Welcome, New Faculty!

The Lubar College of Business welcomes these new faculty members!

Dawei Jian

Dawei Jian
Assistant Professor of Supply Chain & Operations Management

Dr. Jian has expertise in incentives and information management within business contexts, especially in the areas of procurement, distribution channel, services design, risk management, and compensation design. His research primarily focuses on the question of what management can achieve when the information for decision making is dispersed, privately held, and evolving dynamically. He earned his PhD in Operations Management from the University of California, Riverside.


Pallav Routh

Pallav Routh
Assistant Professor of Marketing

Dr. Routh’s expertise lies in the domain of marketing strategy and quantitative marketing, where he combines machine learning methods with traditional econometric modeling techniques, especially text-based modeling techniques. His current research focuses on contemporary issues in the realm of B2B relationship marketing, frontline sales management, and social network analysis. In the past, he has worked on topics related to customer relationship management. He holds his PhD in Marketing from the University of Texas at San Antonio.


Joan Shapiro Beigh

Joan Shapiro Beigh
Teaching Professor of Management

Dr. Shapiro Beigh joins us from Loyola University Chicago, where she received awards for teaching innovations in choice-based assignments and creative problem-solving. Her research has focused on heterogeneity within work styles, which she incorporates into her classroom teaching. Prior to her academic career, Dr. Shapiro Beigh had a consulting practice in organizational communication and stakeholder feedback research. She earned her DBA in Business from DePaul University.


Chad Venne

Chad Venne
Lecturer in Real Estate and Director, Real Estate Program

Mr. Venne specializes in real estate management operations and asset management of investment real estate portfolios. He teaches courses in real estate management and development. Mr. Venne is a Certified Property Manager ® with the Institute of Real Estate Management, an IREM Instructor, and a licensed Real Estate Broker in the State of Wisconsin.


Jiadi Xu

Jiadi Xu
Assistant Professor of Finance

Dr. Xu conducts research in the areas of corporate finance, household finance, and urban economics. His teaching focuses on financial modeling and fintech. He earned his PhD in Finance from the University of Texas at Dallas.