Michigan Ross Welcomes Nine New Professors
In the 2024-2025 academic year, the Ross School of Business welcomes nine new members of faculty. The professors and lecturers will teach across all degree programs and cover a number of areas of research expertise, including entrepreneurship, finance, advertising, DEI, corporate responsibility, and more.
Snehal Banerjee, professor of finance, holds a BA from Brandeis University and a PhD from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Prior to joining Michigan Ross, Banerjee served as assistant and associate professor at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and associate professor at Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego. Banerjee's research interests include learning and disagreement in financial markets, liquidity, and behavioral finance. His current research involves studying how investors acquire and process information in financial markets, how firms' disclosure decisions affect such behavior, and the effect of regulatory policy on the environment and economic welfare. Banerjee will teach Financial Management (FIN 503) and Theoretical Models in Finance I (FIN 865)
Justin Berg, associate professor of management and organizations, holds a BA from the University of Michigan and a PhD from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining Michigan Ross, Berg served as an assistant professor of organizational behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Berg's research focuses on creativity and innovation. He studies how to successfully develop, evaluate, and implement creative ideas in and outside organizations over time. Berg will teach Positively Leading People and Organizations (MO 302).
David Ham, assistant professor of technology and operations, holds a BA from UC Berkeley and a PhD from Harvard University. His research focus is causal inference, and he works on applications to the social sciences and industry. In particular, he has been extensively working with the Netflix experimentation team to bolster an efficient and safe statistical experimentation practice at technology companies. Ham will teach Operations Management (TO 313).
Aparna Joshi, professor of management and organizations, holds a BA from Elphinstone College Mumbai and a PhD from Rutgers University. Prior to joining Michigan Ross, Joshi served as an associate professor at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, and a professor at the Penn State Smeal College of Business. Joshi's research focuses on how social differences translate into inequality, particularly gender inequality, across a range of professional settings. Her research aims at building actionable theoretical models that can inform practices aimed at reducing barriers and enhancing inclusion in these settings. Joshi will teach Advancing DEI (MO 350).
Gregg Latterman, clinical assistant professor of entrepreneurial studies, holds a BA from Michigan State University, an MBA from Northwestern University, and an MA from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining Michigan Ross, he served as a faculty member at the Kellog School of Management at Northwestern. Latterman is a lifelong music and entertainment industry entrepreneur, founding Aware Records, which worked with artists such as John Mayer, Train, Five for Fighting, Mat Kearney, Guster, and many others. Latterman will serve as the executive director of the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurship where he previously held a position as Program Lead for the Zell Fellows.
Victor Lyonnet, assistant professor of finance, holds a BA from Paris Dauphine University, a Master’s in Economics from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (SciencesPo), and a PhD from Ecole Polytechnique. Prior to joining Michigan Ross, he held positions at the International Monetary Fund at Banque de France and had also served as an assistant professor at The Ohio State University and was a visiting professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Additionally, he has served as a visiting scholar at HEC Paris, Harvard University, and Columbia University. Lyonnet's research interests include entrepreneurship, corporate finance, financial intermediation, and life insurance. He will teach Venture Capital Finance (FIN623), Private Equity Finance (FIN624), and Professional Capstone - Entrepreneurial Finance (FIN430).
Kunal Sachdeva, assistant professor of finance, holds a Master’s in Finance from MIT and a PhD from Columbia University. Prior to joining Michigan Ross, he served as an assistant professor of finance at the Jones School of Business at Rice University. Sachdeva’s research primarily focuses on the real effects of financial markets on households and institutions. He will teach Financial Management (FIN 503).
Brit Sharoni, assistant professor of strategy, holds a BSC and MA from Tel-Aviv University and a PhD from Harvard University. Sharoni's research focus is innovation, labor mobility, and social networks. In particular, she studies information between innovative entities and the role social networks play in the information flow process. Additionally, her work examines how worker mobility influences innovation and the significance of it in further technological innovation. She will teach Corporate Strategy (STRAT 390).
Francesca Truffa, assistant professor of business economics and public policy, holds a BA from Universita' degli Studi di Genova, a Master’s from UC Louvain, and a PhD from Northwestern University. Prior to joining Michigan Ross, she held a post-doctorate position at Stanford University. Truffa's research explores topics in labor and innovation, with an emphasis on questions related to diversity and inequality. Her work in this area focuses on how the underrepresentation of women and racial minorities affects innovation and science, the role of social connections for women’s career progression and the growth of their businesses, and how policies can reduce gender and racial inequalities. She will teach Applied Economics (BE 300).
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