Jeff Lovelace (Management, Leadership Minor)
Lovelace researches the social and cognitive influences that shape the decision-making processes of organizational leaders. In particular, he utilizes an Upper Echelons Theory perspective to examine the sensemaking processes of executives, with an emphasis on investigating how individual and firm social evaluations (e.g., celebrity, status, and reputation) impact leader cognition, behavior, and firm performance.
Lovelace has published journal articles, books, and book chapters in a variety of outlets, including Academy of Management Review; Academy of Management Journal; Journal of Management; and The Leadership Quarterly. His work has been featured in media outlets such as Forbes and Financial Times. Lovelace is an International Research Fellow for the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Recently published research: “Why Do Some CEOs Become Celebrities While Others Don’t?” for The London School of Economics and Political Science blog as published in the Academy of Management Review.
David Smith (Finance)
Smith is the Virginia Bankers Association Professor of Commerce at the University of Virginia and Associate Dean for Center Development & Research at the McIntire School of Commerce. Smith’s areas of expertise include corporate valuation, restructuring and bankruptcy, leveraged finance, and distressed investing. He has presented his research at universities and conferences around the world and published in leading academic journals. He has worked as a testifying finance expert on cases related to company valuation, bankruptcy, corporate debt instruments, securities violations, pension funding, and distressed debt trading.
Recently published research: Leveraged Finance in the Handbook of Corporate Finance
Jingjing Li (IT&I)
Li is the Andersen Alumni Associate Professor of Commerce, Director of UVA’s M.S. in Business Analytics Program, and Associate Director of McIntire’s Center for Business Analytics. Her research interests are in artificial intelligence and big data analytics, with applications spanning search engines, healthcare, marketing, platforms, and public policy. Her work has been published in prestigious journals, including MIS Quarterly (for which she serves as an associate editor); Information Systems Research; Journal of Marketing; Strategic Management Journal; Review of Economics and Statistics; Journal of Management Information Systems; and ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS). She has received several accolades for her research, such as the INFORMS Design Science Award, CIST Best Paper Award, INFORMS Data Science Workshop Best Paper Award, WITS Best Paper Award, and WITS Best Prototype Award. Her research was also a finalist for the Shelby D. Hunt/Harold H. Maynard Award. Her projects have received funding from notable institutions and companies, including NSF, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, the Jefferson Trust, and the UVA Data Analytics Center (Analytics Resource Award). Currently, she serves as an associate editor for MIS Quarterly.
Recently published research: “Platform Governance Matters: How Platform Gatekeeping Affects Knowledge Sharing among Complementors” in Strategic Management Journal
Chiraag Mittal (Marketing)
Mittal’s research is aimed at understanding consumer behavior and decision making by integrating insights from human development and behavioral ecology. His current research focuses on exploring the effects of stressors and early-life environment on consumers’ judgments and decisions such as those related to health and personal finances. Before joining McIntire, Mittal was a faculty member at Mays School of Business at Texas A&M University, where he taught consumer behavior to undergraduate and M.S. students. He has published in such journals as Journal of Consumer Research; Journal of Personality and Social Psychology; Journal of Consumer Psychology; and Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, among others.
Recently published research: “From Cradle to Grave: How Childhood and Current Environments Impact Consumers’ Subjective Life Expectancy and Decision-Making” in Journal of Consumer Research
Jasmine Wang/Julia Yu (Accounting)
Wang aims to develop innovative research that informs regulators and practitioners of the economic and social forces that shape corporate disclosure and the role that disclosure plays in the real world. She has expertise in SEC enforcement, ESG reporting, non-GAAP disclosure, and mergers and acquisitions. Wang’s research has been published in top-tier journals, including Journal of Accounting Research; The Accounting Review; Contemporary Accounting Research; and Review of Accounting Studies. Wang’s work has also been presented at prestigious conferences such as the Contemporary Accounting Research Conference, Harvard IMO Conference, and Journal of Accounting Research Registered Report Conference. Wang currently teaches Intermediate Accounting I at the undergraduate level at University of Virginia.
Recently published research: (forthcoming) “Does Litigation Risk Shape Environmental Disclosure Decisions? Evidence from Peers’ Environmental Disclosure Lawsuits” in S&P Market” in The Accounting Review
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