Welcome New Faculty
We're thrilled to introduce our five new faculty members to Rice Business. Join us in welcoming Cyrus Aghamolla, Diana Jue-Rajasingh, Emily Prinsloo, M. Yvonne Taylor, and John Wisneski. Read more about them and their expertise below.
Cyrus Aghamolla
Cyrus Aghamolla is an associate professor in accounting. His research focuses on social learning, communication in capital markets, voluntary disclosure, adverse selection, initial public offerings, healthcare finance and private equity.
Diana Jue-Rajasingh
Diana Jue-Rajasingh is an assistant professor of strategic management. Her research sits at the intersection of entrepreneurship, emerging markets and sustainable development. Her research has been supported by the Kauffman Foundation, Strategy Research Foundation and Responsible Research for Business Management, among others.
Emily Prinsloo
Emily Prinsloo is an assistant professor of marketing. She holds a Ph.D. from Harvard Business School. She also received an MPhil in strategy, marketing and operations with distinction from Cambridge University, and a B.Sc. summa cum laude in international business administration from Erasmus University. Emily has work experience in consulting, pricing and product management at IBM, Simon-Kucher and Partners, and BMW.
M. Yvonne Taylor
M. Yvonne Taylor, Ph.D., is a lecturer in communication, teaching writing and other communication skills to MBA and undergraduate business students. Yvonne has an extensive career leading communication in higher education at Rice and the University of Texas at Austin, as well as in industry in fields such as information technology and environmental science. In 2023, Yvonne completed her doctorate in education leadership and policy, with a certificate in women and gender studies at UT Austin.
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John Wisneski
John E. Wisneski is a clinical assistant professor in the organizational behavior research group at the Rice Business. He previously served as a clinical assistant professor at both the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. He holds a bachelor of science in management information systems from the University of Dayton, an MBA from the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, and a Ph.D. in instructional systems technology from Indiana University. John teaches in the areas of organizational behavior, creativity and innovation, leadership, strategic thinking and the consulting work process.
Gibby Dunleavy
Gibby Dunleavy is the managing director of Constant Impact, a company that helps businesses use machine learning to increase their profits. She has a master's degree in engineering mathematics from Bristol University in the U.K., where she first learned about the intersection of applied mathematics and technology. After graduating, she worked as a data scientist at Shell and American Express. In 2018, she joined Bain & Company as a director of data science, where she led projects in the beverage, healthcare, insurance and utilities industries. She is passionate about using her skills to help women in STEM fields, serving as a mentor with CareerSpring and supporting the Society of Women Engineers.
Bryant Chan
Bryant Chan is a technical product leader specializing in early-stage startups and launching new products. He is currently the head of product at Arden, a Houston-based startup building web3 infrastructure to make blockchain technology more accessible. Previously, Bryant was on the founding team and head of product for JetInsight, a B2B SaaS-enabled marketplace for private jets that was funded by First Round Capital and Google Ventures. He also previously worked as a product manager at Graphiq, a semantic knowledge graph company that was acquired by Amazon to power Alexa. Bryant holds a bachelor's in mathematical economic analysis from Rice University.
Andrew Nicholson
Andrew Nicholson is managing director at Goose Capital, a Houston-based angel group, where he leads a team actively investing in seed, series A, and late-stage pro-rata deals. His areas of expertise include deal sourcing, screening, negotiations, due diligence, financial modeling, and risk analysis. In addition to his role at Goose Capital, Andrew is a co-founder of True Animal Vet, a new model of veterinary hospital. Andrew holds an MBA from Rice Business, as well as a master's in geological sciences and a bachelor's in geological sciences from The University of Texas at Austin.