KU School of Business Faculty

jonathan.beck@ku.edu

785-864-7564

Capitol Federal Hall, Room 3164



Academic Areas

Marketing and Business Law



Education

Ph.D., Michigan State University; M.S., University of Rochester; MBA, University of Central Florida; B.A., University of Central Florida



Biography

Professor Jonathan Beck’s research focuses on consumer-based marketing strategy, where he leverages theories from psychology to explain the impact of marketing efforts on evaluations and behavior at the consumer or employee levels. Within this domain, he conducts research on digital marketing topics such as online customer reviews and electronic word of mouth, as well as areas such as services marketing strategy and loyalty program design and effectiveness. His research has appeared in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Service Research, and Journal of Services Marketing.

burcu@ku.edu
785-864-7564
Capitol Federal Hall, Room 3138

Academic Areas
Analytics
Information
Operations

Education
M.A., University of Miami
B.S., Middle East Technical University, Turkey


Biography
Burcu Bolukbasi Arikan started working as a visiting assistant professor and is currently working as a lecturer at the University of Kansas School of Business. Before joining KU, she was a research and teaching assistant at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. At KU, she teaches Statistics for the online MBA and Statistical Decision Making for the MS in Supply Chain Management programs, in addition to teaching Data Analysis and Forecasting for undergraduate students. Previously, she taught Statistical Decision Making in the Working Professional MBA program, Quantitative Methods and Data Analysis, and Human Resources Management courses for undergraduate students at KU. She received her B.S. degree in psychology and a minor in sociology from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. She received an M.A. degree from the School of Communication at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.

Education
Retired Colonel, U.S. Army
Ph.D. Management, University of Phoenix
M.A., Management, Webster University
B.A., Mercer University

Academic Areas
Leadership

Biography
Dr. Steven Boylan as an associate professor in the Department of Command & Leadership, Command and General Staff College focusing on leadership instruction, as well as developing curriculum for 1,200 students on media and public affairs. He is co-author for core curriculum “Inform and Influence Activities” and author for Advanced Leadership, “Risk and Adaptability.” He manages annual national media panels conducted to help students gain a better understanding of media issues regarding the military. He is the author of numerous published articles. His work has appeared in the Journal of Leadership Education (JOLE), Military Review, the Small Wars Journal, Foreign Policy, and Military Times. Boylan’s published book reviews include “All In: The Education of General David Petraeus,” and “Leading the Narrative: A Case for Strategic Communication.” He retired from the U.S. Army as a colonel in 2010 having served in both Army Aviation and Public Affairs.

boone@ku.edu
785-864-9402
Capitol Federal Hall, Room 2165

Education
MBA, University of Kansas
B.A., University of Kansas

Academic Areas
Finance
Entrepreneurship

Biography
Boone Bradley has a background as an IT systems and network engineer before returning for his MBA studies, and has been involved in two successful start-up companies in the education technology industry. He is also an individual investor managing his own account.

amiicastle@ku.edu
785-864-6965
Capitol Federal Hall, Room 3123

Education
J.D., University of Kansas
B.G.S., University of Kansas

Academic Areas
Marketing and Business Law

Biography
Amii Castle served as a law clerk for three federal judges: Judge Pasco M. Bowman, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals; District Judge Carlos Murguia, District of Kansas; and Chief Magistrate Judge James P. O’Hara, District of Kansas. In addition to clerking, she practiced law in the private sector, at both plaintiff and defense firms, specializing in commercial and class-action litigation in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.

aruknima@ku.edu
785-864-7564
Capitol Federal Hall, Room 3164

Academic Areas
Analytics, Information, Operations

Education
Ph.D., University of Florida; M.S., North Carolina State University; B.E., India Gandhi Delhi Technical University

Biography
Arunima Chhikara's work is at the interface of information systems, operations management, and marketing. She employs methodologies such as experimental methods, applied econometrics, analytical modeling, and optimization techniques in her research.

Before joining the University of Florida, she worked in data-driven supply chain management roles for six years both in the U.S. and India.

gjergji.cici@ku.edu
785-864-3873
Capitol Federal Hall, Room 4104

Education
Ph.D. in Finance, University of Minnesota
B.S. in Business Administration, University of Minnesota

Academic Areas
Finance
Behavior and incentives of professional money managers
Portfolio performance evaluation, formation and utilization of human capital
Agency issues in the asset management industry

Biography
Gjergji Cici is the Koch Professor in Business Economics at the University of Kansas School of Business. He also is a research fellow at the Centre for Financial Research at the University of Cologne, Germany. Prior to joining KU in 2018, he was the Thomas L. Owen Professor and associate professor of finance at the College of William & Mary. After receiving his Ph.D. in finance from the University of Minnesota, he became associate director of research for Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) at the Wharton School of Business.

His research has been published in Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Review of Finance, Real Estate Economics, Journal of Financial Intermediation, and Journal of Banking and Finance, among others. Professor Cici's research has been discussed in various regulatory proposals related to the mutual fund industry and featured in more than 40 articles in the business press, including the Financial Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Bloomberg, and Pensions & Investments.

kcrane@ku.edu
785-864-6964
Capitol Federal Hall, Room 2171

Education
Master of Business Administration, University of Kansas
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Baylor University

Academic Areas
Marketing and Business Law, Strategic marketing planning, Integrated marketing communications, Entertainment marketing, Faith-based marketing, Digital marketing and social media, Inbound and content marketing, Relationship and affinity marketing, Developing organizational marketing infrastructures and team-building, Higher education instruction and program management, Leadership and management, Project management and event planning

Biography
Kelly Crane began her career working in marketing in the music industry in Austin, Texas, and has since worked in director-level and vice president-level marketing roles with companies in a multitude of industries including entertainment, healthcare, telecommunications and advertising. She has more than 30 years of experience in advertising agencies, corporate environments, and the public sector.

She is the former director of the KU School of Journalism’s Integrated Marketing Communications graduate program where she taught relationship marketing and the program’s capstone course to working adult graduate students. As someone who went back to graduate school late in life, Crane's passion is working with others who are juggling career, family and the goal of earning a master's degree.

Crane is the Area Industry Mentor for Marketing students at the business school. In this role, she helps students prepare for careers in marketing by coaching them on networking, resumes, and LinkedIn profiles, as well as advising them on the courses, certifications, and extracurricular activities needed to secure the jobs they desire.

Crane has used her marketing skills and experience to produce mainstage events for a regional conference for foster and adoptive parents. She also volunteers for the Barnabas Group, where she coaches leaders of nonprofits on communications and presentation skills. In that role she has also co-created a pro-bono workshop on brand storytelling and social media strategy for non-profits.

galindau@ku.edu
785-864-2889
Capitol Federal Hall, Room 3178

Education
MBA, University of Southern California
B.A., The University of California, Los Angeles

Academic Areas
Marketing and Business Law

Biography
Mr. Galindau has been teaching at the University of Kansas since 2005. A San Francisco native, Mr. Galindau spent his undergraduate years at UCLA and served in the U.S. Navy for four years before earning his MBA from the University of Southern California. Mr. Galindau's professional experience includes 20 years with the Hilti Corporation, a European manufacturer of construction tools, fasteners, and supplies; he spent 11 of these years working and living in the Asia Pacific region. During his time in Asia, Mr. Galindau served as the general manager for Hilti's South Korea organization for five years while living in Seoul. He spent six years as the president of Hilti's Asia Pacific region while living in Hong Kong. Mr. Galindau oversaw hundreds of employees and managed over $300 million in revenue, all while dealing with challenging situations related to the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s.

Mr. Galindau places a high premium on sharing his personal experiences and expertise in managing an organization internationally. He stresses the critical role of cultural intelligence and provides several specific examples of cross-cultural communication that he experienced as an American who worked 20 years for a European company in 11 countries in the Asia Pacific region.

arthall@ku.edu
785-864-5134
Capitol Federal Hall, Room 1030J

Education
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Georgia
B.A. in Economics, Emory University

Academic Areas
Finance
Economic growth
Economic development
Tax policy

Biography
Art Hall is the founding executive director of the Center for Applied Economics at the University of Kansas School of Business. Before joining the KU School of Business, Hall was chief economist in the public affairs group of Wichita, KS-based Koch Industries, Inc. In that capacity, he worked with business leaders to help define how public policy initiatives would influence the structure of the markets in which the company participates. Koch sponsored Hall’s directorship of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius’ Budget Efficiency Savings Teams from April 2003 until his departure from the firm in February 2004.

Before joining Koch Industries in May 1997, Hall was senior economist at Tax Foundation, based in Washington, D.C., where he produced quantitative and qualitative research pertaining to the economics of taxation and acted as an economic advisor to The National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform. Before that, Hall worked as a financial economist at the U.S. General Accounting Office. Hall has taught university economics at both the undergraduate and MBA level. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Georgia and his B.A. in economics from Emory University.

gailkelsey@ku.edu
785-864-1588
Capitol Federal Hall, Room 2158

Academic Areas
Marketing
Business Law

Education
M.A., University of Central Missouri

Biography
Gail Kelsey is a marketing professional with over 24 years of marketing experience working with Hallmark Cards, Inc. She received her master’s degree from the University of Central Missouri and focuses on the areas of brand management, global marketing, retailing and professional selling. She leads the Brand Management Challenge which showcases students' application of brand management strategies. She is also involved with the Professional Selling Program and serves as a coach for teams competing at national sales competitions.

midamkim@ku.edu
785-864-3838
Capitol Federal Hall, Room 3152

Education
Ph.D. in Linguistics, Northwestern University
M.A. in Linguistics, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
B.A. in Linguistics, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

Academic Areas
Management and Entrepreneurship
Communicative in business
Leadership efficiency and voice qualities
Global communication

Biography
Midam Kim, PhD is a research specialist and lecturer in the School of Business at the University of Kansas. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University, and her B.A. and M.A. from Seoul National University.

Her research interests lie at the intersection of linguistics and management. Her current research explores how the origin and gender of CEOs affect their leadership and how their speech, voice, and language use can mitigate the relationship.

steven.leonard@ku.edu
Capitol Federal Hall, room 1030L

Education
M.A. in Operational Planning, Army School of Advanced Military Studies
M.S. in Systems Management, Murray State University
B.S. in Engineering, University of Idaho

Academic Areas
Dean's Office

Biography
Steve Leonard is an award-winning faculty member at the University of Kansas School of Business, where he serves as the assistant area director for Management and Entrepreneurship and is a Professor of the Practice. A former senior military strategist, he is a career writer and speaker with a passion for developing and mentoring the next generation of thought leaders. He is a co-founder and emeritus board member of the Military Writers Guild; the co-founder of the national security blog, Divergent Options; a member of the editorial review boards of Military Strategy Magazine and the Arthur D. Simons Center’s Interagency Journal; and an emeritus senior fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point. Published extensively, he pens a weekly editorial column, Point of Departure, where his writing focuses on issues of foreign policy, national security, strategy and planning, leadership and leader development. He is the author, co-author, or editor of several books, including Power Up (Casemate, 2023), To Boldly Go (Casemate, 2021), Why We Write (Middle West Press, 2019), Winning Westeros (Potomac Books, 2019), and Strategy Strikes Back (Potomac Books, 2018). He is currently working on his next book with Howgate Publishing.


Professor Leonard received his bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Idaho in 1987 and his master’s degree in systems management from Murray State University in 1990. He began his Army career as a logistics officer, later specializing in strategic planning and policy. He served in a variety of command and staff positions during his time in uniform, including assignments in the United States, Europe, Korea, and the Middle East. He served two combat tours in Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division, and another with the staff of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, where he was the principal military assistant to the Deputy National Security Advisor of the Government of Iraq and the senior advisor to the commanding general of Iraq’s National Defense University.

chanli@ku.edu
785-864-0921
Capitol Federal Hall, Room 4103

Education:
Ph.D. in Accounting, University of Kansas
M.S. in Management Information Systems, University of Akron
B.A. in Business English, Sichuan International Studies University, China

Biography
Dr. Chan Li’s primary research interest is in archival auditing, particularly in economic consequences of auditing, effects of regulation on the audit environment, auditor judgment and audit quality. Her teaching interests include financial accounting, auditing and accounting information systems. She has published over 20 articles in leading academic journals, including The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and

jessica.li@ku.edu
Capitol Federal Hall, Room 3126

Academic Areas
Marketing and Business Law

Education
Ph.D., Arizona State University; B.S., Cornell University

Biography
Yexin Jessica Li is a marketing professor in the School of Business at the University of Kansas. She received a B.S. in biology from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in social psychology from Arizona State University. Jessica’s research applies psychological theories to marketing and business contexts. Her substantive interests are in social perception, corporate social responsibility, and prosocial behavior. She has given invited presentations to both academics and industry professionals, and her research is regularly mentioned in the media. She has published dozens of peer-reviewed articles in top journals in marketing, psychology and, business, including the Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing, and the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. She serves on the editorial review board of the Journal of Consumer Research

nate.meikle@ku.edu
Capitol Federal Hall, Room 3172

Academic Areas
Management
Entrepreneurship

Education
Ph.D., University of Utah
J.D., Stanford Law School
B.S., Brigham Young University

Biography
Nathan Meikle is an assistant professor in the KU School of Business. He researches social perception and its implications for organizations. Specifically, he examines the cues people use to form impressions (e.g., confidence, deference) and the biases that affect people's perceptions (e.g., motivated reasoning, exponential growth bias). His research on social perception and bias has been published in The Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, The Journal of Business Ethics, Research in Organizational Behavior, Harvard Business Review, and The Oxford Handbook of Advice.

dmyer@ku.edu
(785) 864-4276
Capitol Federal Hall, room 3156

Education
Ph.D. in Marketing, University of Kansas
MBA, University of Kansas
B.B.A. in Management, Iowa State University

Academic Areas
MBA Programs and Marketing

Biography
Duane Myer has over 20 years of corporate finance and marketing experience with Hallmark Cards, The Federal Reserve, and Sprint. His research interests include strategic marketing management, return on marketing spending, sports marketing and sponsorships, and studying marketing management issues at the intersection of the corporate marketing and finance functions.

crosenfeld@ku.edu
786-864-3887
Capitol Federal Hall, Room 3114

Education
Ph.D. in Finance, University of Minnesota
B.S. in Business Administration, St. Joseph's University

Academic Areas
Finance

Biography
After receiving her undergraduate degree with a Finance and Math minor from Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Dr. Claire Rosenfeld worked for Anderson Consulting, now Accenture, as a business process analyst. She also served as a business process analyst in Turnaround Management at BDO. Rosenfeld subsequently returned to school and earned her Ph.D. in Finance from University of Minnesota. She wrote her dissertation on banking relationships: how companies affect banks and banks affect companies. Upon completing her degree, she was a financial economist for the FDIC for two years and then was an assistant professor at William & Mary's Raymond A. Mason School of Business for nine years where she taught, among other course, Introduction to Finance in the undergraduate and part-time evening MBA programs. In fall 2018, she returned to her Midwestern roots and joined KU. She is now assistant area director and advisor to Women in Finance, an undergraduate student organization. She lives in Lawrence with her husband and two boys.

brian.salmans@ku.edu
785-864-6747
Capitol Federal Hall, Room 3172

Academic Areas
Analytics
Information
Operations

Education
Ph.D., University of North Texas
M.S., Maxwell Air Force Base
MBA, University of Nebraska
B.B.A., Baylor University

Biography
Associate Teaching Professor Brian R. Salmans has over 25 years of leadership and management experience in Department of Defense-level computer network security positions, software development program management, distance learning systems, and information and communication systems fielding in developing countries. Additionally, he has a decade of experience in professional military and civilian education at the graduate and undergraduate levels, online and face-to-face instruction, and curriculum development.

steuterm@ku.edu
913-220-6528
Capitol Federal Hall, Room 3103

Education
Ph.D., Saint Louis University
MBA, University of Kansas
B.A., Ottawa University

Academic Areas
Management and Entrepreneurship

Biography
Cynthia's research and creative work has focused on management and leadership to include ethical standards as well as project management. Her dissertation examined cultural orientation and its influence upon academic misconduct in an AACSB-accredited Business School. Her creative and research interests also include project management curriculum. She has written two project management textbooks which are currently provided at no cost to students in the project management courses she teaches at KU. As the Assistant Area Director, Cynthia is responsible for oversight of all instructional activities for the Management area, which includes course/instructor scheduling for academic offerings for each semester. She is also responsible for supporting the Area Director for special projects. As an Associate Teaching Professor, Cynthia is responsible for utilizing her professional business and training expertise to develop curriculum and instruct several graduate and undergraduate courses in the Business School.

jwintoki@ku.edu
785-864-7515
Capitol Federal Hall, Room 2109

Education
Ph.D., University of Georgia
B.B., University of Lagos

Biography
Jide Wintoki is the associate dean of graduate programs and Capitol Federal Professor of Finance at the University of Kansas School of Business. From 2019 to 2022 he also served as area director of Analytics, Information, and Operations Management (AIO). His research interests include empirical corporate finance, international finance, and applied econometrics. Prior to joining KU in 2008, he taught at the Terry College of Business of the University of Georgia where he also obtained a Ph.D. in Finance. In addition to research, Professor Wintoki teaches classes in Corporate Financial Policy, Business Investments, Business Finance, and International Finance at the undergraduate and graduate level. He has also served as visiting financial economist in the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Prior to his studies at Georgia, he completed his undergraduate studies in electrical engineering at the University of Lagos. He also worked in a variety of positions with ExxonMobil, Procter & Gamble, and NLNG.