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Kurz Hall 206
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  • PH.D in Interdisciplinary from Memorial University, Canada
  • Master of Science in Maritime Economics from Erasmus University, Netherlands
  • Capt. Ashok Pandey is a former shipmaster with a sea-career spanning more than two decades most of which was spent on ice. An avid researcher, his current areas of research interest include shipping route modelling in the Arctic using GIS and the e-navigation platform. He has spent the last ten years in academia and has lectured on various subjects including International Maritime Business, Supply Chain Management and Ship Chartering and Port Economics. He has commanded Cape size bulk carriers (ice-class) for almost a decade and specializes in high latitude navigation. 
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Kurz Hall - Career Services Office
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Northeastern University, M.Ed., Boston College, B.A.

 

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  •  Bachelor of Science from Eastern Nazarene College
  • Master of Business Administration in Management and Marketing Concentrations from University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
  • Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Suffield University
  • Cliff Robbins has over thirty years of successful strategic management and marketing experience. Prior to founding his own consulting firm in 1997, he held top management positions with several organizations. He was the founder and CEO of three of his own entrepreneurial ventures. He has over fifteen years of experience as a management consultant, having advised hundreds of growth oriented entrepreneurial organizations. He is currently the senior business advisor at the University of Massachusetts Small Business Development Center. In addition to his consulting practice, Mr. Robbins has taught courses in management sciences and marketing at Bentley University and UMass- Dartmouth.  He is well known for the many white papers, seminars and workshops he has presented.
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Kurz Hall 207
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  • Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering from U.S. Coast Guard Academy
  • Master of Engineering in Naval Architecture from University of California, Berkeley
  • Master of Science in Operations Research from University of California, Berkeley
  • Master of Science in Environmental Management from University of San Francisco
  • DSc in Engineering Management from the George Washington University
  • Certified as Project Management Professional®
  • Served 26 years in US Coast Guard (retired as Captain)
  • Teaching: Supply Chain Management, Project Management, Statistics
  • Research: Risk Analysis, Expert Judgment, Project Management, Leadership
  • LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulszwed/
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Kurz Hall 210
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  • Bachelor of Arts in Microbiology Engineering from Shandong University, China
  • Master of Science in Finance from Sam Houston State University
  • Master of Science and Ph.D. in Financial Economics from University of New Orleans
  • Dr. Shu Tian is an associate professor of Finance in the department of International Maritime Business. She started teaching at the Academy in 2010. Her teaching interests lie in Investment, International Finance, Corporate Finance, Options and Futures, and Personal Finance. She has taught various business courses, such as Principles of Finance, Accounting, Macro/Microeconomics, Business Computation, and Statistics for Managers. Dr. Tian’s research focuses on Investment, International Finance, Market Microstructure, and Behavioral Finance.
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Kurz Hall - Career Services Office
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University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, M.B.A. and B.S. Marketing