplier relationship management, FDA, ISO 13485:2016, and MDSAP regulations
Areas of Expertise
Business analytics, operations management, management & organizations, technology management
Vanessa Errecarte
Lecturer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Marketing Emphasis, UC Davis Graduate School of Management, 2014
Master of Arts (M.A.), Communication, Mass Communication Emphasis, University of the Pacific, 2007
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Communication, University of California, Davis, 2004
Doug Findlay
Lecturer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), UC Davis Graduate School of Management
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), California State University, Sacramento
Lecturer Douglas Findlay brings over 30 years of experience in the technology sector, building extensive expertise and practical knowledge in the areas of product marketing, product management, new market development, market strategy, channel strategy, sales management, and business operations.
Stephen Garcia
Professor
Stephen Garcia is a professor in the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis. He was previously professor of psychology and professor of organizational studies at the University of Michigan, where he also held faculty appointments at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and Stephen M. Ross School of Business.
Noah Gift
Lecturer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of California, Davis
Master of Science (M.S.), Cal State Los Angeles
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Cal Poly San Luis Obispo