Faculty Profiles
The Lam Family College of Business has over 160 distinguished tenured/tenure-track faculty and lecturer faculty members across ten academic departments. To view faculty profiles, please visit our Faculty and Staff Directory.
Faculty Interview Video Series
Ronald Purser, Ph.D.
Ronald Purser, Ph.D., Professor of Management and Lam-Larsen Distinguished Research Professor (2021-2023) shares his thoughts on essential topics in management and social change. This video clip focuses on the history of management science, and its evolution since its inception. Professor Purser’s scholarship is pioneering in its critique of contemporary mindfulness, exploring its encounter with Western consumer capitalism and individualism. As an ordained Zen Dharma Teacher in the Korean Zen Taego order of Buddhism, he uniquely combines Buddhist social theory with management principles to inform meaningful social change. His book, McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality, published in multiple languages, has made a global impact.
Faculty Spotlights
Susan Cholette, Ph.D.
Professor of Decision Sciences
Director, Center for Ethical & Sustainable Business
Lam-Larsen Distinguished Teaching Professor 2021-2023
Decision Sciences Professor Susan Cholette’s early career was industry-focused - her research background in building large scale economic models that tracked greenhouse gas emissions and her desire to stay rooted in the Bay Area led to positions in supply chain consulting and project management. Through a stroke of luck, Cholette was presented with an opportunity to work in academia. Today, after two decades as a professor, she still brings her industry experiences into the classroom as a powerful tool for teaching students to build skills in forecasting, inventory management, and more.