New business school professors
Sunil Wahal,
assistant professor of finance
Previous teaching experience?
2 years at Purdue University
Education?
BA - University of Delhi
MBA - Wake Forest University
PhD - Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Significant awards?
Jay Ross Young Scholar Award from Purdue
Preferred teaching style?
Mixture of lecture and interactive teaching
What courses will you be teaching?
Undergraduate Corporate Finance
Birthplace?
Bareilly, India, 1967
Current family?
Wife Peggy Lee (see above) and dog Remy
Intellectual interests?
Corporate finance, take-overs, institutional investors and trading
strategies
Personal interests?
My wife, my dog and golf-"in that order"
Neighborhood?
Off Briarcliff in the Emory area
Favorite local restaurant?
Terra Cotta
Favorite artist?
Picasso
Favorite cultural icon?
Chocolate chip cookies and milk
Favorite historical figure?
Akhbar. "He was resbonsible for uniting and integrating the
entire Indian sub-continent."
Richard Makadoc,
assistant professor of
organization and management
Previous teaching experience?
Tulane University's A.B. Freeman School of Business
Education?
BA/Master's in Economics - Yale Univeristy
MBA Management/PhD in Organization and Strategy - University of Pennsylvania,
Wharton School of Business
Significant awards?
MBA Teacher Honor Roll, Tulane
Outstanding Young Researcher Award
Lilly Endowment Teaching Fellowship
Glueck Best Paper Award from the Academy of Management
Preferred teaching style?
Case study method
What courses will you be teaching?
Industry and Competitive Analysis, Strategic Management
Where were you born?
Suffern, New York, 1966
Current family?
Wife Diane
Intellectual interests?
Empirical application of evolutionary and resource-based theories
of the firm, sustainability of competitve advantage, product innovation,
vertical integration, strategic pricing, risk taking and agency theory.
Personal interests?
Racquetball and music
Neighborhood?
Druid Hills
Favorite local restaurant?
Pricci
Last book read for fun?
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Favorite artist?
Rodin
Peggy Lee,
assistant professor of
organization and management
Previous teaching experience?
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sociology department
and business school
Education?
BA - Stanford University
MBA/PhD - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Significant awards?
Southern Management Conference Best Paper Award, Business Policy
and Strategy
Preferred teaching style?
Interactive
What courses will you be teaching?
The Environment of Business and a class on multinational strategy
next semester
Where were you born?
Los Angeles, 1969
Current family?
Husband Sunil Wahal and dog Remy.
Intellectual Interests?
International technology and corporate governance issues
Personal interests?
Reading biographies, music, traveling and art
Neighborhood?
Off Briarcliff in the Emory area
Favorite local restaurant?
Terra Cotta
Last book read for fun?
Locked in the Cabinet by Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor
Favorite artist?
Escher
Favorite historical figure?
Glenn Gould. "He revolutionized the playing of Bach and made
it more receptive to the public."
Daniel Rodriguez,
assistant professor of
organization and management
Previous teaching experience?
Massachuetts Institute of Technology, Tufts University and Harvard
University
Education?
BS - United States Military Academy
PhD - MIT
Significant awards?
National Science Foundation Fellowship
Class of 1930 Award for Excellence in Economics, USMA
Meritorious Service Medal, US Army
Preferred teaching style?
"The material and audience dictate the style."
What courses will you be teaching?
Global Perspectives II, The Environment of Business
Birthplace?
Panama Canal zone, "a while ago"
Current family?
Wife Robin; daughter Alexandra and son Blake.
Intellectual interests?
Investment strategies followed by pharmaceutical biotechnology companies
Personal interests?
Intramural sports, particularly racquetball and football
Neighborhood?
Buckhead
Favorite local restaurant?
Fellini's Pizza
Last book read for fun?
Diversification, Refocusing and Economic Performance by Constantinos
Markides
Favorite artist?
Picasso
Favorite cultural icon?
Business icon Warren Buffett
Favorite historical figure?
"Ronald Reagan, for bringing smart economic policy back to the
U.S."
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