Fisher announces new appointments to endowed chairs and distinguished professorships
Recognizing exceptional contributions in research, teaching and service, Fisher College of Business has announced its newest faculty appointments to endowed chairs, professorships and distinguished honors.
Following approval by The Ohio State University Board of Trustees in November, four Fisher faculty members have been named to endowed chairs and professorships:
Elliot Bendoly, is the Richard M. Ross Chair in Management, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Operations Management (FT and UTD journal), professor in the Department of Operations and Business Analytics, and Operations Management Distinguished Scholar (Academy of Management). He has served as associate dean of undergraduate students and programs.
Prior to joining Fisher, Bendoly taught at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, where he lead the Information Systems and Operations Management area/department, and held the title of Caldwell Research Fellow. During that time he also served as a visiting researcher at IE Business School in Madrid.
Bendoly earned a PhD and MS in operations and decision technologies from Indiana University, and a BA in economics (industrial/development) as well as a BS in materials engineering from Case Western Reserve University. Prior to graduate school, he served in a research capacity for both Intel and NASA.
His current research interests focus on the interface between operations, information technology and psychology (group and individual), including collaboration and group dynamics; work policies, task complexity and uncertainty; and operations / strategy / technology alignment.
Robert B. Lount, Jr. is a professor of management and human resources at Fisher. He earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Michigan State University and his PhD in Management and Organizations from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Lount’s research examines how to promote successful outcomes when people work together by focusing on how to improve motivation, coordination, trust, and negotiation outcomes. His research has been published in leading academic journals and has appeared in popular press outlets such as Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and The New York Times.
Lount teaches courses on negotiations and organizational behavior. He received the Westerbeck Pace Setters Award for excellence in graduate teaching. He has also taught courses at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University and at INSEAD in France.
Ben Tepper earned his PhD (organizational psychology) and MS (organizational psychology) from the University of Miami and his BS (psychology) from The Ohio State University. His research interests focus on managerial leadership, employee health and well-being, and the performance of prosocial and antisocial work behaviors.
Tepper's research has been published in The Academy of Management Journal, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Personnel Psychology. He has served on several editorial boards and as Associate Editor of The Academy of Management Journal.
He is a fellow of the Southern Management Association, American Psychological Association and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
Andrew Van Buskirk studies the role of financial reporting in resolving capital market uncertainty. He has published articles in the Journal of Accounting and Economics, the Review of Accounting Studies, The Accounting Review and the Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting.
He is an editor of The Accounting Review, on the editorial board of the Journal of Accounting and Economics, and was previously on the editorial board of the Journal of Accounting Research. Prior to joining Ohio State, he taught financial accounting and financial statement analysis at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Before receiving his PhD, he worked as a CPA in Arthur Andersen’s Philadelphia office.
In addition, four faculty members have been named FCOB Distinguished Professors, an honor recognizing excellence across research, teaching and engagement:
Justin Birru is a professor of finance at Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University. He teaches behavioral finance in both the undergraduate and MBA programs at Fisher.
Justin's research interests include behavioral finance and empirical asset pricing. He has published in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Review of Finance, and Management Science.
He received his B.S. in finance at University of Pittsburgh and his PhD in finance from NYU Stern School of Business.
James A. Hill is the department chair of Operations and Business Analytics and professor of operations management. Hill teaches elective courses in supply chain management in the undergraduate and graduate programs. He has twice received the outstanding professor for teaching excellence in the full time MBA program for the core operations management course and his elective course in matching supply with demand. He was a recipient of the Pace Setters Graduate teaching award.
Hill is primarily interested in supply chain management with an emphasis on supply chain coordination. His research on coordination covers areas such as behavioral supply chain contracts as well as psychological contracts. His current research examines how intermediaries, more specifically nonprofit organizations, and universities design processes to enable middle market business growth. Hill also does research on operations planning and control in food process industry environments with a focus on product complexity. His articles have appeared in Production and Operations Management, Journal of Operations Management, Decision Sciences, Journal of Supply Chain Management, Journal of Business Logistics, and the European Journal of Operational Research, among others.
Hill has extensive work experience in various management positions. His research and education in supply chain management and operations planning and control have included engagements with PepsiCo., Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Nestle, Sherwin Williams, Agrana Fruit U.S., Greif, JPMorganChase, and Kellogg, among others.
Xiang (Sean) Wan is a professor in the Department of Marketing and Logistics at Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University. Prior to this role, he held faculty positions at the University of Tennessee and Marquette University.
Wan earned his PhD in Business Administration with a major in supply chain management from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. During his doctoral program, he received Top 15% Teaching Awards in 2009 and 2010 at the Robert H. Smith School of Business as well as the Krowe Award for Teaching Excellence in 2010 and the Allan N. Nash Award for outstanding doctoral student in 2011.
Wan’s research interests include product and service variety management, order fulfillment and innovative technology. His research work has been published in highly recognized journals including Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Strategic Management Journal, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Operations Management, Decision Sciences Journal and Journal of Business Logistics, among others.
Wan’s research has made significant impacts in academia and industry. He received the Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals in 2012. Additionally, his research has been cited and discussed in practitioner articles, including “SKU Proliferation: Too Much or Not Enough?” published at Deloitte University Press and “A Key To Entrepreneurial Success: Stick To What You Know” published at Forbes.
Furthermore, an article from the Wall Street Journal recognized Wan as one of "12 Academic Experts [Who] Make Sense of Consumer-Centric Big Data with Adaptive Analytics."
Xue Wang joined Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University as an associate professor of accounting in July 2012. Prior to coming to Fisher, she was on the faculty of Goizueta Business School at Emory University in Atlanta.
Her research is centered on the understanding of corporate governance mechanisms and the economic consequences of securities regulations. A unifying feature of her research is that it uses firm level data to ask and explore new questions within corporate financial reporting and corporate governance. Her research has appeared in leading accounting and finance journals such as Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Accounting Studies and Contemporary Accounting Research.
She serves as a member of the editorial boards of The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, and Accounting Horizons.
The appointments reflect Fisher’s commitment to recognizing faculty who demonstrate impactful scholarship, innovative teaching and meaningful engagement with industry and community partners. Nominees were evaluated on excellence in research and teaching, contributions to Fisher and Ohio State, and collegiality that strengthens the academic community.
“These colleagues exemplify the highest standards of academic excellence as well as a shared commitment to positively impact our mission here at Fisher,” said Aravind Chandrasekaran, interim dean and John W. Berry, Sr. Chair in Business. “Their teaching, research and service continues to elevate the college’s reputation as a leader in business education and thought leadership.”
"These colleagues exemplify the highest standards of academic excellence as well as a shared commitment to positively impact our mission here at Fisher."