Elon University / Today at Elon / Seven full-time faculty members will join the Love School of Business

The Martha and Spencer School of Love welcomes new full-time faculty members in the Department of Economics and the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship.

The Martha and Spencer School of Love welcomed four new full-time faculty members and three visiting faculty members in August 2022, bringing the school’s total number of full-time faculty to 68.

The new full-time faculty members are:

• Zahra AkbariLecturer in Economics
  • BA, Bou-Ali Sina University; MA, Islamic Azad University; MA, University of South Florida; PhD, University of South Florida
  • Scholarly Interests: Health Economics, Behavioral Economics, Substance Abuse, Racial/Gender Disparities, Mental Health, Income Inequality, Labor Economics
• Mustafa AkbenAssistant Professor in Management
  • BA, Marmara University; MS, University of Pennsylvania; PhD, Temple University
  • Intellectual Interests: Creativity, Creativity, Social Network Analysis, Biohacking, Machine Learning
• Lana WashkaAssistant Professor of Marketing
  • BS, Business Administration and Statistics, NC State University; PhD, University of Georgia
  • Academic interests: pro-social behavior, cognitive processing, digital marketing, consumer awareness
• Cora WiggerAssistant Professor of Economics
  • BA, College of Wooster; MPP, Vanderbilt University; PhD, Northwestern University
  • Academic Interests: Education Policy, Labor Economics

Joining the School of Love as visiting faculty members:

• Su DongVisiting Associate Professor of Management
  • BS, Shanghai University of Science and Technology; Ph.D., UNC-Charlotte
  • Join us from Fayetteville State University.
  • Academic Interests: Management Information Systems, Operations Management, Database Management Systems, Electronic Health Policy
• Jim FatzingerVisiting Associate Professor of Management
  • BBA, University of Miami; MBA, University of Miami; Ed.D., Vanderbilt University; University of Florida DBA
  • Join us from Eastern Kentucky University.
  • Academic Interests: Natural Disaster Resilience, Business Education, Teaching and Learning Best Practices, Higher Education Leadership
• Alessandro PerryVisiting Assistant Professor of Management
  • MBA, New York University; Master of Global Management, Thunderbird School of Management; M.Ed., Winthrop University; PhD, University of South Carolina
  • Join us from Winthrop University.
  • Academic Interests: International Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Supply Chain and Business