Susan Christoffersen, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Economics and Finance. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. from New York University and B.A. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She has been a recipient of numerous fellowships including NYU Fellowships, New York State Full Regents Scholarship, and a Policeman’s Benevolent Association Scholarship. Her research agenda follows three main paths: pedagogical work, strategic R&D competition and empirical studies. Currently she is the Principle Investigator of a National Textile Center Grant identifying Optimal Investment Strategies for the Textile Industry. Her publications can be found in the Journal of Legal Economics, Eastern Economic Journal, Journal of Applied Business Research, Real Estate Issues, Journal of Global Competitiveness, and others. She was recently elected to the Board of the Eastern Economics Association, and is a frequent presenter at the American Academy of Economic and Financial Experts, and the International Atlantic Society. While she claims to enjoy skiing, sailing, and gardening, her main avocation is travel, including trips to Cuba, Japan, Argentina, Europe, Scandinavia, and North Africa.

D.K. Malhotra is a Professor of Finance and coordinator for the international business trips. He joined Philadelphia University in 1993. Before joining Philadelphia University, he was working on his Ph.D. degree in finance at the University of Alabama from 1989 to 1993. Dr. Malhotra teaches courses in Derivative Securities, Fixed Income Securities, International Finance, and Investment and Portfolio Management at the undergraduate and graduate level. His research interests are interest rate swaps, currency swaps, credit derivatives, mutual funds, and application of neural network and neuro-fuzzy techniques in finance. Dr. Malhotra has published over 25 research articles in such journals as European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Financial Research, Financial Review, European Journal of Finance, Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, Journal of Economics and Finance, Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Journal of Retail Banking, The Real Estate Finance Journal, The International Journal of Finance, Journal of Intelligent Systems, Advances in Futures and Options Research, Journal of Commercial Lending, Journal of Global Business and Journal of Lending and Credit Risk Management. In addition, he has presented over 35 research papers at various academic conferences all over the world. New York Times, Investor’s Business Daily, and Philadelphia Inquirer have quoted Dr. Malhotra on such wide ranging topics as mutual fund expenses, declining value of EURO, and merger of Cores State Bank with First Union Bank. Dr. Malhotra’s biographical profile has been included in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Finance and Industry, and Who’s Who in the East. Dr. Malhotra was also the recipient of 1999 President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching at Philadelphia University. He also received the School of Business Administration’s award for excellence in research for two consecutive years.
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Lloyd Russow is a Professor of International Business and Marketing. Dr. Russow is also the Associate Dean of Graduate Business Programs. He has been teaching courses in international business, international marketing, trading blocs, principles of marketing, and strategic marketing since he joined Philadelphia University in 1992. Dr. Russow has articles published in Journal of Global Marketing, International Marketing Review, Journal of Studies in International Education, and other journals. In 2000, International Dimensions of Marketing, a text he coauthored with Dr. Vern Terpstra was published by the South-Western Publishing Company. He is currently working on a book of readings in the use of digital technology in teaching international business. The international business portal web site developed and maintained by Dr. Russow, Everything International, (or simply http://ev-in.com) receives over 12,000 ‘hits’ per month and in 1999 was cited by Lycos as one of the top 5 International Trade sites in the world. Professor Russow is the recipient of the 2002 President’s Award for Teaching Excellence.