Teaching

Teaching for me is a passion. It provides me with an opportunity to be a part of someone else’s success story. My earliest memory of teaching are from when I was in middle school. I remember spending countless hours working with my neighborhood and school friends, helping them understand concepts from mathematics and science. Joining the professoriate has allowed me to convert my passion into my profession. As a teacher, I also get to be a lifelong student, whereby I’m able to nurture my desire for intellectual stimulation and curiosity. 

My formal training in teaching started when I joined Syracuse University Graduate School’s Teaching Fellow program. This multi-year program provided me with mentoring from seasoned teaching scholars, access to teaching seminars and programming, and honest feedback on my pedagogy. I also earned a Certificate in University Teaching through my participation in this program. I am ever grateful to my teachers, mentors, colleagues, and students whose help and feedback made me the teacher I am today.

In my courses, I challenge my students through rigorous curriculum that demands intensive engagement. My goal in teaching is to help students develop their own critical thinking and problem solving skills. We live in an era where access to information has become increasingly abundant. I want my students to develop the skill of identifying relevant information and making intelligent use of it in their personal and professional lives.  

Prior to stepping into my full-time administrative role, I taught both undergraduate and graduate courses. Currently, I teach exclusively in our MBA programs.

Courses Taught

University of Minnesota Duluth

Strategic Marketing Management (MBA)

Decision Biases (MBA) 

The Global Marketplace (MBA)

Strategic Online Marketing (MBA)

Applied Behavioral Insights for Managers (MBA)

Marketing Management and Strategy

Principles of Marketing

Business-to-Business Marketing

International Marketing

Dongguk University, Seoul, South Korea

International Marketing 

Marketing Strategy for Global Businesses

Syracuse University

Marketing and Society

Marketing Communications

Market Measurement and Analysis (co-taught)

Consumer Behavior (co-taught)

Awards and Recognition

My students and my colleagues have been generous in acknowledging my teaching contributions by choosing me to be a recipient of these awards and recognition:

• • • Sherwin Williams Distinguished Teaching Award Finalist, presented by the Society for Marketing Advances (2009)

    • Horace T. Morse-University of Minnesota Alumni Association Award for outstanding contributions to undergraduate education (2007)

    • Hormel Meritorious Teaching Award, presented by the Marketing Management Association (2007)

    • Jean G. Blehart Distinguished Teaching Award, for making “contributions to the teaching mission of UMD that are of extraordinary quality” (2004)

    • Beta Gamma Sigma Professor of the Year Award (2004)

    • Outstanding Faculty Adviser Award (2001)

    • Outstanding Professor Award, given by the Student Organization Coordinating Council at LSBE (2000)

    • Outstanding Teaching Assistant, Syracuse University (1997)