Faculty Profiles - CIMBA Italy

Matt Bowler

Don R. Brattain Professor of Management

"Here, I’ve been able to get to know my students really well. This has been more of a family atmosphere: much more getting to know the students, interacting with them, seeing them multiple times per week, and then engaging with them outside the classroom...

Nancy Hauserman

Professor Emeritus of Management & Organizations

“The opportunity to teach at CIMBA has been one of the highlights of my teaching career. It has offered me an opportunity to teach a diverse group of students from all over the world with a variety of business and cultural backgrounds. Classroom discussions are lively and often followed up by some less serious but […]

Eric Olson

Director, Department of Finance and Operations Management; Associate Professor of Finance

"Personally for me, being involved in CIMBA has been a great asset in multiple ways. It has allowed me to expand my repertoire of knowledge about the workings of Italian businesses and the European business environment from an...

H. S. Udaykumar

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

"CIMBA students are smart, curious, and are self-selected because they want to know more about the world and to explore the unfamiliar. This makes them very interesting students to teach...

Sarah Vigmostad

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

"This is such a great study-abroad program for everyone, both the first-time traveler abroad and those who are experienced travelers. The format of the program is wonderful – it’s structured enough that you don’t have to do a lot of prep work or research before you..

Don White

Retired Professor of Management

Last week, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Professor Don White, retired professor of Management at the University of Arkansas. Some of you may remember him as he taught at CIMBA for many years at both the undergraduate and graduate level. CIMBA enriched his personal and professional life so much that he has […]

Mickey Bunn

Assistant Professor of Marketing

“When teaching at CIMBA, I am able to focus on each student as a whole person. It’s not just about the course content, but about helping students discover both the world around them and their own inner passion and untapped strengths. The intensity of the CIMBA program gives rise to a closeness of students and […]

Goutam Chakraborty, PhD

Professor of Marketing

“I use a strategic business simulation as part of this class because it allows students to vicariously experience the real challenges in running a global company in a marketplace where technology is changing rapidly…

Clifford Hawley

Professor Emeritus of Economics

Cliff Hawley, Chair and Professor of Economics at West Virginia University (WVU), has been teaching regularly for CIMBA since 1995. Professor Hawley takes an active role in reaching out to WVU students about the CIMBA program…

Tim Shaftel

Professor Emeritus of Accounting

“After I first taught CIMBA in 1995 I knew it was something special for my family and I as well as a worthwhile experience for students. My feelings about the impact on students have only increased as I’ve witnessed first-hand their growth and development.…