The following faculty experts can be made available for comment
on the following timely and trending topics:
Diversity in business
Cindy Schipani
Merwin H. Waterman Collegiate Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Business Law
EXPERTISE: gender diversity in leadership, corporate law/governance
Scott Page
Williamson Family Professor of Management
EXPERTISE: the functional roles of diversity in complex social systems, the design of political and economic institutions, the role of models in improving our abilities to think, communicate, and design, and the emergence of collective intelligence
Corporate activism
Jerry Davis
Gilbert and Ruth Whitaker Professor of Business Administration, Professor of Management and Organizations
EXPERTISE: corporate activism, gig economy, boards of directors, effects of finance on society, social movements, IPOs, tech policy
Sustainability and climate change
Andy Hoffman
Professor of Management & Organizations, Environment & Sustainability, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
EXPERTISE: climate change (public opinion, market implications, carbon neutrality), sustainable business more broadly (cultural implications, business strategies for sustainable development)
Tom Lyon
Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy
EXPERTISE: climate change policy, including encouraging transparency around political influence and constructive engagement in policy discussions
Healthcare
Sarah Miller
Sanford R. Robertson Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Assistant Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy
EXPERTISE: healthcare economics/policy, Affordable Care Act
Tom Buchmueller
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, Waldo O. Hildebrand Professor of Risk Management and Insurance, Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy
EXPERTISE: health insurance, healthcare, health-related public policies (served as Senior Health Economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama and helped write the Affordable Care Act)
Social media and data privacy
Eric Schwartz
Assistant Professor of Marketing
EXPERTISE: data, data science, valuation/profitability of startups using customer data, data privacy issues, ethics of data and algorithms, machine learning, AI, customer analytics, online advertising/different types of business models around online advertising, streaming media content businesses
Marcus Collins
LEO Intermittent Lecturer
EXPERTISE: brands and culture, strategic brand marketing, advertising, social media, social media policy
To connect with one of our experts, please contact Bridget Vis at michiganrosspr@umich.edu.