Accomplishments: Lee Business School

Shawn McCoy (Economics; Director of the Lied Center for Real Estate) was recently interviewed by Fox5 about his paper on wildfires and residential development. The paper was co-authored with Nicholas Irwin (Economics) and Katie Jo Black (Kenyon College).
Daniel Chi (Finance) recently wrote a guest column published in VEGAS INC titled, "Compounding interest can make us all millionaires, and taking interest in sharing this phenomenon can educate all Nevadans." Chi shares the gloomy state of personal finances in the U.S. along with advice that if implemented could make anyone a millionaire. He also…
Shawn McCoy (Economics; Lied Center for Real Estate) and Nicholas Irwin (Economics) were both recently interviewed by the Las Vegas Sun about their recent research article studying residential development in the aftermath of wildfires.
A spring 2023 BUS103 class, taught by John Starkey (Business), achieved remarkable success by raising a total of $5,001 to support six deserving local non-profits across the Las Vegas Valley. The following organizations were supported through this first-year seminar service learning project: Rubies LV, Nevada SPCA, Healing Hearts, Nevada…
Boran Kim, Jungsun (Sunny) Kim, Ashok Singh, Mehmet Erdem (all Hospitality) and Andrew Hardin (Business) have published their study titled, "Factors Predicting Hotel Recommendations: A Comparison of Guest Feedback Before and After the Hotel Closures During the COVID-19 Pandemic," in the International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism…
Sam Lee, Mehmet Erdem (both Hospitality), Eda Anlamlier (Business), Chih-Chien Chen, Billy Bai (both Hospitality), and LeAnn Putney (Education), published their study titled, "Technostress and hotel guests: A mere hurdle or a major friction point?" in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management. This study is among the first to apply…
Nadia Pomirleanu and Jack Schibrowsky (both Marketing and International Business) recently published an article, "Building Human Brands: The Role of Critical Reviews," in the Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing. The article describes what, when, and how reviews help a human brand position and differentiate from other brands.
Nicholas Irwin (Economics) was recently interviewed by KTNV-Las Vegas and the East Bay Times about the potential relocation of the Oakland A's and the associated economic impacts.
Eda Anlamlier (Marketing and International Business) co-authored an article titled, "Customer journeys in access-based platforms," in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. Focusing on a popular designer apparel rental platform, Rent the Runway, this paper interrogates the nature of access-based customer journeys and how customers…
Nicholas Irwin (Economics) was recently interviewed by the Las Vegas Review-Journal about Workbnb, a Las Vegas startup and short-term rental company.
Aldo Barrita, Kristin Hixson, Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (all Psychology), Anjala Krishen (Business) and colleagues recently published a paper, "Centering the Margins: A Moderation Study Examining Cisgender Privilege Among LGBTQ+ BIPoC College Students Facing Intersectional Microaggressions," in Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender…
Nicholas Irwin (Economics), Shawn McCoy (Economics/Lied Center for Real Estate), and co-author Katie Jo Black (Kenyon College) recently published an article, "Wildfire risk, salience, and housing development in the wildland–urban interface," in the Journal of Regional Science, the pre-eminent journal in regional and urban…