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.ca
Department telephone: 902-420-5617
Resources: Academic advising, forms, etc.

Jeffrey Power

Assistant Professor
Accounting

Granville Ansong

Assistant Professor
Accounting

Vasiliki Athanasakou

Professor
Accounting

David Bateman

Associate Professor
Accounting

Charles Baxter

Lecturer
Department Co-Chair
Accounting

Matthew Boland

Assistant Professor
Accounting

Amna Chalwati

Assistant Professor
Accounting

Kevin Downie

Lecturer
Accounting

Mohamed Drira

Associate Professor
Accounting and Commercial Law

Hong Fan

Associate Professor
Department Co-Chair
Accounting

Khin Phyo Hlaing

Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor

Natalia Kochetova

Professor
Accounting

Ming Liu

Assistant Professor
Accounting

Daphne Rixon

Associate Professor
Accounting

Xiaofei Song

Associate Professor
Accounting

Dr. Mohammad Hendijani Zadeh

PhD, CMA
Accounting

Bruce Anderson

Professor Emeritus
Accounting

Barry Gorman

Professor Emeritus
Accounting

Nicola M. Young

Professor Emeritus
Accounting

Economics

Department email: economics@smu.ca
Resources: Academic advising, forms, etc.

Yigit Aydede

Professor
Acting Department Chair
Economics

Syed "Ather" Hussain Akbari

Professor
Chair Atlantic Research Group on Economics of Immigration, Aging and Diversity; Coordinator MAE & PBCAE programs
Economics

Atul Dar

Professor
Economics

Maryam Dilmaghani

Professor
Economics

Nicholas Manuel

Assistant Professor
Economics

Joniada Milla

Assistant Professor
Economics

Sonja Novkovic

Professor
Economics

Wimal Rankaduwa

Adjunct Professor
Economics

Mark Raymond

Chair
Professor
Economics

Marie-Claire Robitaille-Blanchet

Associate Professor
Economics

Bidyut Talukdar

Associate Professor
Economics

Stephanie Thomas

Assistant Professor
Economics

Hui Xiao

Assistant Professor
Economics

Kuan Xu

Adjunct Professor

Sal AmirKhalkhali

Professor Emeritus
Economics

Andy Harvey

Professor Emeritus
Economics

Martha MacDonald

Professor Emeritus
Econimics

Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Department email: fisms@smu.ca
Department telephone: 902-420-5724
Resources: Academic advising, forms, etc.

Ali Abolghasemi

Assistant Professor
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Ashraf Al Zaman

Professor of Finance
Associate Dean, Research and PhD Program
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Harjeet Bhabra

Professor
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Francis Boabang

Professor
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Tony Charles

Professor, School of the Environment & Sobey School of Business
Director, Community Conservation Research Network
Environmental Science; Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Liqiang Chen

Associate Professor
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Jie Dai

Associate Professor
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Paul S. Dixon

Professor
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

J. Colin Dodds

President
President Emeritus
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Hamdi Driss

Associate Professor
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Nabil El Meslmani

Assistant Professor
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

S. Davod Hosseini

Assistant Professor of Management Science
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Dawn Jutla

Professor
Scotiabank Professor of Technology Entrepreneurship
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Stephanie Kelley

Assistant Professor
Scotiabank Professor in Innovations in Business Technology
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Rahman Khokhar

Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, Master of Finance
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Jia Liu

Associate Professor of Finance
Finance, Information Systems, And Management Science

Bahareh Mansouri

Assistant Professor
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Harvey Millar

Professor Millar
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Mahmoud Moh'd

Associate Professor
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Florian Muenkel, PhD

Assistant Professor of Finance
Academic Director of the IMPACT Fund
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Christine Panasian

Associate Professor
Department Chair
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Mohammad Rahaman

Professor
Canada Research Chair, Finance and International Competitiveness; Associate Dean, Strategic Partnerships & Community Engagement
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Kirti Sharma

Secretary
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Vania Yuxi Shi

Assistant Professor
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Shyamala C. Sivakumar

Professor
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Majid Taghavi

Associate Professor
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Zeying (Zoey) Wan

Associate Professor
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Yanting Wu

Assistant Professor
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Michael Zhang

Associate Professor
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Xichen Zhang

Assistant Professor
Finance, Information Systems and Management Science

Management

Department email: management@smu.ca
Department telephone: 902-420-5781
Resources: Academic advising, forms, etc.

Annika Voltan

Assistant Professor
Management

John Fiset

Associate Professor
Department Chair
Management

Wendy Carroll

Associate Professor
Executive MBA/EDBA Coordinator
Management

Claudia De Fuentes

Professor
Management

Cathy Driscoll

Professor
Management

E. Louise Earl

Adjunct Professor
Management Department

Ellen Farrell

Professor
Management

Chantal Hervieux

Associate Professor
Director, Centre for Leadership Excellence
Management

Camilla Holmvall

Associate Professor
Management + Psychology

Feng Liu

Associate Professor
Management

Xiaoyu Liu

Associate Professor
Management

Hao Lu

Assistant Professor
Management

Margaret McKee

Associate Professor
Associate Dean, Undergraduate and Professional Graduate Programs
Management

James O'Brien

Associate Professor
Management

Búi K. Petersen

Associate Professor
Management

Firat K. Sayin

Assistant Professor
Management

Kevin Schwenker

Adjunct Professor
Fellow Certified Management Consultant, Registered Organizational Excellence Specialist CMC-Academic Fellow
Management

Vurain Tabvuma

Professor
Sobey Professor in Management
Management

Mahdi Tajeddin

Associate Professor
Management

Terry Wagar

Professor
Management

Megan Walsh

Associate Professor
Management

Mojtaba M. Shourkaei

Assistant professor
Management

Albert Mills

Professor Emeritus
Management

Jean Helms Mills

Professor Emerita
Management

Cathy Driscoll

Professor Emerita
Management

Patricia Bradshaw

Professor Emerita
Management

David Wicks

Professor Emeritus
Management

Marketing

Department email: marketing@smu.ca
Resources: Academic advising, forms, etc.

Karen Grandy

Associate Professor
Department Chair
Marketing

Amy Clement

Communications Editor
Marketing

Valerie Creelman

Professor
Marketing

Larissa Ells

Secretary
Marketing + Economics

Hadi Eslami

Assistant Professor
Marketing Department

Gordon Fullerton

Professor
Academic Co-Coordinator, Master of Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Marketing

Kimberley Hicks

Communications Editor
Marketing

Chankon Kim

Marketing
Marketing

Miguel Morales

Associate Professor
Academic Coordinator, Bachelor of Commerce Program
Marketing

Ethan Pancer

Associate Professor
Sobey Professor in Marketing

Ramesh Venkat

Associate Professor of Marketing
Director, David Sobey Retailing Centre
Marketing

Tiffany Vu

Assistant Professor
Marketing

ML Wei

Associate Professor
Marketing