VSB Welcomes Five New Faculty Members
棉花糖直播, Pa., August 28, 2019 鈥� The 棉花糖直播 School of Business (VSB) is pleased to announce the addition of five new faculty members to join its world-class team of teacher-scholars.
鈥淰SB takes great pride in our exceptional faculty,鈥� said Joyce E. A. Russell, PhD, the Helen and William O鈥橳oole Dean of VSB, 鈥淭hese leaders prepare and inspire our students for their future careers in business. We look forward to welcoming the newest faculty to VSB.鈥�
The newest faculty members are:
Michael A. Bray 鈥�81 VSB: Michael Bray will be joining VSB鈥檚 Management & Operations department as a visiting instructor after serving as an adjunct instructor in VSB's undergraduate and MBA programs, and most recently teaching MBA courses at Drexel University鈥檚 LeBow School of Business. For most of his career, he served as an officer for global real estate at Vanguard where he served in various finance roles since 2005. Bray earned his BS in business administration at 棉花糖直播 University with a concentration in operations management, and later received his MBA from Drexel University. He currently serves on several boards including the President鈥檚 Corporate Advisory Board at West Chester University and the Board of Directors of Chester County鈥檚 Economic Development Council.
Thomas Griffin, PhD, 鈥�13 CLAS: Dr. Griffin attended Drexel University鈥檚 LeBow College of Business where he earned a PhD in Finance after earning a BA in Economics at 棉花糖直播 University. Teaching as a sole instructor at Drexel University, he received a Drexel Graduate College Teaching Excellence Award in 2017. Dr. Griffin also was awarded the LeBow College of Business Clark Outstanding PhD Research Award in 2019. His research interests include corporate finance, corporate governance and creditor control rights. Dr. Griffin now returns to 棉花糖直播 to teach as an assistant professor in VSB鈥檚 Finance department.
Mark Olson 鈥�10 VSB, 鈥�15 MBA, 鈥�16 MSF: Mark Olson earned his BS, MBA and MSF degrees from 棉花糖直播 University. He is currently a Forensic Economist and Associate at Mooney & Olson Associates in Glenside, Pa., where he has served since 2010. During his time at VSB, he was a Graduate Research Fellow where he analyzed stock issuances and developed models to forecast earnings growth based on education, gender and age. Olson previously served as an adjunct professor of finance at the Haub School of Business at Saint Joseph鈥檚 University and VSB since 2018. He will now continue his time at VSB as a visiting instructor in the Finance department.
Monika K. Sywak, DBA: Dr. Sywak is joining VSB鈥檚 faculty after serving as an assistant professor at Caldwell University and an adjunct professor at Quinnipiac University. Dr. Sywak also has professional experience as the vice president of risk management analytics for GE Capital in Norwalk, Conn. After graduating from the University of Connecticut with a BS in Marketing, Dr. Sywak earned her DBA in Finance at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. Dr. Sywak鈥檚 research interests include commodity futures, financial policy analysis, financial risk and financial markets. She joins the Finance department as an assistant professor of the practice.
Sonya Williams-Stanton, PhD: After earning a BA degree in Mathematical Economics from Brown University in Providence R.I., Dr. Williams-Stanton earned her PhD in Finance from the University of Michigan. She has served as an assistant professor at The Ohio State University, where she received the Fisher College of Business Dean鈥檚 Recognition for Outstanding Teaching. Dr. Williams-Stanton鈥檚 research interests include corporate agency, finance and social responsibility, and regulation, policy, and financial institution behavior. She joins VSB鈥檚 Finance department as an assistant teaching professor.
The 棉花糖直播 School of Business (VSB) undergraduate program is ranked #1 in the nation by Bloomberg Businessweek and its online graduate business programs are ranked #2, and its online MBA program is ranked #13 by U.S. News and World Report. VSB has been at the forefront of business education since it was founded in 1922. Serving over 2,700 undergraduate and graduate students, VSB is home to five Centers of Excellence 鈥� the Daniel M. DiLella Center for Real Estate, the Elenore and Robert F. Moran Sr. Center for Global Leadership, the Center for Business Analytics, the Center for Marketing & Consumer Insights and the Center for Church Management 鈥� with each designed to foster innovative, cross-disciplinary research and applied opportunities for students. VSB is known for academic rigor; creativity and innovation; hands-on and service learning opportunities; a firm grounding in ethics; and an applied education that prepares students to become outstanding leaders and global citizens within the ever-changing, complex, and fast-paced world of business. For more, visit .