2021 Fellows
Gregory Dunn
Greg is a first-year assistant professor of management and futures studies at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University in Saudi Arabia. He holds a doctorate from the National University of Singapore and previously taught at the American University of Central Asia. His research focuses on technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship in emerging market and transition economies. Greg is working with colleagues to promote the use of cases at PMU and throughout the Persian Gulf region.
Nidheesh Joseph
Nidheesh is a doctoral student in organizational behavior at the Indian Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli, with a focus on organizational change. His dissertation, which examines sense-giving and sense-making in a geographically dispersed context, is a field research-based case study of a U.S. digital talent management firm with offshore operations in India. Nidheesh is the author of four cases, two of which have been published in the Ivey case collection and Emerald’s Emerging Markets Case Studies.
Julie Beckel Nelsen
Julie recently completed her interdisciplinary Ph.D. in strategic business communication at Marquette University, where her research examined the adoption of corporate social responsibility reporting standards of Minnesota’s Fortune 500 firms, using multiple case study and grounded theory methodologies. Julie entered the doctoral program after a 20-plus year career in sales, marketing, and entrepreneurial roles and ten years as business administration faculty teaching sales, marketing, and management at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Stephanie Raible
Stephanie is an assistant professor at the University of Delaware, where she teaches in and directs the interdisciplinary social innovation and entrepreneurship program. She holds an Ed.D. in organizational leadership from Northeastern University, where her dissertation examined professional identity transition in new entrepreneurs. A case she co-authored with former PRL Fellow Maria Ballesteros-Sola was recently accepted for publication by the Case Research Journal.
Mirit Grabarski
Mirit is in her first year as an assistant professor of business administration at Lakehead University in Canada. She graduated this spring from the doctoral program at the Ivey Business School at Western University, where she studied organizational behavior, focusing on equity, diversity, and inclusion. Her dissertation topic was agency, empowerment, and motivation in career management. At Ivey, Mirit taught a case-based course on women in leadership and is especially interested in developing cases on that topic.
Yelena Krupina
Yelena is currently completing her doctorate in finance at Turan University in Kazakhstan. Her dissertation, which uses case research, focuses on microfinance as a strategy for developing small and medium-sized enterprises. Yelena has more than a decade of experience as an academic administrator and instructor at several universities in Kazakhstan and is an associate of the Silk Road Case Center at Narxoz University. She has taught case writing workshops in the Russian language.
Hossein Rikhtehgar Berenji
Hossein is an assistant professor of operations management at Pacific University. He received his MS. in Decision Sciences and Ph.D. in Operations and Business Analytics from the University of Oregon. Hossein, who has won several awards for teaching excellence, uses cases extensively in his supply chain management, operations management, and data analytics courses. Hossein’s research interests fall broadly in supply chain management and data analytics with applications in sustainability and healthcare.
Prantika Ray
Prantika is an assistant professor of organizational behavior and human resources at the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode in India. She received her doctorate in human resource management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, in 2020, writing a dissertation on the role of cultural intelligence in international assignments. Prantika has used cases extensively in her graduate, executive education, and management development courses.
David Stehlik
David is an assistant professor of management and leadership at the University of Saint Francis, where he directs the business administration program. He holds a doctorate in strategic leadership from Regent University. His research focuses on integrative leadership, combining models from strategy, ethics, and entrepreneurship. David is an enthusiastic user of cases and simulations in his teaching and has developed a strategy capstone course built around a set of ten long-form and seven short-form cases.