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
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40%
female faculty
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Top 15%
globally for research impact
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Steven Gill
Visiting Professor
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts 2008
M.S., Taxation Northeastern University 1996
B.S., Accounting University of Florida 1989
Research Expertise
Individual taxation and tax compliance
Paul A. Griffin
Emeritus Distinguished Professor
2025-2026 Edward A. Dickson Emeriti Professor
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1974
Research Expertise
Accounting, accounting and financial theory, evaluation of accounting methods, financial information and disclosures
Areas of Expertise
Accounting, Finance
Professor Paul Griffin is a leading international expert in accounting, financial information, and corporate disclosure.
Sharad Gupta
Lecturer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), UC Davis Graduate School of Management
Sharad Gupta is an executive leader with large-scale strategy and execution background in driving modern data and analytics and technology transformations in the healthcare industry. He is a tech-savvy leader and is an industry-recognized thought-leader with focus on applying data science, artificial intelligence/machine learning, data science, digital technologies, and modern architectures for business growth and transformations.
Bita Hajihashemi
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. in Quantitative Marketing, Foster School of Business, University of Washington, 2023
B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2016
Research Expertise
Personalized and Targeted Marketing, CRM, Complaint Management, Loyalty Programs
Bita Hajihashemi's research interests span two major domains:
John D. Hancock
Lecturer
Lecturer John D. Hancock provides valuation consulting services in civil and business litigation through economic and financial analysis. He also teaches at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management as a visiting professor.
Andrew B. Hargadon
Professor
Ph.D., Stanford University
Research Expertise
The effective management of innovation and entrepreneurship, particularly in the development and commercialization of sustainable technologies
Professor Andrew B. Hargadon has written extensively on innovation and entrepreneurship, particularly the commercialization science and technology and the management of research and development. He has published numerous articles and chapters in leading scholarly and applied publications.
Hargadon is at the forefront of teaching, research and practice in cross-disciplinary entrepreneurship, and is founding director of two key centers at UC Davis—the Mike and Renee Child Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Energy Efficiency Center. These centers are dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship and innovation through educational programs bridging science, engineering and business. They provide a successful framework for university scientists and engineers to move their ideas out of the lab and into the world.
Hargadon received the 2009 Olympus Emerging Educational Leader Award in recognition for his strong entrepreneurship curriculum and success with the two centers.
Prior to his academic appointment, Hargadon worked as a product designer at Apple Computer and taught in the Product Design program at Stanford University.
A senior fellow at the Kauffman Foundation, Hargadon is the author of How Breakthroughs Happen: The Surprising Truth About How Companies Innovate (Harvard Business School Press, 2003).
His most recent book is Sustainable Innovation: Build Your Company’s Capacity to Change the World (Stanford University Press, 2015).
Hargadon received his Ph.D. from Stanford University’s School of Engineering, where he was named Boeing Fellow and Sloan Foundation Future Professor of Manufacturing. He received his M.S. in mechanical engineering and B.S. in engineering from Stanford University’s Product Design Program.
- AlwaysOn 2012 Power Players in Greentech: The University Players.
- Charles M. Soderquist Chair in Entrepreneurship, UC Davis Graduate School of Management, 2010-present.
- Olympus Emerging Educational Leader Award, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, 2009.
- Chancellor’s Fellow, UC Davis, 2005-present.
- Vanguard Award for the Energy Efficiency Center, Comstock’s Magazine, 2006.
- Professors of Manufacturing Fellow, Stanford Integrated Manufacturing Association.
- Boeing Fellow, Future Professors of Manufacturing, Stanford Integrated Manufacturing Association.
Jane Harrington
Lecturer
J.D., U.C. Davis, 2007
Master of Arts (M.A.) Organization Development, Sonoma State University, 2013
Master of Arts (M.A.) Educational Technology, 2002
Andrea Haviley
Lecturer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), UC Davis Graduate School of Management, 2008
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Business Administration with Concentration in Accounting, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo, 1993
Committed to focusing on disruptive innovation to improve the human condition and a future that people and nature can thrive together, Andrea Haviley is a successful financial executive in Silicon Valley for 25 years as a key contributor at growth companies with strong forward-thinking missions.
Michelle Higgins
Professor and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Research Expertise
Accounting, financial reporting and valuation
Professor Michelle Higgins' (fna Yetman) research interests are in financial reporting quality, governance and taxation. She expands beyond the boundaries of the commonly investigated U.S. for-profit corporation by investigating international and nonprofit settings. Her research has been published in the Journal of Accounting Research, the Accounting Review, National Tax Journal, Management Science, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, and the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. She teaches the core MBA and MPAc course in financial accounting, as well as an accounting for non-financial managers course in the Wine Executive Program.
Higgins received her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She earned her Master of Accounting Science from the University of Illinois, Champaign, and her MBA from Texas A&M University. She earned her Bachelor of Business Administration from Stephen F. Austin State University. She is a certified public accountant in Texas and a member of the American Accounting Association.
Awards
- Best Paper Award 2013, American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Government and Nonprofit Section Annual Meeting.
- Dean’s Faculty Research Scholar, UC Davis Graduate School of Management, 2009-10.
- Small Grant in Aid of Research, UC Davis, 2007-09.
- New Faculty Research Grant, UC Davis, 2005.
- Faculty Research Fellow, University of Iowa McGladrey Institute, 2002-03.
- Scholarship, Educational Foundation for Women in Accounting, 1999.
Greta Hsu
Professor
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs
Robert W. Glock and Miriam R. Glock Endowed Chair in Management
Ph.D., Stanford University, Graduate School of Business
Greta Hsu is a professor of management at the Graduate School of Management at University of California, Davis. She received her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior, M.S. in Statistics, and M.A. and B.A. Sociology from Stanford University. In July 2025, she was named the Robert W. Glock and Miriam R. Glock Endowed Chair in Management.
Through her research, Hsu develops understanding of how market categories are socially constructed, how they are used and strategically manipulated by market actors, and how they shape market evolution and competitive dynamics. Her work includes studies of industry dynamics in the cannabis, e-cigarette, wine, film, book publishing, global fashion, and high-tech industries. She has published in journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, American Sociological Review, and the British Medical Journal.
Hsu is an associate editor at Administrative Science Quarterly and co-editor of Research in Organizational Behavior. She was formerly a department editor and associate editor at Management Science, senior editor at Organization Science, and co-editor of the Culture and Economic Life book series at Stanford University Press.
Courses Taught
The Individual and Group Dynamics, Managing People in High-Performance Organizations, Strategy and Structure, People Analytics
Fast Facts
- Expert in market categorization processes, organizational identity, and industry evolutionary dynamics
Awards
- One of the Top Three Best Paper Awards for "The Impact of Mandated Pay Gap Transparency on Firms’ Reputations as Employers,” 2022, Saïd School of Business, Oxford University Center for Corporate Reputation's Annual Symposium, 2024
- Seeman Faculty Term Fellowship, UC Davis, 2011.
- Invited Speaker, Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Management, 2011.
- Invited Speaker, The 13th Organizational Ecology Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 2010.
- Research Grant, National Science Foundation, Co-Primary Investigator on “SoD-TEAM: Longitudinal effects of design in open source projects,” ($750,000), 2006-09.
- Industry Studies Program Travel Grant, Sloan Foundation, (with S. Grodal), 2008.
- Small Grant in Aid of Research, UC Davis.
Gary Katzenstein
Lecturer
Ph.D., Organizational Behavior, Carnegie Mellon University/Tepper School of Business
Marybeth Kavanagh
Lecturer
Marybeth Kavanagh joined the Graduate School of Management as a lecturer in 2018 after spending 30 years with IBM Corporation leading numerous software development and technical consulting engagements. Kavanagh’s extensive experience working with clients to achieve critical business goals through technological improvement and organizational change strategies gives her an excellent foundation for advising MBA student teams’ Integrated Management Project consulting projects for client organizations.
Gareth Keeves
Lecturer
Ph.D. Strategic Management, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Gareth Keeves' research interests include impression management and impression formation in the context of corporate leadership. His first stream of research draws from social and psychological theories to examine interpersonal interactions between top managers. The second stream of research examines the linguistics of organizational communications, using computational linguistics to characterize the nature of company filings.
Catherine Kendall
Lecturer
Doctor of Education (EdD) in Education Policy, Drexel University, 2014
Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Management Information Systems, University of California, Davis, Graduate School of Management, 1999
Bachelor of Science (BS) in Agricultural and Managerial Economics, University of California, Davis, 1993
Research Expertise
Macroeconomic history and trends, Domestic violence and marginalized populations, Intersectionality, Socio-ecological framework
Brian Kennedy
Lecturer
J.D., McGeorge Law School
Teaching Expertise
The development of persuasive, professional speaking and writing skills for business, and critical thinking protocols to optimize decision making
Lecturer Brian Kennedy is an attorney, focusing on criminal defense. He has his own law practice in San Diego.
Daniel Kennedy
Lecturer
Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Toronto
Research Expertise
The development of persuasive, professional speaking and writing skills for business, and the use of critical thinking protocols that optimize decision making.
Judith Kjelstrom
Lecturer
Ph.D. in Microbiology, University of California, Davis
Judy Kjelstrom (aka Dr. Judy) has a rich background in health science and biotechnology education and training, clinical laboratory science, microbiology, program administration, mentoring and leadership. From 2004 to 2018 she directed the UC Davis Biotechnology Program (est. 1986), a novel program that partners effectively across the campus and with the life sciences industry. Although the program is small in the number of personnel, it is involved in a large number of cross-disciplinary projects:
Srinivas (Srini) Koushik
2021 Robert A. Fox Executive in Residence
Srini Koushik is an innovative and dynamic executive with a track record of leading organizations of all sizes to deliver business results through the use of digital technologies, design thinking, agile methods, lean processes, and unique data-driven insights.
This winter, Koushnik joins IBM as the executive leader for the Global Hybrid Cloud Applications Services Platform
Chi-Yi Kuan
Business Mentor, MSBA
Chi-Yi Kuan is a vice president of data science at Outdoorsy where he is responsible for all machine learning efforts across the company. Kuan is a seasoned data science leader and career mentor with 20+ years of extensive industry experience in building high performing teams in Silicon Valley and applying big data and technology across various business domains (social network, e-commerce, marketplace, SaaS, and consulting) at both Fortune 500 firms and startups. Kuan is dedicated to helping organizations become more data driven and profitable.
Gary Lew
Lecturer
Gary Lew has served as an adjunct lecturer in finance, investments, management and accounting at the University of California, Davis, Graduate School of Management; St. Mary’s College; and Holy Names University. He has more than 25 years of experience advising and consulting in the aviation finance industry, including as founder of Capitola Partners. Currently, Lew is the chief financial officer of Aquila Air Capital, a leading full-service aircraft leasing and financing platform backed by funds managed by New York-based global alternative asset manager Wafra.
Xinlei Li
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Columbia University
M.Phil., Columbia University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Tsinghua University
Research Expertise
Corporate disclosure, Accounting information, Debt contracting
Eric Liederman
Lecturer
M.D., Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, 1989
M.P.H, Health Policy and Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1996
B.A., Classical Archaeology, Dartmouth College, 1984
Research Expertise
Health Economics, Clinical Informatics, Medical Operations, Privacy and Security, Patient messaging
Areas of Expertise
Business Analytics, Management & Organizations, Technology Management
Sophie Linnett
Lecturer
Sophie Linnett received her MBA from UC Davis Graduate School of Management with a focus in operations and strategy. After graduating from Columbia University with a B.A. in Classics, Linnett founded an educational services company that helps students access opportunities in higher education. Students of Linnet's program have earned over three million dollars in scholarship funds. For fun, Sophie enjoys hiking in her hometown of Oakland and playing pub trivia.
Robert Lorber
Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Davis
Research Expertise
Executive coaching, performance management, leadership, teamwork, life planning, corporate culture and developing strategy
Dickson Louie
Lecturer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Chicago
Lecturer Dickson Louie is principal of Louie & Associates, a boutique San Francisco Bay Area consultancy that provides strategic planning, competitive analysis, and executive development services to start-ups, nonprofits and Fortune 500 companies.
Pantelis Loupos
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Research Expertise
Social Customer Relationship Management, Digital Platforms, Business Analytics
Pantelis Loupos' research interests focus on understanding consumer behavior in digital platforms and in particular networked services. In particular, services whose value is a function of the number of customers they have and their underlying network topology.
Marc Lowe
Continuing Lecturer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of California, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Genetics, UC Davis
Research Expertise
Product Management, New and Small Business Ventures, Business Planning
Michael W. Maher
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of Washington
Research Expertise
Accounting, cost-effectiveness of online education, healthcare costs, corporate crime and misconduct
A recognized expert on managerial accounting, Professor Emeritus Michael Maher is also an authority on corporate crime (e.g., fraud, bribery, antitrust). He develops profiles on companies and managers that commit corporate misconduct, and studies and lectures on corporate ethics and the responsibilities of business and auditors to stakeholders.
Rahul Makhijani
Lecturer
Ph.D. in Operations Research (MS&E), Stanford University, 2019
Master of Science (M.S.), Statistics, Stanford University, 2017
Bachelor of Science (B.S.),Technology (Honors) in Electrical Engineering, IIT - Bombay, 2013
Marc Ross Manashil
Lecturer
Master in Public Administration (MPA), Harvard Kennedy School
Master of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara
Marc Ross Manashil is a consultant and educator specializing in leadership and organizational development. His background is in global health and philanthropy, having served in director roles with an international grant-making foundation, a medical relief organization, and an NGO preventing child mortality in West Africa.
Robert Marquez
Professor
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Expertise
Banking and corporate finance
A leading expert in banking and corporate finance, Professor Robert Marquez tries to uncover the mechanisms that underlie the behavior of financial institutions. One important focus of his research is the effect low interest rates have on banks and whether they encourage banks to take on more leverage. Marquez joined the Graduate School of Management faculty in July 2012.
Josue Martinez
Lecturer
Ph.D., Environmental and natural resource economics, University of Rhode Island
Master of Science (M.S.), Marine biology and fisheries, University of Miami
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biology, Universidad De Granada
Research Expertise: Marketing Analytics
Sorin Maruster
Lecturer
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Sorin Maruster is a senior manager in KPMG’s Silicon Valley tax practice, with more than five years of experience in valuation of complex securities, including earnouts, convertible bonds, put/call arrangements and equity-based compensation, under ASC 718, ASC 805 and ASC 820.
Alexander F. McCalla
Professor Emeritus
Active efforts to organize the Graduate School of Administration, as it was known in 1981, were launched under the leadership of Professor Emeritus Alexander F. McCalla, professor of agricultural economics and former dean of the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. McCalla was asked to serve as the founding dean of the nascent program from 1979 to 1981. Together with a 13-member planning committee, McCalla was responsible for the School’s initial organization and development.
Kevin Mello
Lecturer
Master of Education (M.Ed.), Johns Hopkins University, 2020
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Arizona State University, 2008
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Accounting, Santa Clara University, 1996
Todd Mirell
Lecturer
Teaching Expertise
Real Estate Finance and Development
A vice president at Union Bank, where he manages relationships with several of the top real estate developers in Northern California, Lecturer Todd Mirell has held previous positions with Preferred Capital Advisors as a senior associate, McMorgan & Company as a real estate investment analyst and with CB Richard Ellis Inc. as a property tax assistant/marketing specialist.
Mirell earned both his MBA and B.S. in managerial economics from UC Davis.