Masters in Business Administration
Faculty

Mary Bardes, PhD
Program: Masters Business Administration

Mary Bardes is an Assistant Professor of Management at Drexel University. Her primary research interests include workplace deviance and destructive leader behaviors. She has published research articles in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. Professor Bardes teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in organizational behavior and leadership. She has a Ph.D. in Business Administration with a concentration in Management from the University of Central Florida.

Qizhi Dai, PhD
Program: Masters Business Administration

Qizhi Dai is an associate professor of management at the LeBow College of Business at Drexel University. Qizhi earned her Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota. Her research interests include strategic and economic impacts of information systems, value of information systems, IT standards and standardization, and e-business.

Jacqueline Garner, PhD
Program: Masters Business Administration

Dr. Jacqueline Garner has been at The LeBow College of Business at Drexel University since 2002. She is an Associate Professor of Finance and currently serves as Ph.D. Coordinator in her department and currently teaching FIN 601 to the first LEAD MBA cohort.

Benjamin Lev , PhD
Program: Masters Business Administration

Dr. Benjamin Lev is Professor and Head of Decision Sciences at LeBow College of Business. He holds a PhD in Operations Research from Case Western Reserve University. Prior to joining Drexel university Dr. Lev held academic and administrative positions at Temple University, University of Michigan-Dearborn and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is the Editor-in-Chief of OMEGA-The International journal of Management Science; Co-Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management; serves on several other journal editorial boards. He published five books, numerous articles and organized many national and international conferences.

Frank Linnehan, PhD
Program: Masters Business Administration

Dr. Frank Linnehan is an Associate Dean for Graduate and Undergraduate Programs at Drexel University's LeBow College of Business and Professor of Management in the Department of Management. Dr. Linnehan received his PhD in Human Resources Administration from Temple University and has taught both graduate and undergraduate courses in Human Resources, Compensation, Organization Behavior, Leadership and Management. Prior to receiving his PhD, Dr. Linnehan worked for seventeen years in both line and Human Resource management in the financial services industry.

Fariborz Partovi, PhD
Program: Masters Business Administration

Prof. Partovi received his PhD in Management Science from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He published over 25 papers in referee journals, presented papers at INFORMS, DSI and other conferences. He was the 2007 Research Fellow at LeBow College of Business.

Raja Roy, PhD
Program: Masters Business Administration

Dr. Raja Roy joined Drexel University in 2009. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 2003. Dr. Roy teaches Managing Technological Innovation at the graduate level and is currently teaching MGMT 602 to the first cohort of Sacramento LEAD MBA students. His research includes the following: What explains heterogeneous firm performances during technological changes? What explains heterogeneous firm strategies during technological changes? What are the effects of firm capabilities on firm strategy during technological changes? These are the broad research questions that drive Dr. Roy’s intellectual curiosity.

David Stewart, MS
Program: Masters Business Administration

David Stewart joined Drexel University's LeBow College of Business in 2002 as Director of LeBow's Professional MBA Program. As Senior Director for Graduate Programs in Business, he contributed to LeBow's significant rise in the rankings over the past five years. Working with LeBow faculty leaders and administration, he successfully planned, developed and launched LeBow's innovative Evening Accelerated Drexel (LEAD) MBA Program in 2004 which was recognized among the top 10 part-time MBA programs in the world by Business Week magazine in 2007.