The Kogod School of Business Management Department provides instruction in the areas of management, entrepreneurship, strategy, organizational behavior, human resources, business and corporate ethics, and global business citizenship. Faculty members are well-known researchers and distinguished professionals.
Management Department Chair
Stevan Holmberg
,Professor
Professor Holmberg's interests include applied strategic management in a global environment, entrepreneurship and new venture management strategy, European strategy and entrepreneurship, franchising, strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, and... [More]
202-885-1921
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KSB - Management
Department Faculty
Barbara Bird
,Professor
Professor Bird’s research interests include entrepreneurial cognition and entrepreneurial behavior. She has research projects examining new venture liabilities of newness and strategic alliances. She authored Entrepreneurial Behavior and several scho... [More]
202-885-1924
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KSB - Management
Mark Clark
,Associate Professor
Dr. Clark has expertise in high performing teams, leadership, diversity, and strategic human capital. He is an active researcher, and his work has been presented at numerous national and international conferences and workshops. He has published in to... [More]
202-885-1873
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KSB - Management
Parthiban David
,Associate Professor
Professor David teaches strategic management. His primary research interests are on the impact of corporate governance on corporate strategy and firm performance. He has published several peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Academy of Manageme... [More]
202-885-2080
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KSB - Management
Robert Edgell
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Edgell is an Assistant Professor of Strategic Management at AU’s Kogod School of Business and a Visiting Professor at the Swiss Business School in Zurich. As a consultant, he has provided strategic direction, organizational design, creativity and... [More]
202-885-1871
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KSB - Management
Sally Fowler
,Executive-in-Residence
Professor Fowler is an Executive-in-Residence in the Management Department. She teaches strategy, global corporate citizenship, and management consulting. She is the Kogod coordinator for the University Honors Program. She was formerly on the faculty... [More]
Caren Goldberg
,Assistant Professor
Professor Goldberg joined the faculty at American University in 2006, after having spent nine years at George Washington University. Her research focuses on diversity and discrimination. She has written over a dozen peer-reviewed articles in such jou... [More]
202-885-1874
KSB - Management
KSB - Management
Richard Linowes
,Assistant Professor
Professor Linowes teaches strategy, global leadership, entrepreneurship, and cross-cultural management. His professional management experience includes several years with Accenture and Goldman Sachs, where he helped plan the firm’s international expa... [More]
202-885-1990
KSB - Management
KSB - Management
Alexandra Mislin
,Assistant Professor
Professor Mislin teaches negotiation. Her research focuses on how aspects of social exchange such as trust formation, emotions, and the tracking of social obligations influence negotiations. Her current work examines how these social factors interrel... [More]
202-885-1919
KSB - Management
KSB - Management
Jay Pope
,Executive in Residence
Professor Pope is an Executive-in-Residence in the Management Department of Kogod, where he teaches a course in Global Corporate Citizenship. He also advises the JD/MBA Club. His past teaching experience includes one year as a full-time Visiting Assi... [More]
202-885-1847
KSB - Management
KSB - Management
Nancy Sachs
,Adjunct Instructor
Professor Sachs teaches business communications to graduate and undergraduate students. She has more than 25 years of professional communications experience in the public and private sectors. In her work for the federal government, she developed awar... [More]
202-885-1927
KSB - Management
KSB - Management
Michelle Westermann-Behaylo
,Assistant Professor
Professor Westermann teaches Global Corporate Citizenship, which examines business law, business ethics and corporate social responsibility. Her research focuses on global corporate responsibility and stakeholder management and she has critically inv... [More]
202-885-1770
KSB - Management
KSB - Management
Xiaomeng Zhang
,Assistant Professor
Xiaomeng Zhang is an Assistant Professor at the Kogod School of Business at American University in Washington DC. Her research interests are in the areas of creativity, leadership and motivation, with a desire to understand the relationships between ... [More]
202-885-1489
KSB - Management
KSB - Management