This fall, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Haslam College of Business welcomed 15 new faculty members across the college. According to Chad Autry, Haslam’s associate dean for research and faculty, Daniel and Karen Myers Distinguished Professor and R. Stanley Bowden II Faculty Research Fellow, this influx of new faculty is one exciting element of Haslam’s continued growth.

“These new, talented faculty strengthen our ability to innovate, collaborate and lead in business education and research,” Autry says. “They represent the next chapter in Haslam’s continued rise.”

The newcomers join all seven of the college’s departments: accounting and information management, business analytics and statistics, economics, finance, management and entrepreneurship, marketing and supply chain management. These additions to Haslam’s faculty ranks come from a variety of backgrounds and callings and add a wealth of experience to frontier areas of their disciplines.

Accounting and Information Management

Seonkyung “Agnes” Yang joins Haslam as an assistant professor researching how emerging technologies reshape governance and markets, particularly through decentralized systems and disintermediation.

Assistant professor Jillian Adams teaches corporate taxation and financial accounting. Her research examines corporate tax practices, including income shifting and voluntary disclosure.

Adrienne DePaul, assistant professor, researches taxation and capital markets. A CPA with prior public accounting experience, she brings expertise in corporate and individual tax compliance and planning.

Lecturer Morgan Gupton (HCB, ’21; MAcc, ’22) brings applied industry experience to the classroom from three years conducting IT audits at Deloitte.

Business Analytics and Statistics

Yunye Shi, teaching associate professor, applies machine learning to optimize energy systems with an emphasis on sustainability and data-driven decision-making. She joins Haslam from UT Chattanooga, where she taught mechanical engineering.

Christine Kohnen joins Haslam as an adjunct lecturer specializing in machine learning, Bayesian statistics and data confidentiality. At the University of Iowa, she co-led major Parkinson’s disease data projects and built data science teams, complementing her prior academic appointments at Carleton College and Richmond University.

Economics

David Dongyoon Shin, assistant professor, examines how environmental policies shape macroeconomic outcomes through dynamic general equilibrium models. He teaches both undergraduate- and Ph.D.-level macroeconomics.

Assistant professor Muyang Ren researches micro-econometrics, using advanced statistical tools to uncover causal relationships in individual-level economic data. He teaches econometrics, industrial organization and applied statistics.

Finance

Allen Ammerman, teaching associate professor, blends over 10 years of financial management experience — including service as a Marine Corps officer — with research on household finance and neuroscience-informed teaching methods. He previously directed Georgetown University’s Master of Science in Finance program.

Vincenzo Fabrizio, teaching assistant professor and CFA^® charterholder, brings expertise in fixed income markets and financial data analysis. He previously taught in Erasmus University’s Master of Finance program and integrates Python programming into finance instruction.

Teaching assistant professor Scott O’Brien researches corporate finance with a focus on executive compensation. He previously taught at the University of Mississippi and Missouri’s Westminster College.

Management and Entrepreneurship

Lecturer Allen Espinosa draws on expertise in law, tax and international trade compliance to teach students how organizations navigate global business growth. His background includes advising clients on tariffs, incentive structures and market expansion strategies.

Marketing

Nawar N. Chaker joins Haslam as an associate professor. He researches drivers of salesperson performance, emotions in sales and cross-functional sales relationships. He previously taught at Louisiana State University and serves as senior editor of the Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management.

Associate professor Aaron M. Garvey studies consumer behavior in areas such as human-AI interactions, branded product use and decision-making. His work is widely published and cited in the popular press, and he previously worked in Fortune 500 marketing roles.

Supply Chain Management

Art Rubeck, assistant professor of practice, brings leadership experience from Newell Brands, Jarden and Yankee Candle. He teaches supply chain and manufacturing operations with expertise in network design, sourcing and post-merger integration.

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Author

Parker Holt

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