Dr. Gregory R. Wood, Associate Professor of Management and Marketing, Chair of Management/Marketing Department
B.A., Psychology — Oakland University, Rochester, MI
Ph.D., Social Psychology — State University of New York at Albany
The future of marketing is tied closely to ongoing advances in technology. Through his MBA course in "Internet Marketing," Dr. Wood is helping students anticipate and prepare for the ways that technology will change customer purchase behaviors.
Much of his research and consulting work focuses on behavioral decision-making. As a marketing consultant, he put that expertise to work when he developed a series of advertising campaigns for a local real-estate company. For three consecutive years his campaigns won the Excellence in Advertising Award, presented by The Buffalo News. He is the author or co-author of articles published in textbooks and in such professional journals as Psychological Bulletin and Advances in Consumer Research.
Dr. Wood designed three courses offered at Canisius: "Strategic Decision-Making," "Internet Marketing," and "Customer Use of Telecommunications." His numerous college appointments have included membership on the Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Rights of Human Subjects, the Wehle School of Business Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, the President’s Committee on College Enrollment, and the Canisius College Marketing Committee.
Coral R. Snodgrass, Professor of Management and Marketing, B.A., German/English — Duquesne University
M.B.A.; Ph.D., Strategic Planning and Policy — University of Pittsburgh
A specialist in international business, Dr. Snodgrass currently holds an Oishei Professorship with Dr. Julia Wescott, professor of modern languages. The pair is team-teaching courses that combine studies in the Spanish language with a foundation in international management. Students in the program have an opportunity to serve internships in Western New York, Mexico, or Spain.
With more than 31 published articles and book reviews and 23 conference papers to her credit, Dr. Snodgrass has been recognized for the integrity of her work with research grants from the U.S. Department of Education, the Canadian Embassy, and the National Association for Foreign Student Affairs, among other agencies. She is a reviewer for seven professional journals and serves as book editor for the Information Resources Management Journal.
In the community, Dr. Snodgrass serves on the Executive Committee of Buffalo-Niagara World Connect. She is active in 13 professional organizations, including the Association of Japanese Business Studies, the Association of Canadian Studies in the U.S., and the World Trade Center Buffalo Niagara.
Dr. Snodgrass designed five courses offered at Canisius: "Comparative Management," "Doing Business with Canada," "Doing Business with Mexico," "Doing Business with Japan," and "Culture, Language, and Management," as well as the MBA Integration Modules. She has served as chair of the Department of Management and Marketing, director of the International Business Program, chair of the International Students Advisory Council, and member of the MBA Curriculum Review Committee, Sexual Harassment Hearing Committee, and Campus Safety Advisory Committee. In 1995 she was honored with the college’s Dr. I. Joan Lorch Women’s Studies Award for her work in promoting the welfare of women at Canisius.
Dr. Lynn Ann Fish, Associate Professor of Management and Marketing
B.S., Industrial Engineering; M.B.A.; M.S., Industrial Engineering;
Ph.D., Industrial Engineering — State University of New York at Buffalo
Although Dr. Fish has taught at Canisius College for just eight years, the MBA students have honored her twice as the Donald E. Calvert Distinguished Professor. Her strong background in industrial and production systems engineering provides her students with a real-world understanding of concepts presented in the classroom.
Dr. Fish’s expertise in ergonomics and industrial efficiency has made her a valuable consultant to industry. Her clients have included Xerox, Bausch & Lomb, General Motors, and General Mills. Balancing her consulting responsibilities with extensive research, she has written or co-authored more than 20 articles published in scholarly journals, conference proceedings, and professional publications, and has given presentations at numerous professional meetings in the U.S., Canada, and England.
Dr. Fish designed five courses offered at Canisius: "Telecommunication Systems and Project Management," the MBA courses "Operations Planning" and "Operations Control," and undergraduate and graduate courses in project management. She has served on the college’s Undergraduate and Graduate Curriculum Committees, the Oishei Committee, and the Business Advisory Council, and as a faculty advisor.
She is affiliated with the American Production and Inventory Control Society, the Decision Sciences Institute, the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, the Institute of Industrial Engineers, Production and Operations Management Society, and Tau Beta Pi, the National Engineering Honor Society.
Dr. Fish is involved in extensive community service for such organizations as the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, and American Lung Association. Through the Canisius College Center for Professional Development, she served pro bono as facilitator for "A Forum on State and Private Sector Cooperation for Child Care," sponsored by the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government and the New York State Office of Child and Family Services.
Dr. Michael J. Gent, Professor of Management and Marketing
B.A., Psychology — St. Mary’s University
M.S., Industrial/Organizational Psychology; Ph.D., Organizational/Social Psychology — Texas Christian University
As a Fulbright Senior Scholar during the 1993-1994 academic year, Dr. Gent traveled to Namibia to help the fledgling business department at the University of Namibia. In addition to teaching classes in Human Resource Management, he was asked to advise on curriculum development in both business and industrial psychology. Dr. Gent also conducted a workshop in organization change for the country’s Ministry of Home Affairs; and he researched the practice of Human Resource Management in Namibia by surveying more than 200 representative employers.
Recently, Dr. Gent completed a nine-month consultancy with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in El Salvador. He studied CRS microfinance operations in depth and advised on a survey of the poor, very small business owners who use CRS financial services. When two devastating earthquakes struck El Salvador, Dr. Gent helped assess damages in the countryside and monitored the relief efforts of international agencies.
Closer to home, he has conducted training sessions in human relations, management, and supervision for such companies as General Motors, Rich Products, DuPont, Dunlop, and the United Way under the auspices of the Canisius College Center for Professional Development. Active in promoting social justice, Dr. Gent also conducted a pro bono organization development workshop for Vive, Inc., an organization serving refugees in Western New York. His extensive scholarly activity has resulted in publications on a range of topics, as well as papers presented at conferences across the country.
Dr. Gent designed two Canisius College courses including "Employee-Labor Relations" and a high-involvement version of the MBA course "Organizational Behavior." His college appointments have included membership on the Faculty Welfare Committee, the Ignatian Seminar, and the Faculty Benefits Committee, which he chaired.
He is a member of the American Psychological Society, the Industrial Relations Research Association, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the Society for the Promotion of Human Rights in Employment. In the community at large, Dr. Gent has served on the Amherst Libraries Board of Trustees, the Roswell Park Cancer Institute Merit Board, and the United Way Service Impact Committee.
Dr. Guy Gessner, Associate Professor of Management and Marketing
B.S., Business; M.B.A.; Ph.D., Marketing — State University of New York at Buffalo
U.S. and Canadian enterprises alike rely on Dr. Gessner for advice on CRM, new customer acquisition, cross-selling, customer retention, data mining, and customer management strategies matters. His clients have included Canada Trust, Fisher-Price, HSBC, The Mentholatum Company, Pratt & Lambert, Rich Products and Harris Interactive.
Author or co-author of articles published in the Journal of Data Warehousing, the Journal of Business Research, and the Journal of Economic Psychology, Dr. Gessner has presented papers at meetings of the Eastern Economic Association and the Academy of Marketing Science.
Dr. Gessner developed the Canisius College courses in database marketing and data mining. A faculty advisor, he also has served on the One-Year MBA, Part-Time MBA, and AACSB Curriculum Committees of the college’s Wehle School of Business.
Dr. Gordon W. Meyer, Associate Professor of Management
B.A., Sociology — University of Delaware
M.O.B. (Master of Organizational Behavior) — Brigham Young University
Ph.D., Organizational Behavior — New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University
Dr. Meyer held two graduate fellowships at Cornell University while earning his doctoral degree.
Dr. Meyer has worked full-time at General Motors in human resources and organizational consulting and in the public sector in training and development. He has also consulted to Harley-Davidson Corp., the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Moore Business Forms, and Tenneco Oil, among other clients as well as serving on the Merit Board of Roswell Park Cancer Institute. He is the author or co-author of articles that have appeared in Human Relations, the Journal of Organizational Change Management, Administrative Science Quarterly, and other professional publications. He also has reviewed manuscripts for Houghton Mifflin, Prentice Hall, and six scholarly journals. Dr. Meyer has served on the Board of Directors of the Niagara Frontier Chapter of the Society for Human Resources Management.
Dr. Meyer designed the "Empowerment and Workplace Teams" course taught at Canisius College and co-designed "Introduction to Management." Among other college appointments, he has served as a freshman advisor, as faculty advisor to the student chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management, and as a member of the Faculty Senate, the Program Development Committee of the college’s Business Advisory Council, and the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee.
Dr. Stephen Molloy
, Associate Professor of Management and MarketingB.A., Marketing — Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario
M.B.A. — York University, Toronto
Ph.D., Business Policy — Indiana University
Dr. Molloy’s strong interest in entrepreneurship is reflected in his design of four courses offered at Canisius: "Franchising," "Introduction to Management and Business," "New Venture Management," and "Small-Business Consulting." His research, which focuses on the same field, has resulted in a number of articles published in Frontiers of Entrepreneurship and various conference proceedings. He provided consulting services to Artpark during its move toward privatization.
Dr. Molloy is affiliated with the Decision Sciences Institute, the International Council for Small Business, and the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. He has served on the college’s Center for Entrepreneurship Advisory Committee and Entrepreneurship Curriculum Committee, as director of the Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program, and as faculty advisor to the Student Society for Entrepreneurship.
Dr. Paul L. Sauer, Associate Professor of Management and Marketing
B.S., Mechanical Engineering — University of Notre Dame
M.B.A.; Ph.D., Marketing — The Ohio State University
A specialist in marketing communications, Dr. Sauer helps businesses and nonprofit organizations improve their ability to understand and fulfill customer expectations. He has served as a consultant to Sisters Hospital of Buffalo, the Buffalo Museum of Science, WIVB-TV/Channel 4, West-Herr Ford, and the Buffalo Bills.
He is the author or co-author of nearly 50 articles and papers that have been presented at conferences around the world and published in textbooks and journals. His research spans the spectrum of marketing issues, from advertising in a developing country to the impact of electronic shopping. He is currently examining the role of ethics in high-tech organizations.
Dr. Sauer designed several courses offered at Canisius: "Product and Promotion Strategy," "Advanced Marketing Strategy," "New Product Development," "Promotion Strategy," and "Integrated Marketing Communications." Among other college appointments, he has served as advisor to the college’s Marketing Society and as a member of the Athletic Board, Educational Policy Committee, Graduate Curriculum Committee, Academic Program Board, and International Student Programs Advisory Council.
He is affiliated with the Academy of Marketing Science, the American Marketing Association, the Association for Consumer Research, and INFORMS.
Dr. Girish Shambu, Associate Professor of Management
B.Tech., Chemical Engineering — Indian Institute of Technology,
Kharagpur, India
Ph.D., Management Systems/Computer Science — State University of New York at Buffalo
Dr. Shambu’s skills as a teacher and his genuine interest in his students twice led to his selection as the recipient of the Donald E. Calvert Teaching Excellence Award, in 1992 and 2000. He was also named Undergraduate Professor of the Year for 1997-98 by the Canisius chapter of the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority.
As an advisor to the Canisius College chapter of the American Production & Inventory Control Society (APICS), Dr. Shambu has been instrumental in expanding networking opportunities through club activities and arranging plant tours of local business for students. The tours also introduce the students to professionals who can potentially open doors to internships and permanent employment opportunities.
Dr. Shambu is a certified APICS Fellow in six areas of Production & Operations Management: Just-in-Time Systems, Capacity Management, Systems & Technologies, Master Planning, Production Activity Control, and Inventory Management. He also conducts APICS certification classes for managers and engineers at Fisher Price.
An interest in hybrid cellular manufacturing systems led to several of his most recent co-authored articles, published in the European Journal of Operational Research, the International Journal of Operations and Production Management, and the textbook Advanced Manufacturing Systems: Strategic Management and Implementation. He also has delivered papers at meetings of the Decision Sciences Institute. He also has presented numerous papers at meetings of the Decision Sciences Institute.
Dr. Shambu designed the undergraduate elective course, "Basics of Supply Chain Management," which targets APICS certification and requires students to apply their operations management skills to a large variety of practitioner-significant issues. Among college appointments, he has served on the advisory board of the Canisius center for Teaching Excellence, the Committee on Faculty Status, the Academic Computing Advisory Committee, and the Educational Policy Committee of the Faculty Senate.
Dr. David J. Snyder, Associate Professor of Management and Marketing
B.A., Economics — Davidson College
M.B.A. — St. Bonaventure University
Ph.D., Marketing — University of South Carolina
A specialist in marketing and consumer behavior, Dr. Snyder often pursues research that is international in scope. Recently he gave two presentations related to marketing efforts to curtail the spread of AIDS in Zimbabwe, and he has taken part as a reviewer and discussant in a meeting of the International Academy of African Business & Development. Combining research with public service, he presented a paper entitled "Fundraising for VIVE: A Shelter for Homeless Political Refugees" at a conference of the Southwestern Marketing Association; he has also served as a member of VIVE’s board of directors.
Dr. Snyder designed four Canisius College courses: "Professional Sales," "Sales Management," "International Marketing," and "Doing Business in Mexico." Among other college appointments, he has served as a freshman advisor, as co-advisor to the Marketing Society, as a Presidential Scholarship interviewer, and as a member of the Undergraduate and Graduate Business Curriculum Committees.
He is a member of the American Marketing Association, the Association for Consumer Research, and the Southern Marketing Association.
Dr. Howard Rick Stanger, Associate Professor, Organization Studies
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Labor and Human Resources; Minor in Business and Labor History
Max Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, 1994 Dissertation: "Cooperation, Conciliation, & Continuity: The Evolution of a Modern Grievance Procedure in the Columbus Typographical Union, 1859-1959."
M.A. Labor Studies Institute of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, 1987
B.A. Economics, Minor in History, Dean's List Queens College (CUNY), 1985
RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
"Employment Relations in the United States: Law, Policy, and Practice" (with Raymond Hogler). 2003. Signed book contract with Sage Publications.
"The Rise and Decline of a Cooperative Grievance Procedure: The Columbus Typographical Union No. 5, 1859 - 1992." (Under revision) re-submit to Labor Studies Journal.
"Labor Relations in the U. S. Daily Newspaper Industry, 1976-2000." Industrial Relations Research Association Series."Collective Bargaining: Current Developments and Future Challenges." Fall 2002.
"Selling `The Larkin Idea': Corporate Image-Making in the Larkin Company" Western New York Heritage. Fall 2001
"The Evolution of an Alternative Grievance Procedure: The Columbus Typographical Union No. 5, 1859-1959." Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations, v. 10, 2000.
"The Creation of a Corporate Culture in the Larkin Company of Buffalo, N.Y." Business History Review (Harvard Business School), Fall 2000.
"Labor Relations in the U. S. Daily Newspaper Industry, 1976-1998." Industrial Relations Research Association, Proceedings of the Fifty Second Annual Meeting, December 2000.
"Cooperation, Conciliation and Continuity: The Evolution of a Modern Grievance Procedure in the Columbus Typographical Union No. 5, 1859-1959." Industrial Relations Research Association, Proceedings of the Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting, 1995. (refereed dissertation symposium).
"Employment, Workplace Practices and Labor-Management Relations in Western New York." (A survey and analysis). Co-authored survey and final publication. Public presentation on September 20, 2000. Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations.
PRESENTATIONS
"Workers of the World Wide Web Unite: The Newspaper Guild and Online Newspaper Ventures" Industrial Relations Research Association, Annual Meetings, January 2002.
"Collective Bargaining: Current Developments and Future Challenges" (Preview of the 2002 IRRA Research Volume) Industrial Relations Research Association, Annual Meetings, January 2002. Presenter: The Newspaper Industry
"Will Strikes Continue to Ravage Successful Newspapers" Society of Professional Journalists 2001 National Convention (panelist). October Academy of Management, Annual Meeting, August 2001
"Labor Markets and Economics, and International Refereed Papers Symposium" (Discussant). Industrial Relations Research Association, Annual Meetings, January 2001.
"What is Organizational Culture? What Purposes Does it Serve?" Leadership Education and Development Center (LEAD). Buffalo Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank, October 2000.
"Historical Concepts in Employee Contracts, Pay Satisfaction, and Rent Appropriation" (Discussant). Academy of Management, August 2000.
"The New Vision: The Creation of a Corporate Culture in the Larkin Company of Buffalo, N.Y., 1875-1907," Popular Culture Association, Thirtieth Annual Meeting, April 2000.
"Labor Relations in the U. S. Daily Newspaper Industry, 1976-1998." Industrial Relations Research Association, Fifty Second Annual Meeting, January 2000.
"Using an Historical Perspective to Understand Contemporary Management Issues." (Discussant). Academy of Management, August 1997.
"The Dismantling of a Cooperative Grievance Procedure: The Columbus Typographical Union No. 5, 1960 - 1992," Industrial Relations Research Association, Forty Ninth Annual Meeting, January 1997.
"The Workforce Cultural Roots of the Development of a Grievance Procedure: The Columbus Typographical Union No. 5, 1960 - 1992," North American Labor History Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, October 1995.
"Cooperation, Conciliation and Continuity: The Evolution of a Modern Grievance Procedure in the Columbus Typographical Union No. 5, 1859-1959." Industrial Relations Research Association, Dissertation Symposium, Industrial Relations Research Association, Forty- Seventh Annual Meeting, January 1995.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Canisius College (Wehle School of Business)
Human Resource Management (Part-time and One-year MBA) Current Topics in Human Resources Introduction to Management
SUNY College at Buffalo Introduction to Human Resource Management, Ongoing. Writing Intensive Senior Seminar, Ongoing. Introduction to Industrial Relations Compensation Management Economics of Professional Team Sports American Labor History
Cornell University New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations - Western Region Employee Relations (Graduate Certificate Program), Fall 1996. GM/UAW Paid Education Leave: Collective Bargaining in the US Auto Industry, 1995 to Present. FORD/UAW Automotive Industry Studies Program: Changing Industrial Relations Practices in the Automobile Industry. 1996 to Present.
The Ohio State University Introduction to Human Resource Management Introduction to Collective Bargaining Compensation Administration Human Resource Policy (Labor Market Analysis) Organizational Behavior and Theory
Rutgers University Trade Union Government and Administration
EMPLOYMENT
Employee Relations Consultant / Senior Executive Compensation Analyst Banc One Corporation, 1992 - 1993 Evaluated and recommended changes to HR policy and/or practice. Conducted on-site analysis of problem areas, database development, and reporting.
Graduate Teaching Assistant The Ohio State University, 1988 - 1994 Carried out instruction, examination, grading, and advising of students. Assisted professors with data collections and analysis.
Research Analyst City of New York, Mayor's Office of Municipal Labor Relations, 1987 - 1988 Conducted and analyzed wage and salary surveys for the purpose of bargaining between the City and its unions (uniformed and civilian). Attended and assisted negotiators in bargaining sessions.
Dr. Raymond W. Vegso, Associate Professor of Management and Marketing
B.S.I.E., Industrial Engineering — General Motors Institute
M.B.A. — Miami University of Ohio
Ph.D., Management — University of Cincinnati
Few people have traveled as extensively as Dr. Vegso. He has visited some of the best-known companies in the world’s major capitals and taught professional courses in Russia, acquiring in the process a keener sense of how other countries do business. He also taught for a year in Italy, two years in Germany, and guest lectured in France. His cosmopolitan view provides his students with a valuable introduction to the global marketplace.
Dr. Vegso’s research has examined topics ranging from effective teaching methods to exporting issues and sound management practices. He has presented papers at conferences in the U.S. and abroad and has done consulting work for a number of companies and organizations, notably The Buffalo Evening News, Bufkor Corp., and the Erie County Division of Social Services., Lakeshore, and Gemcor. He is a member of the International Trade Council in Buffalo, The Academy of Management Society, the Small Business Institute Directors Association, The Organization Behavior Teaching Conference, the American Institute of Industrial Engineers, and the American Society for Quality Control.
Winner of the 1989 Donald E. Calvert Outstanding Professor Award, given by the college’s MBA students, Dr. Vegso designed several courses offered at Canisius, including "International Management," "Seminar in Decision-Making and Planning," and "Seminar in Applying Behavioral Science Concepts to Management," among others.
Dr. Vegso has taught a very broad array of courses including Production, Marketing, Management, and Organizational Behavior. He presently teaches Business Strategy, and The Managerial Environment (including Ethics, Social Responsibility, and other issues between business and society). His 13 years of experience in industry as engineer and supervisor in General Motors Corp. helps in linking theory to practice.
He has served on the college’s Faculty Senate Welfare Committee, the International Committee, and the President’s Long-Range Strategic Planning Committee.
Dr. Alan Weinstein, Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship
B.A., Psychology; M.A., Industrial Psychology — University of New Hampshire
Ph.D., Industrial Psychology — Wayne State University
Aspiring entrepreneurs often look to Dr. Weinstein for guidance in writing a successful business plan. With his help, one former student launched a highly popular laser-tag facility that evolved into a multi-million-dollar enterprise. Growing interest in entrepreneurship led Dr. Weinstein to design both an undergraduate major and an MBA course in entrepreneurship at Canisius.
Most of his current research centers on issues related to small and family-owned businesses. Such topics are the subject of papers he has presented at conferences in the U.S., Italy, South Africa, and Finland. His presentation with Carmen Bianchi on "Qualification of the CEO in a Family Business" was named Best Workshop at the February 2000 conference sponsored by the USASBE. He also is the author or co-author of articles published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Public Opinion Quarterly, and Organizational Behavior and Human Performance.
Dr. Weinstein has won grants and research support from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare; the U.S. Department of Labor; the National Science Foundation; the City of Buffalo; the State of New York; the U.S. Congress; and the Buffalo School Board. He is the recipient of the 1996 Economic Impact Award from the Western New York Health Care Industries Association and was a finalist for the Upstate New York Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
He is founder and former director of the Center for Entrepreneurship, former Chair of the Department of Management and Marketing. Among other college appointments, Dr. Weinstein has served on the Wehle School of Business Executive Committee and the Entrepreneurship Program Design Committee. He is a member of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, the American Psychological Society, the Small Business Institute Directors Association, the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and the Entrepreneurship and Organizational Behavior Divisions of the Academy of Management.
Dr. Weinstein is an experienced CEO coach and serves on several Boards of local companies.