Faculty and Staff
Teaching and mentoring students is the first priority for Albion’s Economics and Management faculty. Because of Albion’s small class sizes, we get to know our students well.
Recent scholarly research by faculty addresses such topics as fighting botnets with economic uncertainty, ethical reasoning in management decision making, networking to develop a professional identity, equity market liberalization, cost-effectiveness of video conferencing to diagnose stroke patients in rural areas, and decision making principles of labor arbitrators in employment grievance cases.
Two Albion E&M professors have received prestigious fellowships from the National Science Foundation, and two have received Fulbright grants.
Vicki L. Baker
Professor
Department Chair
B.S., 1999, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
M.B.A., 2001, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
M.S, and Ph.D., 2007, Pennsylvania State University
Appointed 2007Scholarship: Development of professional identity and professional networks among doctoral students in business, education, and engineering. Moral disengagement and ethical decision making in business. Articles published in Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Higher Education, Studies in Higher Education, and elsewhere; chapters in scholarly books.
Courses: Managing People and Organizations, Human Resource Management, Women in Business and Leadership, Management, Lessons Learned at “The Office,” Management Consulting, International Management.
Advisor: Delta Sigma Pi fraternity
Office: Robinson 111
Email: vbaker@albion.edu
Phone: 517-629-0238
Jon A. Hooks
Professor
B.S., 1984, Cameron University
M.A., 1985, University of Texas at Dallas
M.A., 1987, Ph.D., 1989, Michigan State University
CFA, 2000
CFP®, 2023
Appointed 1989Scholarship: Articles on mutual fund returns, asset allocation, and the stock market in Journal of Business Research and elsewhere. Author of a textbook, Economics: Foundations for Financial Services Providers.
Courses: Principles of Microeconomics, The Economy and Financial Markets, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Government Economics and Policy, Money and Banking, Portfolio Theory, Financial Management, Financial Markets.
Advisor: Albion College Investment Club
Website: campus.albion.edu/jonhooks
Office: Robinson 103
Email: jhooks@albion.edu
Phone: 517-629-0530
Seolah Kim
Assistant Professor
B.A., 2012 Korea University
M.A., 2014 Seoul National University
Ph.D., 2020 University of California, Riverside
Appointed 2020Courses: Principles of Microeconomics, Economic Statistics, Intermediate Microeconomics and Econometrics.
Office: Robinson 116
Email: skim@albion.edu
Phone: 517-629-0423
Zhen Li
Professor
B.S., 1996, Peking University
M.A., 1999, Princeton University
Ph.D., 2004, Princeton University
Appointed 2004Scholarship: Economics of computer networks and computer security, equity market liberalization and economic development. Articles in Journal of Security and Communication Networks and in Journal of Economic Development; papers in peer-reviewed conference proceedings; chapter in scholarly book.
Courses: Principles of Microeconomics, The Economy and Financial Markets, Intermediate Macroeconomics, The Chinese Economy, International Finance, International Trade.
Office: Robinson 102
Email: zli@albion.edu
Phone: 517-629-0490
Stephen Young
Assistant Professor
B.A., 1999, University of Mississippi
M.B.A., 2009, Capella University
Ph.D., 2016, Indiana Institute of Technology
Appointed 2022Courses: Managing People and Organizations, Strategic Management, Business Law, Entrepreneurship, Project Management & Leadership, and LA 101 Henry Ford: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Office: Robinson 112
Email: spyoung@albion.edu
Phone: 517-629-0484
Connie O'Brien
Assistant Professor
B.A., 1991, College of St. Scholastic
CPA, Active, State of Minnesota
M.B.A., 2008, University of Minnesota Duluth
D.B.A., 2016, Georgia State University
Appointed 2022Courses: Financial Accounting, Managerial Cost Accounting, Fraud Examination.
Office: Robinson 114
Email: cobrien@albion.edu
Phone: 517-629-0424
Leah Parker-Roth
Visiting Adjunct Professor
B.A. 2015, Albion College
C.P.A. Active Michigan
Appointed 2022Courses: Financial Accounting and Federal Income Taxation
Office: Robinson 113
Email: LParker-Roth@albion.edu
Phone: 517-629-0462
Carrie Adamczyk
Visiting Adjunct Professor
B.A. 2017, Albion College
M.A., 2019 DePaul
M.A., 2022 Wayne State University
Ph.D. Candidate, Wayne State University
Appointed 2022Courses: Principles of Microeconomics
Office: Robinson 100
Email: cadamczyk@albion.edu
Phone: 517-629-0425
Kelsey Earle
Visiting Professor
Appointed 2023
Office: Robinson 118
Email: kkearle@albion.edu
Phone: 517-629-0343
Dan Lake
Visiting Professor
B.S., 1995, Michigan State
M.S., 1996, Northwestern University
Ph.D candidate (ABD), 2013, Michigan State University
Appointed 2019Courses: Marketing Principles, International Marketing
Office: Olin Hall 213
Email: dlake@albion.edu
Phone: 517-629-0352
Renée T. Harlow
Administrative Assistant
B.A., 2012, Albion College
Office: Robinson 109
Email: rharlow@albion.edu
Phone: 517-629-0419
Faculty Emeriti
John B. Bedient
Professor Emeritus
Scott Cracraft
Professor Emeritus