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Connect with Research
The McIntire School of Commerce Faculty Research Symposium takes place once a semester and serves as a platform for faculty members to present their research agendas and foster collaborative opportunities at the School.
| 10:40 a.m. | Welcome remarks |
| 10:45 a.m. | Chiraag Mittal, Marketing Area Think you outgrew childhood? It's still calling the shots on your moves. |
| 11 a.m. | David Costanza, Management Area Everything you think you know about millennials (and other generations) is probably wrong. |
| 11:15 a.m. | Sheisha Kulkarni, Finance Area You’re a finance professor; what’s a good rate? |
| 11:30 a.m. | Brief break; grab a boxed lunch |
| 11:45 a.m. | Sarah Lebovitz, IT&I Area How are modern technologies reshaping the way people work and organize? |
| Noon | Patrik Sandås, Finance Area Financial markets viewed through the prism of order submissions |
| 12:15 p.m. | Ann Backof, Accounting Area Auditors saw technology as a life raft, but it is really the litigious anchor that sinks them? |
| 12:30 p.m. | Closing remarks & adjourn |
Faculty presenters give a brief talk and engage in Q&A with the audience about their research agenda.
The semiannual symposium showcases both the individual researcher and their recent work and findings, and is aimed at promoting conversations and potential collaborations, both internally and externally.
KPMG Peat Marwick Associate Professor in Professional Accounting,Director, General Business Minor
Morris Plan Professor of Commerce,McIntire Research Advisory Fellow
The inaugural Faculty Research Symposium took place at the McIntire School of Commerce on Friday, April 19, 2024. Designed to provide an opportunity for McIntire faculty to share their research agendas and promote internal communication and collaboration, the event featured 10 research statements and subsequent discussions, as well as a luncheon keynote by Brian Nosek, Co-founder and Executive Director, Center for Open Science, on "Improving the research culture to reward quality and rigor of research."