Faculty Media Mentions

"If I'm a brand marketer now for this organization, I would say this is an opportunity for us to reinvent who we are and really start to embrace the community and get those fans behind us whether we win or lose," says George Perry, business foundations instructor, on the Washington Football Team's renaming.

Brett Josephson, associate dean for Executive Development, was on the Association for Federal Enterprise Risk Management’s podcast to discuss our Chief Risk Officer Program.

"To promote a well-functioning financial market, policymakers need to encourage short interest to come back through relaxing short sale restrictions...” says Derek Horstmeyer, finance professor, in an op-ed for the International Business Times.

George Perry, business foundations instructor, was interviewed by Reese Waters last week on the Washington Football Team's impending renaming.

“As online sales increase, the return rate has also increased significantly, and I don’t think it’s a secondary problem anymore,” says Mehmet Altug, associate professor of ISOM, in an interview with CNBC.

Social skills have taken a hit during COVID-19, and Heather Vough, associate professor of management, says “After so much social distancing, mask-wearing and isolation from colleagues, it's natural to be a little rusty on the interpersonal niceties,” in an article she wrote for HR Dive.

Sean Spence, adjunct professor of finance, offers his advice on bundling auto and home insurance together.

Sean Spence, adjunct professor of finance, states there are several factors that go into why auto insurance prices are going up.

With technology changing how we shop, Gautham Vadakkepatt, director of the Center for Retail Transformation, notes that companies should utilize automation “and use our talented workforce in a context that actually adds value to the company.”

Our Honey Bee Initiative and Mason’s new Forensic Science Research and Training Laboratory are partnering together “to see if the honey produced by bees after feeding on flowers can help them better locate missing persons.”

Senior finance students Ying Liu and Amber Wilkins, along with finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer wrote an article for the CFA Institute on the validity of the Fama-French 5 factors over time.

Alumnus John Sabo, an associate broker at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realty recently closed the sale of a building off of Jermantown Road in Fairfax, Virginia.