Faculty

Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business, was interviewed by The Wall Street Journal about President Trump's call for CNN to be sold or get new leadership as its parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, weighs takeover…

Michael Burke, Lawrence Martin Chair in Business and professor of management, is one of the nation's leading experts on workplace safety training.

Matthew Higgins’ research policy brief “How USPS network changes threaten prescription drug access for vulnerable populations,” co-authored with Elena Patel and Joshua Feng, was published by the Brookings Institution.

Professor of Practice Alissa Bilfield has been named interim executive director of the Goldring Institute for International Business.

New research from a Freeman School professor finds that adding a human face and personal profile to social media customer service can significantly boost customer satisfaction and reduce complaints.

Shuhua Sun's paper "How and For Whom Using Generative AI Affects Creativity: A Field Experiment” was selected as an APA Editor's Choice article for December 2025.

Lisa LaViers, assistant professor of accounting, contributed an article to Newsweek about the need for additional disclosures to help investors better understand the true cost of layoffs on future profitability.

More than a dozen Master of Management in Energy students learned the latest in natural gas marketing, consumption and production trends and networked with industry professionals at the 7th annual Gulf Coast Energy Forum.

Yang Pan’s paper “Unveiling the Human Touch: Enhancing Customer Satisfaction through Personalized Profiles of Social Media Customer Service Agents” has been accepted for publication in Production and Operations…

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice in finance and research director of Burkenroad Reports, was interviewed by CNN about the performance of tech company stocks like Nvidia, which is up 54% this year, and Alphabet,…

Chris Lipp, professor of practice and director of the management communication program, contributed an article to Forbes about the importance of managing the investor-founder power dynamic when seeking capital.

Alissa Bilfield contributed the chapter "Women Smallholder Farmers Growing Beverage Crops" to Women and Smallholder Farming: Addressing Global Inequities in Agriculture, which was published in September 2025 by…

Shuhua Sun, Callais Professor in Entrepreneurship and associate professor of management, was interviewed by Quartz about his research on the use of AI in the workplace.

Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business, was interviewed by BBC News about OpenAI's plans to allow adult content on its ChatGPT chatbot

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice in finance and research director of Burkenroad Reports, was interviewed by Business Insider about his thoughts on gold's steep rise this year.

Yumei He, assistant professor of management science, was interviewed by CNET for a story about problems with how AI chatbots respond to queries.

Michael Burke, Earl P. and Ethel B. Koerner Chair of Strategy & Entrepreneurship and Lawrence Martin Chair of Business, contributed an article to OHSonline about staff rides, a team safety training method used in…

At the September meeting of the A. B. Freeman School of Business faculty, Yumei He, Jeff Salyers and Claire Senot were honored with 2025 Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Awards.

A Freeman School of Business professor is part of a research team behind a new large language model (LLM) that delivers comparable performance to leading proprietary AI systems while offering something they don’t: complete…

Tulane has received a $1.5 million gift from alumnus Bill Templeton and his family that will enhance hands-on learning opportunities and fuel continued innovation at the Tulane Energy Institute.

Daniel Mochon's paper "Can reminder emails compel Americans to save? A two-million person megastudy” has been accepted for publication in PNAS Nexus.

Tech Ethics: What Is A Better Future?, a new course cross listed between the Freeman School of Business and the School of Science and Engineering, challenges students to engage deeply with the ethical dimensions of emerging…

Paulo Goes, dean and Rick and Debra Rees Professor of Business, was interviewed by Forbes for a story about the impact of generative AI on early-career jobs and organizations in general.

Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business, was interviewed by Techstrong.ai about Elon Musk's antitrust suit against Apple and OpenAI over an alleged "anticompetitive scheme."

Lisa LaViers, assistant professor of accounting, was interviewed by HR Brew for a story about her research on pay transparency.