Faculty Focus – Stories of Impact
Decision Scientist
10-22-24
As a decision scientist, Jeff Camm approaches his research with pragmatism. “I always start with a problem that industry has a hard time solving, and I help them solve those business problems by making better-informed decisions using data a…
Committed to the Classroom
10-22-24
Norma R. Montague loves being in the classroom. Though she began her career specializing in auditing at an accounting firm, she felt a calling to teach almost immediately.
“Within a year, I realized that I really enjoyed teaching at the…
Managing Innovation
10-22-24
Each year, NASA allocates millions of dollars in grant funding to small businesses across the United States that supply the agency with innovative technology. These partnerships—which are supported by the federal government’s Small Business…
Analyzing Impact
10-22-24
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of e-commerce within the retail marketplace dramatically expanded. Consumers confined to their homes turned to their computers, tablets, and smartphones to purchase everything from fitness equi…
Balancing Work & Life
10-22-24
Julie Wayne’s groundbreaking research into the interplay between work life and personal life helped define the idea of work-family enrichment, where multiple roles can enhance both realms.
The throughline of her work is trying to look at…
Auditing the Audit
10-22-24
As an undergrad at Wake Forest, Dr. Lauren Reid never intended to pursue business. She had aspirations to study medicine or perhaps law, but her father encouraged her to take some prerequisite courses for the School of Business, just to exp…
The Government of Business
10-22-24
As global economic shifts continue to impact everything from the stock market to the supermarket, the role governments play in business and finance can change drastically. For Dr. Rob Nash, that intersection] between government and private…
Voice to the Voiceless
10-22-24
From using information technology to combat the horrors of human trafficking to creating a framework for understanding why some groups are targeted on social media, Stacie Petter studies how people use and manage IT in organizational settin…
Investing Early
10-22-24
As part of her email signature, Tilan Tang includes a quote from Miguel de Cervantes’s “Adventures of Don Quixote.” It reads: “To be prepared is half the victory.”
As an associate teaching professor of finance, Tilan thinks the quote spe…
Transcending Textbooks
10-22-24
When Tom Canace interviewed to join the faculty at Wake Forest School of Business 15 years ago, he was asked about his teaching and research philosophies. Canace’s answer: “Going above and beyond the textbook.”
For Canace, that means dra…
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