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Rebounds to Regression Analysis:Alum Returns to TeachInstructor of economics AliciaRosburg (Economics ’06) iscompleting her Ph.D. in economics atIowa State University in environmentaleconomics. Her research has focusedheavily on bio-fuels as alternatives tofossil-based fuels. Rosburg received herB.A. in economics from UNI — the same programin which she’s teaching. As an undergraduatestudent at UNI, Rosburg earned the MahmoodYousefi Scholarship and the prestigious McElroyFellowship.Rosburg played on the Panther women’s basketballteam from 2002-2006, helping the Panthers rack up19 wins and earn a bid to the WNIT tournamentduring her senior year.FinanceAssistant professor Adam Smedemacompleted his Ph.D. from Florida StateUniversity with a concentration in finance andsupport econometrics. His research interestsinclude empirical asset pricing, idiosyncraticrisk, portfolio theory, derivatives, corporateflexibility and cash holdings. His teaching interestsinclude investments, derivatives, business statisticsand mathematics, and financial and capital budgeting.Smedema received his B.A. in political science from theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison.ManagementAssistant professor Russell Guay receivedhis Ph.D. in organizational behavior/humanresources from the University of Iowa. Hereceived an MBA and B.A. in managementfrom Northern Illinois University. Hisresearch focuses mostly on leadership andemployee work attitudes. Guay taught in the undergraduateand MBA programs at Iowa and has taught leadershipworkshops to groups of executives. He also has 10-plusyears of human resources experience in the manufacturing,hospitality and consulting industries, and is PHR certified.MarketingMatthew Wilson has 15 years of professionalexperience in interactive advertising,experiential marketing and interactiveproduct development. He was creativedirector of Mudd Advertising prior to joiningthe UNI faculty and prior to that ran hisown ad agency in New York City. Wilson, a native ofCedar Falls, Iowa, received a B.A. from Kansas City ArtInstitute and master’s of fine arts degree in creative designfrom Yale University.In 2004, Wilson worked as a creative consultant for NewZealand-based WETA Workshop on the pre-productionof Peter Jackson’s King Kong. Working with the art andproduction design teams in New Zealand, he providedhistorical design research in coordination with NewYork’s cultural institutions.Tom Cummings has more than 30 yearsof industry experience with John Deere,serving as sales and marketing managerfor both internal and external productmarkets for more than two decades.His experience includes working in theareas of Division Sales Management, WorldwideDemand Planning and Order Forecast Management,Marketing Management, External Regional SalesManagement, Internal Sales Account Management,New Product Development Engineering, CapitalBudgeting Management, Manufacturing Engineeringand Materials Engineering. Cummings has a master’sin engineering from Iowa State University, and receivedhis B.A. from the University of Dubuque. He alsocompleted the John Deere Development Programs,which include 218 hours of training in finance, businessmanagement, sales management, global marketingplanning, executive speaking, production systems andperformance management. He was an adjunct instructorfor UNIBusiness from 2007-2009.17