Faculty
The Sobey School of Business boasts accomplished faculty who blend academic expertise with industry experience, guiding students toward comprehensive business knowledge and success.
Accounting
Department email: accounting@smu.caDepartment telephone: 902-420-5617
Resources: Academic advising, forms, etc.
Jeffrey Power
Assistant ProfessorAccounting
Granville Ansong
Assistant ProfessorAccounting
Vasiliki Athanasakou
ProfessorAccounting
David Bateman
Associate ProfessorAccounting
Charles Baxter
LecturerDepartment Co-Chair
Accounting
Matthew Boland
Assistant ProfessorAccounting
Amna Chalwati
Assistant ProfessorAccounting
Kevin Downie
LecturerAccounting
Mohamed Drira
Associate ProfessorAccounting and Commercial Law
Hong Fan
Associate ProfessorDepartment Co-Chair
Accounting
Khin Phyo Hlaing
Assistant ProfessorAssistant Professor
Natalia Kochetova
ProfessorAccounting
Ming Liu
Assistant ProfessorAccounting
Daphne Rixon
Associate ProfessorAccounting
Xiaofei Song
Associate ProfessorAccounting
Dr. Mohammad Hendijani Zadeh
PhD, CMAAccounting
Bruce Anderson
Professor EmeritusAccounting
Barry Gorman
Professor EmeritusAccounting
Nicola M. Young
Professor EmeritusAccounting
Yigit Aydede
ProfessorActing Department Chair
Economics
Syed "Ather" Hussain Akbari
ProfessorChair Atlantic Research Group on Economics of Immigration, Aging and Diversity; Coordinator MAE & PBCAE programs
Economics
Atul Dar
ProfessorEconomics
Maryam Dilmaghani
ProfessorEconomics
Nicholas Manuel
Assistant ProfessorEconomics
Joniada Milla
Assistant ProfessorEconomics
Sonja Novkovic
ProfessorEconomics
Wimal Rankaduwa
Adjunct ProfessorEconomics
Mark Raymond
ChairProfessor
Economics
Marie-Claire Robitaille-Blanchet
Associate ProfessorEconomics
Bidyut Talukdar
Associate ProfessorEconomics
Stephanie Thomas
Assistant ProfessorEconomics
Hui Xiao
Assistant ProfessorEconomics
Kuan Xu
Adjunct ProfessorSal AmirKhalkhali
Professor EmeritusEconomics
Andy Harvey
Professor EmeritusEconomics
Martha MacDonald
Professor EmeritusEconimics
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science
Department email: fisms@smu.caDepartment telephone: 902-420-5724
Resources: Academic advising, forms, etc.
Hai Wang
ProfessorActing Department Chair
Finance, Information Systems, And Management Science
Ali Abolghasemi
Assistant ProfessorFinance, Information Systems and Management Science
Ashraf Al Zaman
Associate ProfessorAssociate Dean, Research and PhD Program
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science
Harjeet Bhabra
ProfessorFinance, Information Systems and Management Science
Francis Boabang
ProfessorFinance, Information Systems and Management Science
Tony Charles
Professor, School of the Environment & Sobey School of BusinessDirector, Community Conservation Research Network
Environmental Science; Finance, Information Systems and Management Science
Liqiang Chen
Associate ProfessorFinance, Information Systems and Management Science
Jie Dai
Associate ProfessorFinance, Information Systems and Management Science
Paul S. Dixon
ProfessorFinance, Information Systems and Management Science
J. Colin Dodds
PresidentPresident Emeritus
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science
Hamdi Driss
Associate ProfessorFinance, Information Systems and Management Science
Nabil El Meslmani
Assistant ProfessorFinance, Information Systems and Management Science
S. Davod Hosseini
Assistant Professor of Management ScienceFinance, Information Systems and Management Science
Dawn Jutla
ProfessorScotiabank Professor of Technology Entrepreneurship
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science
Stephanie Kelley
Assistant ProfessorFinance, Information Systems and Management Science
Rahman Khokhar
Associate ProfessorProgram Coordinator, Master of Finance
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science
Jia Liu
Assistant ProfessorFinance, Information Systems, And Management Science
Bahareh Mansouri
Assistant ProfessorFinance, Information Systems and Management Science
Harvey Millar
Professor MillarFinance, Information Systems and Management Science
Mahmoud Moh'd
Associate ProfessorFinance, Information Systems and Management Science
Florian Muenkel
Assistant ProfessorFinance, Information Systems and Management Science
Christine Panasian
Associate ProfessorFinance, Information Systems and Management Science
Mohammad Rahaman
Associate ProfessorGlobal Business Studies Program Co-ordinator; Canada Research Chair, Finance and International Competitiveness; Associate Dean, Strategic Partnerships & Community Engagement
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science
Kirti Sharma
SecretaryFinance, Information Systems and Management Science
Vania Yuxi Shi
Assistant ProfessorFinance, Information Systems and Management Science
Shyamala C. Sivakumar
ProfessorFinance, Information Systems and Management Science
Majid Taghavi
Associate ProfessorFinance, Information Systems and Management Science
Zeying (Zoey) Wan
Associate ProfessorFinance, Information Systems and Management Science
Yanting Wu
Assistant ProfessorFinance, Information Systems and Management Science
Michael Zhang
Associate ProfessorFinance, Information Systems and Management Science
Xichen Zhang
Assistant ProfessorFinance, Information Systems and Management Science
Management
Department email: management@smu.caDepartment telephone: 902-420-5781
Resources: Academic advising, forms, etc.
Annika Voltan
Assistant ProfessorManagement
John Fiset
Associate ProfessorDepartment Chair
Management
Wendy Carroll
Associate ProfessorExecutive MBA/EDBA Coordinator
Management
Claudia De Fuentes
ProfessorManagement
Cathy Driscoll
ProfessorManagement
E. Louise Earl
Adjunct ProfessorManagement Department
Ellen Farrell
ProfessorManagement
Chantal Hervieux
Associate ProfessorDirector, Centre for Leadership Excellence
Management
Camilla Holmvall
Associate ProfessorManagement + Psychology
Feng Liu
Associate ProfessorManagement
Xiaoyu Liu
Associate ProfessorManagement
Hao Lu
Assistant ProfessorManagement
Margaret McKee
Associate ProfessorAssociate Dean, Undergraduate and Professional Graduate Programs
Management
James O'Brien
Associate ProfessorManagement
Búi K. Petersen
Associate ProfessorManagement
Firat K. Sayin
Assistant ProfessorManagement
Kevin Schwenker
Adjunct ProfessorFellow Certified Management Consultant, Registered Organizational Excellence Specialist CMC-Academic Fellow
Management
Vurain Tabvuma
ProfessorSobey Professor in Management
Management
Mahdi Tajeddin
Associate ProfessorManagement
Terry Wagar
ProfessorManagement
Megan Walsh
Associate ProfessorManagement
Albert Mills
Professor EmeritusManagement
Jean Helms Mills
Professor EmeritaManagement
Cathy Driscoll
Professor EmeritaManagement
Patricia Bradshaw
Professor EmeritaManagement
David Wicks
Professor EmeritusManagement
Karen Grandy
Associate ProfessorDepartment Chair
Marketing
Amy Clement
Communications EditorMarketing
Valerie Creelman
ProfessorMarketing
Larissa Ells
SecretaryMarketing + Economics
Hadi Eslami
Assistant ProfessorMarketing Department
Gordon Fullerton
ProfessorAcademic Co-Coordinator, Master of Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Marketing
Kimberley Hicks
Communications EditorMarketing
Chankon Kim
MarketingMarketing
Miguel Morales
Associate ProfessorAcademic Coordinator, Bachelor of Commerce Program
Marketing
Ethan Pancer
Associate ProfessorSobey Professor in Marketing
Ramesh Venkat
Associate Professor of MarketingDirector, David Sobey Retailing Centre
Marketing
Tiffany Vu
Assistant ProfessorMarketing
ML Wei
Associate ProfessorMarketing