8 Faculty Members Appointed to New Fellowships and Professorships

Eight members of the Carlson School faculty received new fellowships and professorships.

These positions represent a range of disciplines, reflecting the long-lasting support of individual and corporate benefactors, and are awarded to accomplished faculty members who make important contributions in their field.

The following faculty members have new positions, effective immediately:

Russell Funk

Edward and Eleanor Asplin Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Ethical Business Cultures
Associate Professor in the Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship Department

Funk’s research is driven by the idea that the growing availability of large administrative, government, and web data sets creates novel opportunities for management research. He has been active in applying the tools of big data to social science. A recent co-authored paper showing science and technology is becoming less disruptive was published in Nature, one of the world’s leading multidisciplinary science journals.

Jiao Luo

Andrew Van de Ven Faculty Fellowship
Associate Professor in the Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship Department

Luo's research examines the social impact of corporate social responsibility activities. She serves as associate editor at the Strategic Management Journal, sits on the editorial boards of Administrative Science Quarterly and Organization Science, and chairs the Stakeholder Strategy Interest Group at the Strategic Management Society.

Anant Mishra

Andrew Van de Ven Faculty Professorship
Professor in the Supply Chain & Operations Department

Mishra’s current research interests derive from contemporary issues in the areas of innovation, public sector operations, public health supply chains, and emerging market operations. He has earned the Curtis Cup for Excellence in Teaching in the Carlson Executive MBA Program (2023), Carlson School’s Outstanding Teaching Award (2022), Outstanding Research Award (2021), and the Master of Science in Supply Chain Management Teacher of the Year Award (2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019).

Gautam Ray

Curtis L. Carlson Professorship in Information & Decision Sciences
Professor in the Information & Decision Sciences Department

Ray’s research interests are in the area of impact of IT on firm scope and structure and how IT creates value by impacting individuals, firms, and industries. His research has appeared in Academy of Management Journal, Communications of the ACM, Information Systems Research, Management Science, Marketing Science, MIS Quarterly, Journal of Management Information Systems, and Strategic Management Journal. He received a PhD in Business Administration from The Ohio State University.

Soumya Sen

3M Fellowship in Business Analytics
Associate Professor in the Information & Decision Sciences Department

Sen’s research interests are in Internet economics, digital communication systems, and data analytics for societal good. Sen has been honored with a 2023 Early Innovation Award, 2022 UMN Community-Engaged Scholar Award, 2022 Outstanding Service Award from the Carlson School, 2021 INFORMS ISS Design Science Award, Poets&Quants 40 Under 40 Best Business School Professors, and a McKnight Presidential Fellowship from the University, among others.

Mary Zellmer-Bruhn

David M. Bond Fellowship for Ethics and Corporate Behavior
Associate Dean of MBA and MS Programs, Professor in the Work & Organizations Department

Zellmer-Bruhn's research focuses on teamwork, including the formation and design of teams, the social capital benefits of teamwork in organizations, entrepreneurial teams, knowledge management and team routines, and cross-cultural teamwork. She has received the Carlson School's Excellence in Teaching, Outstanding Honors Faculty, and the Carlson Executive MBA Curtis Cup Award for Excellence teaching awards.

Gaoqing Zhang

Honeywell Professorship in Accounting
Associate Professor in the Accounting Department

Zhang’s research interests lie in the real effects of accounting measurements and disclosure, particularly in the financial industry, and the design of accounting standards and disclosure regulations. He currently serves on the editorial board of The Accounting Review. His research has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Risk Magazine, and Bloomberg, among other business media.

Yi Zhu

Margaret J. Holden and Dorothy A. Werlich Endowed Professorship 
Associate Professor in the Marketing Department

In his research, Zhu focuses on the application of industrial organization models in marketing, online auctions, consumer search, advertising, media slant, sharing economy, and the Chinese economy. He has won a series of best-paper awards, including the John D.C. Little Award for the best marketing paper published in Marketing Science or Management Science and the Don Morrison Long Term Impact Award for making a significant long-run impact on the field of marketing.