Ed.D. (Stockton University)

Introduction to Management, Technology and Innovation Management, Business Basics 

Ph.D. (Drexel University)

Marketing Research, Strategic Marketing, Current Topics in Marketing, Ads Fads & Consumer Culture

Ph.D., Strategic Management (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA)

MBA (Suffolkd University, Sawyer School of Business, MA)

BBA (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)

Teaching Focus: Management, Business Policy & Strategy

Research Focus: Strategic Human Capital, Resource Based View, Business Ethics

Ph.D. (University of Nebraska)

M.S. (University of Pennsylvania)

B.A. (Drew University)

Introduction to Management

D.P.S. (Pace University), MBA, BE

Entrepreneurship, Business Policy & Strategy

Dr. George L. De Feis is an Assistant Professor of Business Studies at Stockton University, whose expertise includes strategy, international business/management, and sustainability/ESG.  In addition, he has recently written on service-learning initiatives, sustainable development, international trade theory, and strategic management.  His works have been published in the Journal of General Management, International Journal of Business & Applied Sciences, Academy of Business Research Journal, Journal of Business and Economic Research, Journal of Marketing Perspectives and has authored a textbook: Management Science: A Practical Approach for Today’s Business Management Student (2004, 2007), and has contributed chapters in Taylor & Francis and Springer International books.

Dr. De Feis was elected to the Board of Directors of the Business and Applied Sciences Academy of North America (BAASANA) in 2016; Editorial Board of Science Progress in 2019, and was a founding 2013 Board Member of AirSoilWater, a sustainability not-for-profit organization in Pennsylvania.  De Feis received an Academic Innovation Grant for Creating a Service-Learning Course on “Civic Engagement and Public Values” in 2016, was selected as Faculty Advisor of Enactus (Stockton University) in 2020, and was awarded 2013-2014 Bronze Medal Jefferson Award by Pace University for continued civic engagement service, related to the Project Pericles Fellowship he received.

Dr. De Feis has over 25 years of worldly professional and academic experience, covering the fields of strategic management, global affairs, and operations research, and he has consulted to the for-profit and not-for-profit worlds. Dr. De Feis’ interest in tourism stems from the 1980s having served a director of international affairs and conferences director for the American Society of Civil Engineers.  De Feis is a regular (2013-2020) visiting professor at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST), and presented works and given lectures in a multitude of countries on five continents.  Dr. De Feis can be reached on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-de-feis-0911046/

Dr. De Feis holds a D.P.S. in management (2013) from Pace University, an M.B.A. in finance and investments (1987) from Bernard M. Baruch College (CUNY), and a B.E. in civil engineering (1982) from Cooper Union.

Ph.D. (Georgetown University)

Business Law I

Ph.D. (Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico)

Leadership and Business Transformation

Ph.D. (University of South Alabama)

M.S. (Drexel University)

Teaching Focus: Introduction to Management

Ph.D. (Regent University)

Business Communication, Management Skills Development, Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, Management Theory, Practice & Vision

Dr. Joy Jones has been a keynote speaker and trainer for conferences, leadership forums, corporations, and non-profit organizations throughout the United States. In 2013, she contributed to the acclaimed book, Human Resource Management in the Non-Profit Sector, which focuses on leading in a diverse workforce.  Her research on leadership communication has been published in education, leadership, and management journals. Prior to joining higher education, Dr. Jones worked in media management and production for ESPN and Atlantic Video and served as the Communication Director for the Lt. Governor of Kentucky. 

M.B.A. (Southern Illinois University)

Marketing, Marketing Principles, Advertising, Direct Marketing for the Digital Age

Phil Kening has taught undergraduate Marketing classes in the School of Business at Stockton University since 2006, and both undergraduate and graduate classes at the Haub School of Business at St. Joseph’s University since 2009.  At Stockton, Phil also serves as Marketing Committee Co-Chair for Stockton’s Strategic Enrollment Management Council (SEMP). 

Since 1993, he has been a founder and Principal with Beacon Marketing Group, Inc. which specializes in marketing research, analytics and planning services.  Beacon’s client roster has included leading companies in the food, OTC, automotive, hospitality and technology industries.  Prior to his role at Beacon, Phil was a VP of Marketing for the Sands Hotel and Casino and a Group Marketing Director for Nestles Purina Pet Foods.  At the Sands, Phil had responsibility for the advertising, public relations, marketing research and direct marketing functions for the Atlantic City property and helped introduce the company’s player loyalty program.  At Purina, he was responsible for several national pet food brands, including the national rollout of the Pro Plan line of dog and cat foods.  He holds an MBA and a B.S. in Journalism from Southern Illinois University.

Phil and his wife, Carrie, have lived in Atlantic County for over 30 years.  They have one adult son, David, who resides in Brigantine and is employed by Caesar’s Entertainment in Atlantic City.  Phil has served as a Director and Executive Board member of the Galloway Police Athletic League for over fifteen years and has been a youth travel and college volleyball coach since 1998.  As a coach, he has participated in numerous large-scale events including NCAA Playoffs, National Collegiate Volleyball Federation Championships and AAU Girls Junior Nationals.  He has also assisted in running local / regional volleyball events at Stockton and at the AC Convention Center and Harrah’s.

J.D. (Temple University School of Law)

Business Law, Legal, Social and Ethical Environment of Business, Women and the Law, Computer Law and Ethics, Perspectives on Women, Women in Law, History and Literature, Ethics in Contemporary Society & Education Law

Recipient of “Distinguished Presentation Award for Outstanding Scholarship.” Awarded by the Pacific South West Academy of Legal Studies in Business (PSWALSB) “in recognition and with deep appreciation of your outstanding scholarship” for “First Amendment Rights on University Campuses” at its annual conference in Palm Springs, CA, February 13-16, 2020. 

Published work, “Sex Discrimination in the Legal Profession:  Historical and Contemporary erspectives,” 39 Valparaiso University Law Review 859-909 (2005) cited in 2019 by Aon, the international company servicing clients worldwide in matters of insurance and brokerage services, human resource consulting and workforce productivity solutions, as part of Celebrating Women’sHistory Month:  America’s First Women in Law which was produced to celebrate the fact that 2019 marks the 150^th anniversary of women practicing law in the U.S.

Twice Invited speaker at New York University 2019-2020 academic year: Presenter, invited presentation, by Professor Michael D. Ward, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Chemistry and Director, Molecular Design Institute of New York University, to present to post-doctoral and graduate students “Title IX Regulations and Their Legal Ramifications.” October 25, 2019.

Ph.D. (Syracuse University)

Personal Selling & Sales Management, Global Marketing, Service Marketing, Applied Marketing Management

President, Northeast Business and Economics Association 

Membership Director, Academy of International Business, Midwestern Region

Ph.D. (Montclair State University)

Marketing Principles, Consumer Behavior and Sustainability Marketing

Ph.D. (Drexel University)

Introduction to Management

Entrepreneurship

Ph.D. (Eastern University)

Introduction to Management, Organizational Behavior

Ph.D. (University of Delaware)

Legal, Social, and Ethical Environment of Business, Health & Law Policy

Kerrin frequently publishes research on school discipline and security, including the role of police in schools.  Exemplary articles include “School Suspensions and Adverse Experiences in Adulthood” (with Aaron Kupchik, PhD), published in Justice Quarterly, and “Civil Right Claims against School Resource Officers,” published in the Pace Law Review.

Kerrin teaches a General Studies course entitled “Drug Epidemics”, in which students create a pop-up museum on the opioid epidemic that teaches the Stockton community about various aspects of the epidemic. He is currently writing articles on the opioid epidemic as a teaching and learning tool.

Kerrin has served on the executive committee of the Faculty Senate at Stockton University for the past several years and recently was elected to serve as the body’s Vice President.

Ph.D. (Temple University)

Marketing Principles

Ye, Ning, Maureen Morrin, and Kristina Kampfer (2019), “From Glossy to Greasy: The Impact of Learned Associations on Perceptions of Food Healthfulness,” Journal of Consumer Psychology, 30(1), 96-124.

Su, Yiran, Thilo Kunkel, and Ning Ye, “When abs don’t sell: The impact of male influencers conspicuously displaying a muscular body on female followers,” Psychology & Marketing, forthcoming.   

Madzharov, Adriana, Ning Ye, Maureen Morrin, and Lauren Block (2018), “The Impact of Coffee-Like Scent on Consumer Expectations and Performance,” Journal of Environmental Psychology, 57, 83-86.

Ph.D. (Lebow College of Business, Drexel University)

Marketing Principles

Research interests: Sensory Marketing, Context Effects, Decision-Making

Zhang, Yuli, Hyokjin Kwak, Marina Puzakova, and Charles R Taylor (2020), "When distraction may be a good thing: The role of distraction in low‐fit brand extension evaluation," Psychology & Marketing, 37 (4), 604-621.

Kwak, Hyokjin, Yuli Zhang, Marina Puzakova, and Takeshi Moriguchi (2020), "Going it alone or together: the role of space between products on consumer perceptions of price promotions," International Journal of Advertising, 1-29.

Zhang, Yuli, Hyokjin Kwak, Haeyoung Jeong, and Marina Puzakova (2019), "Facing the “Right” Side? The Effect of Product Facing Direction," Journal of Advertising, 48 (2), 153-166.