/PRNewswire/ -- As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States finds itself in an unprecedented economic environment. The effects reach into the labor, supply chain, management and financial sectors – and beyond. The following Haslam College of Business faculty at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are available to address these related topics:

ACCOUNTING, ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT (Labor, compensation, worker shortages, unemployment, workforce management)

Compensation
James Chyz, associate professor of accounting and information management, Pugh Professor of Accounting, William and Pamela Lee Faculty Research Fellow
Email: [email protected] 
Phone: 865-974-1701

Public economics, economic development, new business filings
William (Bill) Fox, Randy and Jenny Boyd Distinguished Professor, director of the Boyd Center for Business & Economic Research 
Email: [email protected] 
Phone: 865-974-6112

Labor economics, labor force participation
Matthew Harris, Stahl PEMBA Fellow, Charlie and Caroline Newcomer Faculty Research Fellow, associate professor of economics 
Email: [email protected] 
Phone: 865-974-5591

Geography of recruiting, benefits, job flexibility, sign on bonuses, workforce management
Tim Munyon, associate professor of management and entrepreneurship 
Email: [email protected] 

Labor economics, small business, business models, unemployment, worker shortages, hiring incentives, economic history
Marianne Wanamaker, Boyd Center for Business & Economic Research Faculty Fellow, associate professor of economics
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 865-974-1700 

FINANCE (Investments, personal finance, interest rates, borrowing, banking)

Investments, personal finance
Laura Cole, Sharon Pryse/The Trust Company of Tennessee Director of the Masters Investment Learning Center 
Email: [email protected] 
Phone: 865-974-1715

Investments, interest rates, banking, borrowing
Ramon DeGennaro, Haslam College of Business Professor of Banking and Finance
Email: [email protected] 
Phone: 865-974-1726

Labor and finance, compensation
Tracie Woidtke, David E. Sharp/Home Federal Bank Professor in Banking & Finance, Charlie & Carolyn Newcomer Faculty Research Fellow, finance department head
Email: [email protected] 
Phone: 865-974-1718

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (Collaborative or cooperative business models, shipping and transportation, food/product shortages, automation)

Chad Autry, FedEx Corporation Endowed Professor of Supply Chain, Martin and Jean Mills Faculty Research Fellow, Department Head
Email: [email protected] 
Phone: 865-974-8325

John Bell, Daniel & Karen Myers Faculty Scholar, Stewart Bartley Family Faculty Research Fellow, Director of Supply Chain Management Ph.D. Program, Ratledge Professor of Supply Chain Management
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 865-974-8397

Tom Goldsby, Professor, Dee and Jimmy Haslam Chair in Logistics 
Email: [email protected]

Wendy Tate, Cheryl Massingale Faculty Research Fellow, William J. Taylor Professor in Business
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 865-974- 1648

Andrea Sordi, clinical assistant professor
Email: [email protected]

Ted Stank, Professor, Harry J. & Vivienne R. Bruce Chair of Excellence, Co-Faculty Director, Global Supply Chain Institute 
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 865-974-5311

Media Contact: Scott McNutt, [email protected]

SOURCE University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Haslam College of Business