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Name: Joshua J. Dyck
School: College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Political Science
Academic Title: Assistant Professor
Academic Degrees: B.A., economics/political science, Western Washington University; M.A. and Ph.D., government and politics, University of Maryland
Areas of Special Interest: Public opinion, voting behavior, elections, state politics, public policy, political geography
The thing I enjoy most about teaching is learning from my students. I study public opinion, so I am chiefly interested in what people—as opposed to candidates, media, etc.—think about politics. Every class I teach is like my own personal focus group, and I will continue to learn from my students as long as I have the pleasure of teaching.
Name: Martha L. Salzman
School: Management
Department: Accounting and Law
Academic Title: Lecturer, Business Law <
Academic Degrees: B.A., political science, University of Rochester; J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School
Areas of Special Interest: Business law and ethics, corporate governance
I enjoy interacting with students. Their comments and questions about a subject being covered in class add so much to the discussion and learning process. I am quite new to academia. Until recently, I was a partner in the Buffalo office of Phillips Lytle LLP, where I practiced law for more than 18 years.
Name: Cristian-Ioan Tiu
School: School of Management
Department: Finance and Managerial Economics
Academic Title: Assistant Professor of Finance
Academic Degrees: Ph.D., mathematics, University of Texas-Austin; Ph.D., finance, University of Texas-Austin
Areas of Special Interest: Investments, asset allocation, hedge funds, risk management
I'm currently working on several projects. One has found that the best hedge funds are the ones that "hedge"; that is, the ones taking risks one cannot replicate. Another one has found that asset allocation—which theoretical finance devotes a lot of attention to—is not as relevant for performance as "security selection." This contrasts with the widely held opinion that asset allocation is the "holy grail" of investing.
Name: Mary Nell Trautner
School: College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Sociology
Academic Title: Assistant Professor
Academic Degrees: B.A., Southwestern University; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Arizona.
Areas of Special Interest: Law and society, sociology of gender
I'm currently working on a project that focuses on legal decision-making and public policy; specifically how tort reform impacts how personal-injury lawyers decide which cases to accept and which to decline.