New, Distinguished Faculty Join Welch College of Business & Technology

New professors cover accounting, tax compliance, programming and other subjects

Sacred Heart University’s renowned Jack Welch College of Business & Technology has brought in several new faculty members to aid its mission of educating future leaders and preparing them to succeed and make positive contributions to their communities. In today’s evolving and complex global business environment, these faculty members will support students as they develop ethical reasoning skills, data and technology literacy, an entrepreneurial mindset and global perspectives.

Huijue Kelly Duan, assistant professor, accounting 

Teaching responsibilities: Financial accounting, introduction to accounting analytics and advanced accounting analytics 
Personal fact: Duan played volleyball in college

David Beck, visiting professor, accounting 

Teaching responsibilities: Accounting
Personal fact: Beck won a bronze medal at the junior Olympics for swimming when he was 10 years old

Paul Iannone, clinical associate professor, accounting 

Teaching responsibilities: Financial accounting and reporting, managerial accounting, individual tax compliance, business entity tax compliance and tax research 
Personal fact: Iannone owns a 1931 Ford model A cabriolet

Eman Abdelfattah, assistant professor, computer science 

Teaching responsibilities: Machine learning, programming languages, database design
Personal fact: Abdelfattah likes to cook

Okechukwu Ugweje, associate professor, computer science & engineering

Teaching responsibilities: Introduction to data structures, sensors and robotics, analog circuits with lab
Personal fact: Ugweje enjoys watching soccer in his spare time

Chris Mavrides, visiting instructor, computer science 

Teaching responsibilities: Object oriented and structured programming, database design, AI 
Personal fact: Mavrides was married on the beach at Seaside Park in Bridgeport

Max Yun, visiting assistant professor, finance

Teaching responsibilities: Introduction to data and programming and applied statistics
Personal fact: Yun loves to jog when he has the time

Syed Muhammad Ishraque Osman, assistant professor, finance 

Teaching responsibilities: Introduction to data and programming and data mining
Personal fact: Applying machine learning to address social issues in a data-driven way is an endeavor close to Osman’s heart

Claudio Schapsis, visiting assistant professor, marketing

Teaching responsibilities: Marketing, digital advertising, international marketing, social media and special topics on marketing
Personal fact: Schapsis is fluent in three languages and has an accent in all of them
 

Shiyun Tian, assistant professor, marketing

Teaching responsibilities: Social media marketing, digital marketing, integrated marketing communications and promotion 
Personal fact: Tian loves rose fragrance and wants to collect all of them 

Kristina Hoff, assistant professor, sport management 

Teaching responsibilities: Sport venue and event management, sport sponsorship, sport finance
Personal fact: Hoff played on the women’s soccer team at Catawba College before earning her master’s and doctorate at the University of Georgia

Petru Dorin Micu, assistant professor, marketing

Teaching responsibilities: Various undergraduate and graduate courses emphasizing the use of technology in marketing.
Personal fact: Micu loves snowy winters, especially when sitting next to a wood-burning fireplace