College of Business, Innovation, Leadership and Technology Archives

Dr. Jennifer Yang

Academic Credentials

Ph.D. in Apparel Business and Economic Analysis

Bio

Jennifer Yang is an Assistant Professor of Fashion Merchandising and Marketing. She has many years of experience in teaching various business and fashion merchandising/marketing courses. Her research focuses on Consumer Behaviors in Fashion, Innovative Fashion Merchandising Strategies, and Interdisciplinary Pedagogical Research. She is the faculty liaison for the National Retail Federation.

Teaching Areas

Merchandise Planning and Analysis, Omni-channel Retailing, Fashion in the Global Marketplace, Promotion and Digital Marketing, Business Experience

Research Interests

Fashion Consumer Behaviors
Fashion Entrepreneurship
Pedagogy

Publications

Chen-Yu, J. & Yang, J. (2020). Consumer characteristics as predictors of purchase intentions and willingness to pay a premium for men’s mass-customized apparel. Journal of Global Fashion Marketing, March 2, 2020. Retrievable from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20932685.2020.1728702?scroll=top&needAccess=true
Yoo, J., & Yang, J. (2016). A Sociocultural-cognitive model of body-tanning behaviors. Clothing Cultures, 3(2), 129-141.
Bahng, Y., Yang, J., & Reilly, A. (2016). Resources, barriers, and strategies for export marketing performance: A qualitative study in Hawai’i. Journal of Export Marketing, 1(1), 96-113.
Yang, J., Kincade, D., & Chen-Yu, J. (2015). Types of apparel mass-customization and levels of modularity and variety. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, 33(3), 199-212.
Bahng, Y., Kincade, D. H., & Yang, J. (2013). U.S. college students’ apparel shopping orientation and brand/product preferences within the context of college major, Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management. 17(3), 367-384.

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Dr. Brian Hollar

Academic Credentials

B.S., Virginia Tech
M.B.A., University of Florida
J.D., Ph.D., George Mason University

Other Information

Teaching Area

Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
Managerial Economics
Quantitative Methods

Research Interests

Economics of Religion
Law and Economies
Public Choice
Economic Development

Biography

Brian J. Hollar is the director of Marymount’s undergraduate Economics program. Dr. Hollar’s current research involves investigating the effects of religiosity on marriage markets. His areas of research include the economics of religion, economics of marriage and family, teaching economics, public choice, and economic system design.

Prior to entering academia, Dr. Hollar worked for some of the world’s largest corporations, including Mitsubishi, Westinghouse, Siemens, IBM, and DuPont. Dr. Hollar’s professional background includes working in project management, engineering, sales, and marketing roles with significant international business experience. Six of these years were spent in an intense cross-cultural Japanese-American work environment.

Dr. Hollar received a Ph.D. in Economics at George Mason University, a law degree (JD) from George Mason University, an MBA from the University of Florida, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He is currently an active member of the Virginia bar.

In addition to his academic and professional background, Dr. Hollar loves to travel. He has visited seven continents (including Antarctica), over 100 countries, and all 50 states so far.

Publications

“Marriage and Divorce: A Religious Capital Approach”, Virginia Economic Journal, April 2023.

“Study Abroad in Economics: Teaching Economics of Poverty as a Global Classroom Course in Ghana”, 2020.

“Will COVID-19 Cause a Religious Recession?”, Religion and Diplomacy, Cambridge Institute on Religion and International Studies, April 2020.

“Regular Church Attenders Marry More and Divorce Less Than Their Less Devout Peers”, Institute for Family Studies, March 2020.

“Decentralized, Dynamic, and Devout: The Use of Knowledge in Piety”, Virginia Economic Journal, December 2016.

“This Mine Is Mine! The Economic Importance of Establishing Interplanetary Property Rights to Promote Production and Exchange Throughout the Expanse”, New Worlds Space Settlement Symposium, Austin, TX, November 2016.

Economics of the Undead, Chapter 5: “To Truck, Barter… And Eat Your Brains!”, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2016.

Economics of the Undead, Chapter 17: “What Would the Reasonable Man Do in a World Gone Mad?”, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2016. […]

Dr. Theresia Atanga Wansi

Academic Credentials

B.Sc., M.B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of New Orleans
M.B.A.-PLUS, University of North Carolina

Biography

Other Information

Teaching Area

Finance
Economics

Research Interests

Her current research interests include : The impact of colonialization on GDP per capita of emerging (developing) nations, determining the probability of bankruptcy with various models and Behavioral Finance.

Bio

Dr. Theresia Wansi holds a Ph.D in Financial Economics from the University of New Orleans, MBA-PLUS (Information & Technology Management) from the University of Carolina at Charlotte, MBA (Finance concentration), MA (Economics) and BSc (Business Administration – computer science option) from the University of New Orleans. She teaches face-to-face and online at the graduate and undergraduate level.

Publications

Her publications include:

“Drivers Of Reserves Accumulation In The South East Asian Countries,” co-authored with Shrestha, B Min, http://www.seacen.org/workingpapers.php , 2014.
“Does Purchasing Power Parity hold between the US and Canada? Evidence from 1957 to 2010,” co-authored with Grumlose, Dean, The South Western Journal of Economics. Vol X1, No. 111, 2012.
“Integration across the MIS and Finance Curriculum – A Case Study of Team Teaching,” co-authored with Liu,Michelle , Competition Forum. 2012.
“Changing Risk, Return and Leverage: The 1997 Asian Financial Crisis,” co-authored with N. Maroney and A. Naka, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA) March 2004.”

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Dr. Amel Ben Abdesslem

Academic Credentials

Ph.D., Economics, University of Bordeaux

Biography

Dr. Amel has been a faculty member at Marymount University since 2017. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Bordeaux (France). She also holds a B.S. in Economics and two master’s degrees in International Economics and Finance.

Her main research interests are focused on industrial policy, cluster policy, economic growth, innovation and monetary unions. She has manipulated large datasets and has published in peer-reviewed journals. For instance, she used quantitative skills to analyze the selection process of a cluster policy through a logit model, and to capture its impact on firms’ performance in the optic/photonic industry by combining a propensity score matching procedure and a differences-in-differences estimation. This work was published in 2019 in the peer-reviewed journal Regional Studies and was supported by a public grant overseen by the French National Research Agency. Dr. Amel collaborates with the University of Bordeaux on research projects related to competitiveness.

Dr. Amel has been teaching economics at several institutions since 2009. She has received a Turnitin Global Innovation Award in 2018 for her efforts to address academic integrity issues, and she offers her economic expertise to the ifo Center for Macroeconomics and Surveys. She speaks four languages and has lived in France, England and Scotland before settling in the DC area.

Other Information

Teaching Area

International Economics
Money and Banking
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics

Research Interests

Industrial Policy
Competitiveness Policy
Industrial Clusters
Innovation
Monetary Unions
European Economies
Economics Education

Publications

Ben Abdesslem, A., & Kauffmann, P. (2014). European growth: a crisis exit strategy. Economic analysis, 47(3-4), 3-19. Ben Abdesslem, A., & Chiappini, R. (2019).
Cluster policy and firm performance: a case study of the French optic/photonic industry. Regional Studies, 53(5), 692-705. Ben Abdesslem, A. (2019)
How to Turn a Check for Plagiarism Into a Teachable Moment. Faculty Focus. Ben Abdesslem, A. (2021)
Proper sourcing isn’t just good scholarship – It’s also essential for our democracy. EdTechReview. January.

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Susanne Bruno Ninassi

Academic Credentials

B.A., King’s College

J.D., University of Baltimore School of Law

Bio

Before coming to Marymount, Professor Ninassi practiced law in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, specializing in civil litigation, and she also worked in the corporate business environment for many years. She joined the Marymount University faculty in 2005 and served as program director and chair of various programs throughout her career at Marymount. She has served as interim assistant dean of the School of Business & Technology from 2018-2019 and has also served as Vice Provost for Academic Affairs from 2019-2021 before returning to the faculty. Professor Ninassi serves as a pre-law advisor to Marymount students

Teaching Areas

Business Law
Introduction to Legal Studies
Civil Litigation
Criminal Litigation

Research Interests

Scholarship of teaching in law
Ethics in law and healthcare management

Publications

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES.

Eisenhardt, A., & Ninassi, S. (2016). The use of simulation and cases to teach real world decision-making: applied example for health care management graduate programs. Journal of Learning in Higher Education, 12(1), 71-75.
Eisenhardt, A., Ninassi, S., & Furlow, N. (2015). Leadership skill building through assessment and reflection. International Journal of Business and Social Science, (6)2, pp. 48-52.

BOOK CHAPTERS.

Eisenhardt, A., & Ninassi, S. (2015). Disparities and diversity in sexual orientation and the elderly population and the consumption of care.
In Dore, A., & Eisenhardt, A., (Eds.), Cultural learning in healthcare: recognizing & navigating differences (pp. 115-130; 131-146). Atlanta, GA: North American Business Press.

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