Daniels Book Authors

Daniels Book Authors

The faculty at Daniels are well known for being experts in their fields. Driven by pride in their subject matter expertise and passion for sharing their knowledge with others, several are published book authors, as well. Below is a list of faculty members’ published...

Steve White Joins Daniels as Executive in Residence

Steve White Joins Daniels as Executive in Residence

Steven A. White, President, special counsel to the CEO of Comcast Cable, joins 13 other executives in residence at the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business. The Daniels Executive in Residence (EIR) Program encourages meaningful engagement in the life of...

Immersed in the Business of Wellness

Immersed in the Business of Wellness

Growing up, Colleen Reilly (MBA & MS 2000) wanted to be a doctor, like her neurosurgeon father. She pursued that dream through college as a pre-med major. When her dad died in her 20s, she realized it wasn’t actually her dream at all. “He was the only neurosurgeon...

Q&A: How Surfing Grew Into an Olympic Sport

Q&A: How Surfing Grew Into an Olympic Sport

For a lot of college students working summer jobs and internships, their education helps them make sense of their work. It was the other way around for Melissa Akaka, an associate professor of marketing at the Daniels College of Business. “I think what got me...

Bang … Zoom!

Bang … Zoom!

After COVID-19 hit, most of us went in front of the camera. Eric Holt got behind it. Holt, assistant professor in Daniels’ Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management, used the pandemic to fundamentally change the way he teaches his...

Q&A: How to Fight the ‘Zoombies’ and Minimize Screen Fatigue

Q&A: How to Fight the ‘Zoombies’ and Minimize Screen Fatigue

It’s day 439 of the pandemic, and Zoom has lost a little of its charm. The novelty and convenience of conducting work, school and socializing online have given way to glassy eyes and blank stares. Scott Toney, a teaching assistant professor in the Department of...

A Prospector Hangs Up His Pickaxe … and Calculator

A Prospector Hangs Up His Pickaxe … and Calculator

You could say that Gary Farmar (BSBA 1975, MBA 1982) spent his career as a prospector. First, he discovered oil. Then gold. Likely his richest discovery, however, is the motherlode of precious minerals that is the student body at the Daniels College of Business Reiman...

Q&A: The Influence of Online Movie Reviews

Q&A: The Influence of Online Movie Reviews

Once upon a time, box office sales were the make-or-break bellwether in the movie business. Studios were eager to shepherd their audiences to the big screen, where, the Columbia Journalism Review estimates, they need to bring in $74 million just to break even. But...

Getting Into the Entrepreneurial Spirit

Getting Into the Entrepreneurial Spirit

We often wonder what motivates someone to pursue a new endeavor. But two Daniels professors are also asking who inspires entrepreneurial intent and how entrepreneurship programs can best deliver that message. Rosanna Garcia, the Walter Koch Endowed Chair of...