Seattle University Online Business Faculty

The Seattle University online business faculty is comprised of innovative, ethical business leaders and thoughtful intellectuals to provide you with a well-rounded, deep, and transformative business education. They have risen through the ranks at Fortune 100 companies, helped grow small businesses from the ground up into formidable organizations, and published studies in high-impact academic journals.

Read more below about the dynamic online business faculty with whom you will learn, network, and grow in our Online MBA and Online MSBA programs.

Ajay Abraham, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Marketing
Email: abrahama@seattleu.edu

Dennis Applegate, CPA, CMA, CIA, CFE, CFM

Professor, Accounting Department
Email: applegad@seattleu.edu

Liesl Bohan, MBA

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Management
Email: bohanl@seattleu.edu

Nathan Colaner, PhD, MBA

Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Management
Email: colanern@seattleu.edu

Ekaterina Emm, PhD

Professor, Department of Finance
Email: emm@seattleu.edu
 

Jessica Ludescher Imanaka, PhD

Associate Professor, School of Business and Economics
Email: imanakaj@seattleu.edu

Ben Kim, PhD

Professor, Department of Management
Email: bkim@seattleu.edu

James Lee, PhD

Teaching Professor, Department of Management
Email: leej@seattleu.edu

Kevin Lundeen, MS

Associate Teaching Professor
MS, Computer Science
Email: lundeenk@seattleu.edu

Greg Magnan, PhD

Professor, Department of Marketing
Email: gmagnan@seattleu.edu
 

John V. Merle, MBA

Senior Instructor, Department of Accounting
Email: merlej@seattleu.edu

Lawrence Morales, PhD

Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics
Email: moralele@seattleu.edu

Claus Pörtner, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Email: cportner@seattleu.edu

Joe Schlegel, MA

Instructor, Department of Management
Email: schlegej@seattleu.edu

Geneva Sedgwick, JD, LLM

Professor, Department of Marketing
Email: gsedgwick@seattleu.edu
 

Erin Vernon, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Eva Albers Professor, 2022-2025
Email: vernoner@seattleu.edu