Middle-of-the-road stances risked alienating allies and opponents alike, research found How do you navigate political discussions? You might expect, as many people do, that expressing “two-sided” or ambivalent positions about controversial political issues could help you bridge divides. In particular, you might expect that expressing ambivalence would make you more likeable to allies and opponents…
Category: Faculty Focus
Three-Quarters of American Workers are Vulnerable to This Widespread Form of Mistreatment. Why Isn’t it Talked about More?
Driehaus researchers shed light on weight-based mistreatment in the workplace Research can be pathbreaking in any number of ways. It can distill received wisdom — or upend it. It can organize existing knowledge or chart a new course forward. Or, like a paper recently published by four Driehaus researchers, research can put a name to…
For Julia Ariel-Rohr, Joining the Faculty of Driehaus is a Homecoming
By Meredith Carroll The first thing that Julia Ariel-Rohr (BUS ’12) wants the Driehaus community to know is how thrilled she is to be back at DePaul. “I wake up every day feeling so grateful to be here,” she said. Ariel-Rohr doesn’t just bring extensive experience with financial reporting and auditing to her new role…
For James Bort, Research and Experience Go Hand in Hand
By Jamie Merchant “We always study entrepreneurs, you know? Looking at the employees of a startup is a little different.” James Bort has a slightly unconventional outlook for a scholar of modern business. “My dad was a line-level employee in a factory, and he had a very adversarial relationship with work,” he candidly shared in…
Where the Classroom and Careers Meet
To take a class with Andy Clark (MBA ’87) is to get a “master class” in networking – one that launches you straight into your career. Andy Clark is the director of the sports business program at DePaul’s Driehaus College of Business. In 2023, he was one of two faculty selected by graduating seniors in…
Q&A with Hui Lin: Accountancy Professor, School Director and Global Perspectives Advocate
Professor Hui Lin is the recipient of two DePaul Excellence in Teaching Awards. But her influence on student success extends far beyond the classroom. Lin is director of the School of Accountancy & MIS, and she was recently named Deloitte Foundation Endowed Professor at DePaul University. Before these roles, Lin spent a good amount of…
Professor Lauded for Humanitarian Supply Chain Research
Professor of Management Nezih Altay still remembers the pivotal event 20 years ago that led him to focus his expertise on humanitarian supply chain. It was Aug. 17, 1999, five days before he was supposed to marry his fiancée, Ozge Guney, in Turkey’s capital of Istanbul. Altay and Ozge had traveled to their home country…
New Coleman Chair Sees Entrepreneurship as an Agent for Social Change
Living in Miami in the 2000s, Maija Renko found herself surrounded by small business activity. She was there as an exchange student from Finland, completing her doctorate of science in international business. “At the time I was interested in the internationalization of technology-based companies, but my experience in Miami immersed me in a culture of…
From Student to Scholar of Work-Life Balance
I try to make students see how my research is relevant to their own lives. I advise students, if you have a particular vision of what work-life balance should be, that absolutely needs to be part of the conversation when you are interviewing for a job to make sure there’s a good fit.” It…
The Future of the MBA
Roots Remain, New Branches Emerge Keeping the MBA relevant in an ever-changing economy and workplace has always been a central challenge for business schools. By Erich Dierdorff and Bob Rubin Founded in 1912, DePaul’s business college is one of the 10 oldest in the United States. This history reflects DePaul’s deep roots in the establishment…
