Rotman School Adds Twelve Great Minds

TORONTO, July 24, 2002 -- One of Canada's most respected accounting professors and a leader in health care management are among twelve professors joining the faculty at the University of Toronto's Joseph L. Rotman School of Management. The new faculty members come from the world's leading business schools, including University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Northwestern University and London Business School.

"It was an extraordinary recruiting year. Despite the fierce competition from other universities around the world, this is proof that Canadian schools can win in the search for talent. We were able to attract some of the best candidates from the top-tier of business schools internationally," says Prof. Peter Pauly, associate dean, research and academic resources. "They will immediately contribute to Rotman's teaching and research activities."

Gordon Richardson joins the Rotman School as a professor of accounting. Previously, he was the Ontario Chartered Accountants Chair in Accounting at the University of Waterloo. He serves as the editor of Contemporary Accounting Research, the leading research journal in the field. In addition to his research and teaching in the fields of capital markets and financial accounting, Prof. Richardson is a member of four professional accounting organizations including the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Brian Golden is an associate professor of strategic management who is also cross-appointed to the University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine. He comes to the Rotman School from the University of Western Ontario, where he was on the faculties of both the Richard Ivey School of Business and the College of Medicine and Dentistry. Prof. Golden is expected to play a role in expanding Rotman Executive Programs current portfolio of health care management courses.

Rotman's already formidable reputation in finance will be strengthened further with the addition of three professors with expertise in the area of corporate finance. Jan Mahrt-Smith joins the Rotman School as an assistant professor of finance. Previously, he was on the faculty at London Business School. Francois Derrien, an assistant professor of finance, is completing his PhD at the HEC School of Management in France. Craig Doidge also joins the Rotman School as an assistant professor of finance. He is completing his PhD at Ohio State University. Professors Mahrt-Smith, Derrien, and Doidge are engaged in highly topical research dealing with corporate ownership, capital structure and control.

Bernardo Blum joins the Rotman School as an assistant professor of business economics. He will contribute to the Rotman School's growing expertise in the area of international competitiveness and trade. In addition, Prof. Blum is completing his PhD at the University of California, Los Angeles under the supervision of Prof. Edward Leamer, one of the leading trade theorists in the world.

Avi Goldfarb comes to Rotman as an assistant professor of marketing from Northwestern University, where he is completing his PhD. Prof. Goldfarb has conducted extensive research into the use of Web-based tools in marketing.

N. Emre Karaoglu is an assistant professor of accounting. Prof. Karaoglu is completing his PhD at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. His research on earnings management and regulatory control in the banking industry is of great practical importance.

Joseph Milner is an assistant professor of operations management. Previously, he was an assistant professor at the Olin School of Business at Washington University. His main research interests are in the areas of supply chain management, supply contracts and service operations.

Prof. Sandy Borins has also announced three new appointments to the Division of Management at the University of Toronto at Scarborough. All three new faculty members are cross-appointed to the Rotman School. Helen Tian, who completed her PhD in economics at McGill, is an assistant professor of business economics. Her research is in the area of environmental economics.

Julie McCarthy is completing her PhD in psychology at the University of Western Ontario, She is an assistant professor of organizational behaviour group, and does research on applicant attitudes during selection processes.

Alan Saks is a professor of organizational behaviour. He completed his PhD in organizational behaviour at U of T in 1990. He has taught previously at Concordia and York.

The University of Toronto's Joseph L. Rotman School of Management offers leading-edge research and degree programs, including the prestigious Rotman MBA, the Rotman Part-Time MBA, the One-Year MBA for Executives, a first-rate Doctoral program, the distinctive Master of Management & Professional Accounting program, the undergraduate Commerce program in partnership with the Faculty of Arts and Science, combined programs with the University of Toronto faculties of Law, Engineering and Nursing, and an innovative series of Executive Programs tailored to the current needs of businesses and individual managers.

  
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