2024-2025 Graduate Academic Catalogue 
    
    Nov 23, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Academic Catalogue

The Joseph A. Sellinger, S.J., School of Business and Management


Dean: Mary Ann Scully
Office: Sellinger Hall, Room 101
Telephone: 410‑617‑2301
Website: www.loyola.edu/sellinger

Associate Dean: Hung-bin Ding, Professor of Management and Organizations
Office: Sellinger Hall, Room 101
Telephone: 410-617-5525

Associate Dean: Irem Demirkan, Associate Professor of Management and Organizations
Office: Sellinger Hall, Room 101
Telephone: 410-617-2395

Assistant Dean: Patricia Tarrant
Office: Sellinger Hall, Room 101
Telephone: 410-617-5214

Mission

The Sellinger School of Business and Management educates students to become leaders in the Baltimore business community and beyond. Our Jesuit business programs are characterized by purposeful teaching, scholarship with impact, meaningful community engagement, and care for the whole person.

History

Loyola was founded in Baltimore in 1852 by the Society of Jesus and was instilled with its core values: excellence in all things and cura personalis. Business education at Loyola began with undergraduate courses being offered in 1943. Loyola initiated its Master of Business Administration (MBA) program in 1967. The full-time Emerging Leaders MBA was introduced in 2010. In Fall 2014, Loyola started a specialized Master of Accounting (MAcc). The full-time program is designed for those with an undergraduate degree in accounting (or equivalent accounting coursework) who are seeking the 30 additional credits required to obtain licensure as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). All of these programs are instrumental in contributing to Loyola's long history of excellence.

In 1980, the School of Business was formed as a separate entity, being named the Joseph A. Sellinger, S.J., School of Business and Management in 1984. The Sellinger School Board of Sponsors was formed in 1981 and continues as an ongoing consultative group supporting the quality of the school. By 1990, Loyola had achieved accreditation by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business in its undergraduate, graduate, and accounting programs and had established a chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the business student honor society. The Sellinger School enjoys its reputation as the business school of choice in the Baltimore metropolitan area.

Educational Objectives

The Sellinger School's educational objectives are captured in the following learning goals:

  • Integrate Knowledge: Learners will synthesize knowledge distributed across courses to demonstrate discipline specific competence.  
  • Analytical Expertise: Learners will be able to critically analyze and integrate core business competencies to solve complex problems and make innovative, data-driven decisions as leaders in their organizations.   
  • Technological Agility: Learners will develop the technological agility and data literacy skills needed to communicate in a rapidly changing global environment.  
  • Collaboration: Learners will demonstrate an ability to collaborate with various stakeholders. 
  • Equity and Justice: Learners will demonstrate an ability to recognize and remove barriers to organizational equity and social justice.  

Programs

Loyola's graduate programs in business and management provide theoretical and applied education in the analytical and functional skills necessary for success in business. In-depth knowledge in many fields is available in the Professional's MBA, Emerging Leaders MBA, and MAcc programs. The Joseph A. Sellinger, S.J., School of Business and Management is accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Under the guidelines of AACSB International, the Sellinger School is committed to the concept and practice of "continuous improvement" of all of its academic programs. Therefore, for the most up-to-date information on courses and programs, contact the Office of Graduate Business Programs, 410‑617‑5067.

Faculty

The faculty of the Sellinger School and their representative departments are as follows:

Accounting

Office: Sellinger Hall, Room 318
Telephone: 410‑617‑6772

Chair: John Peter Krahel, Professor

Professors: John Peter Krahel; Alfred R. Michenzi (emeritus); Jalal Soroosh; Bobby Waldrup
Associate Professors: Kermit O. Keeling (emeritus); Ali M. Sedaghat (emeritus); Hong Zhu
Assistant Professors: Robbie Bishop-Monroe; Stacy Chavez; E. Barry Rice (emeritus)
Executive-In-Residence: Michael Bender
Affiliate Faculty: Theresa A. Brillant; Walter B. Doggett III

Economics

Office: Sellinger Hall, Room 418
Telephone: 410‑617‑2357

Chair: Jeremy Schwartz, Professor

Professors: John D. Burger; Frederick W. Derrick (emeritus); John C. Larson (emeritus); Fabio Mendez; Andrew Samuel; Jeremy Schwartz; Charles E. Scott (emeritus); Norman H. Sedgley; Kerria M. Tan; Stephen J. K. Walters (emeritus)
Associate Professors: Arleigh T. Bell, Jr. (emeritus); Francis G. Hilton (emeritus); Nune Hovhannisyan; John M. Jordan (emeritus); Nancy Williams (emerita)
Assistant Professors: Kadidiatou Doucoure; John Dougherty
Executive-In-Residence: Sean Keehan
Assistant Teaching Professors: Billur Cohen; Lynne Elkes; Thomas Lyons

Finance

Office: Sellinger Hall, Room 318
Telephone: 410‑617‑6772

Chair: Lisa Fairchild, Professor

Professors: Tugsjargal Chuluun; Frank P. D'Souza; Lisa M. Fairchild; Harold D. Fletcher (emeritus); Karyl B. Leggio; Walter J. Reinhart (emeritus); Yoon Shin; Thomas A. Ulrich (emeritus)
Assistant Professor: Samuel Adams
Executive-in-Residence: Linda Barlett; Jason Cherubini; Scott Emge
Assistant Teaching Professor: Qianching Zheng
Affiliate Faculty: Mike Betley; Scott Gromacki; Jeffrey Schollaert; Carlyle A. Schrouter; Douglas J. Young

Information Systems, Law, and Operations

Office: Sellinger Hall, Room 318
Telephone: 410‑617‑6772

Chair: Paul Tallon, Professor

Professors: Nan S. Ellis (emerita); Andrea Giampetro-Meyer; John A. Gray (emeritus); Ellen D. Hoadley (emerita); Elizabeth J. Kennedy; Charles R. Margenthaler (emeritus); Gloria Phillips-Wren; Ravi Srinivasan; Phoebe C. Sharkey (emerita); Leroy F. Simmons (emeritus); Paul Tallon
Associate Professors: Jay R. Brown; Timothy Brown, S.J.; Theresa Jefferson;  A. Kimbrough Sherman (emeritus); Laurette P. Simmons (emeritus); George M. Wright (emeritus)
Assistant Professors: Jake London, Dobin Yim
Executive-In-Residence: Brant Matthews
Assistant Teaching Professor: Pratima Kshetry; Pethigamage (Lami) Perera
Affiliate Faculty: Marie-Yves Baptiste; Michael Best; William Finegan; Abigail Hurson; Christian Lassiter; Salvatore Lenzo; Frank Mason; Shelley Bliss McGarry; David Prater; Jerome (Jay) Russell; Kimberly Wagner

Management and Organizations

Office: Sellinger Hall, Room 418
Telephone: 410‑617‑2357

Chair: Dave Luvison, Executive-In-Residence

Professors: Jeffrey Cummings; Hung-bin Ding; Roger J. Kashlak (emeritus); Peter Lorenzi (emeritus); Anthony J. Mento (emeritus); Tagi Sagafi-nejad (emeritus)
Associate Professors: Irem Demirkan; Christy DeVader; Paul C. Ergler (emeritus); John Michel
Assistant Professor: Jinyoung Kang; Julianne Sellin
Entrepreneur-in-Residence: Jonathan Weinstein
Executive-in-Residence: Mark Hubbard; Dave Luvison
Assistant Teaching Professor: Sanjay Dua; Astrid Schmidt-King

Marketing

Office: Sellinger Hall, Room 418
Telephone: 410‑617‑2357

Chair: Guangzhi (Terry) Zhao, Associate Professor

Professors: Gerard A. Athaide; Richard Klink; Rebecca Trump; Jason Qiyu Zhang
Associate Professors: Marie A. Yeh; Guangzhi (Terry) Zhao
Executive-in-Residence: Auburn Bell; Adam Peake
Assistant Teaching Professor: Kimberly Hart
Affiliate Faculty: Sue Conley; Gregory Corrigan; Hope Corrigan; Mar Felsen; Bradley Fountain; Brian Hatcher;