Faculty Media Mentions

Shopping for car insurance can often be difficult, Tarun Kushwaha, professor of marketing, says that "customers need to examine their willingness to pay (monthly premium), risk averseness (probability of tickets/accidents), and sensitivity to service..." in an interview with WalletHub. 

Rebecca Howick, interim director for the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, was interviewed by Connection in an article titled, What Goes into Being an Entrepreneur? Howick shared information about The Depot, the Center's pop-up retail farm stand that introduces students to the ins and outs of business. 

Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer, along with finance students Patrick McManus and Alex Oliver, wrote an article for the CFA Institute, highlighting their research that despite retail investors having greater access to diversification tools (i.e. emerging market and frontier market ETFs), diversification in a global sense has actually gotten more difficult (or less beneficial) over the past 40 years.

Gautham Vadakkepatt, executive director of the Center for Retail Transformation, was interviewed by Rethink Retail to share his 4 essential approaches to sustainability demands.

Sean Spence, an adjunct finance professor, was interviewed by WalletHub on the ins and outs of 0% APR credit cards.

Derek Horstmeyer, finance professor, was interviewed by ETF.com on a recent FINRA proposal. Horstmeyer noted that "regulators are having to play catch-up with rapid growth of options exposure among the retail investor class, whether those options are embedded in ETFs or contracts traded on Robinhood and similar apps."

MS in Accounting Director Kevin Jones was interviewed by Accountability Talks with AGA on how important it is to continue your education post college.

Victoria Grady wrote an article for RealLeaders on individual and organizational change, and the challenges of getting unstuck at work. 

Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer, along with finance students Cameron Hair and Georgi Minov, wrote an article for The Wall Street Journal on how they were able to show that it is central bank synchronization (when all banks are going up in their interest rates, or when all banks are going down in their rates) that yields the most extreme results for our markets.

Jerry McGinn, executive director of GMU’s Center for Government Contracting and a key member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, has been named a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient for his vision and leadership in the expansion of the George Mason University (GMU) School of Business’ Center for Government Contracting as well as driving advocacy for the government contracting (GovCon) sector and DoD’s defense acquisition system changes.

Did you know that honey bees might be able to solve crimes? Our Honey Bee Initiative, in a partnership with the George Mason University Forensic Science Research and Training Laboratory, are working together to see if the bees’ honey can help solve cold cases!

Our Honey Bee Initiative’s beehives are being used to determine if honey bees can be used to potentially solve crimes.