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Chaifetz School Academic Departments

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The instructional activities of the Saint Louis University Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business support critical thinking, analytical skills, written and oral communication skills, and leadership.

Our academic programs are administered by seven departments, which are home to more than 60 faculty members who are engaged in teaching and research.

Department of Accounting

Yan Sun, Ph.D., department chair

Accounting is the language of business decision-making and is a primary means of organizational communication.

About Accounting at SLU

Department of Economics

Hailong Qian, Ph.D., department chair

Economics is the social science that analyzes how individuals, firms and nations make choices when confronted with limited resources.

About Economics at SLU

Department of Finance

Naresh Bansal, Ph.D., department chair

Finance is the study of businesses raising and investing capital, individuals allocating savings among different investment alternatives, and markets functioning to equate the demand for capital by firms and the supply of capital by investors.

About Finance at SLU

Department of International Business

Hadi Alhorr, Ph.D., department chair

International business is the implementation of global commercial transactions that span beyond political boundaries to impact an increasingly global modern marketplace.

About International Business at SLU

Department of Management

Jintong Tang, Ph.D., interim department chair

Management is the act of organizing and motivating people in the workplace to utilize their skills and insights efficiently and effectively.

About Management at SLU

Department of Marketing

Mark Arnold, Ph.D., department chair

Marketing is the process of communicating the value of goods and services to customers.

About Marketing at SLU

Department of Operations and Information Technology Management

Palash Bera, Ph.D., department chair

Operations and information technology management involves the design, implementation and administration of information systems with an emphasis on the application of web-based and object-oriented information technologies.

About Operations and ITM at SLU