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Major Sustainability
- Accounting
- Actuarial Science
- Corporate Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- Management
- Business Analytics & Information Systems
- Marketing
- Real Estate
- Risk Management
- Supply Chain and Information Systems
- About Us
Major Sustainability: About Us
Major Sustainability
Major Sustainability is the result of a "major" effort by over 30 faculty and students from across the Smeal College of Business, led by the Sustainable Business Center. We began in 2017 with a simple question, "What should business schools be teaching students about sustainability?" We decided to answer that question for each major. Thus, "Major Sustainability" was born–the idea that each major plays a role in sustainability. Later, we decided to add minors as well.
After taking two years to identify sustainability learning objectives by major, we decided to create a resource to make them accessible for all business schools. A student and faculty advisor(s) worked on each business major and minor to create content to make the learning objectives concrete, practical, and credible for students and faculty. Each set of webpages for a particular major was user-tested by current students, and reviewed by faculty and by an industry expert.
The site continues to be maintained by the Sustainable Business Center, and was made possible with generous support from its donors.
Contact Us
The Pennsylvania State University
475 Shorlidge Road, Suite 489
University Park, PA 16802
smealsustainability@psu.edu
Project Contributers
Travis Lesser
Director of the Sustainable Business Center, is responsible for the vision, strategy, and outreach of the Center’s initiatives, including high-impact research, sustainability education, and programs that advance sustainable business practices and impact entrepreneurship.
Tracey Mariner
Education and Student Program Coordinator, is responsible for leading sustainability education initiatives, student engagement, and co-curricular programming, including curriculum integration, experiential learning, and program development.
Elena Weinstein
Current Site Designer, Academic Innovation & Learning Intern. She will graduate from the Smeal College of Business with a B.A. in Supply Chain Management and a minor in Information Systems Management in May 2027.
Former Contributors
Erik Foley, Former Director of the Sustainable Business Center
Megan Nollman, Former Program Coordinator for the Sustainable Business Center
Brent Ambrose, Professor of Real Estate
Lisa Bolton, Professor of Marketing
Dave Cather, Clinical Professor of Risk Management
Dan Cahoy, Robert G. and Caroline Schwartz Professor, Research Director of Sustainable Business Center
Shelley Curling, Assistant Teaching Professor of Accounting
Carolyn Dang, Assistant Professor & Cook Fellow in Ethics
Mark DesJardine, Former Assistant Professor of Management & Organization
Dan Guide, Smeal Chaired Professor of Operations & Supply Chain Management
Christoph Hinkleman, Former Clinical Associate Professor of Finance
Ed Jenkins, Professor of Practice in Accounting
Ron Johnson, Associate Teaching Professor of Management & Organization
Art Jones, Associate Teaching Professor of Business Analytics & Information Systems
Kyle Kaplan, Clinical Assistant Professor of Business Law
Maurie Kelly, Director of the Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access, Instructor of Risk Management
Akhil Kumar, Professor of Business Analytics & Information Systems
Mallory Meehan, Assistant Clinical Professor of Real Estate
Jeanette Miller, Associate Director of Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Assistant Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship
Celeste Newcomb, Instructor of Management & Organization
Lisa O'Hara, Associate Clinical Professor of Management & Organization
Beth Phillips, Programmer, RIIT Group
Lisa Posey, Associate Professor of Risk Management
Tessa Recendes, Assistant Professor of Management & Organization
Kitty Riley, Associate Teaching Professor of Business Analytics & Information Systems
Ashley Rippey, Executive Director of the Business Career Center
Sajay Samuel, Clinical Professor of Accounting
Johanna Slot, Assistant Professor of Marketing
Evelyn Thomchick, Former Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management
Linda Treviño, Distinguished Professor of Organizational Behavior & Ethics
Michael Tyworth, Assistant Clinical Professor of Business Analytics & Information Systems
Kate Wang, Assistant Professor of Management & Organization
Lei Wang, Former Assistant Professor of Business Analytics & Information Systems
Karen Winterich, Gerald I. Susman Professor in Sustainability
Susie Wright, Former Associate Teaching Professor of Accounting
Jiro Yoshida, Associate Professor of Business
Zhongyi Yuan, Associate Professor of Risk Management
Nan Zhu, Associate Professor of Risk Management
Katherine Schreiner, Broadcast Journalism student
Jordan Rhodes, Strategic Communications student
Saige Cestone, Former Management student
Zoë Cykosky, Former Supply Chain Management student
Taylor Hutsell, Former Risk Management and Economics student
Victoria Kipiller, Former Management student
Cece Minnick, Former Accounting student
Kiara Mueller, Former Marketing student
Riya Nandedkar, Former Supply Chain Management student
Joyail Tokas, Former Finance student
Jack Vlazny, Former Business Analytics & Information Systems
Danielle Yzaguirre, Former Supply Chain Management student