Wen Gu
Associate Professor in the Practice of Information Systems & Operations Management | Emory University, Goizueta Business School
Atlanta, GA, UNITED STATES
Integrating innovative technology and practices into business education. Helps business students communicate and make decisions with data.
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Biography
Prof. Wenjun (Wen) Gu joined the Goizueta Business School faculty in the Fall of 2019. Prior to joining Emory University, Prof. Gu served on the faculty of Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University.
Prof. Gu is passionate about integrating emerging technology and pedagogical practices into business education. His experience includes designing an interactive content delivery mechanism for online and hybrid learning. This innovative mechanism activates active learning and allows learners to interact with the materials through clicking and typing. The mechanism also affords learners customized feedback, which significantly improve engagement and knowledge retention. Gu's work on hybrid learning has earned him a Teaching Innovation Award at Georgia State University.
Prof. Gu has taught courses in data analytics, decision analysis, operations management, and statistical modeling. He is a firmly believer of "Business is nothing without context". As such, his teaching emphasizes the interpretation of technical results and the application of managerial insights in business decisions.
Prof. Gu's research interest is on green product design and operations, and their impact on environmental performance. His paper titled "Is Remanufacturing Necessarily Environmentally Friendly?" won the best paper award at 2012 Decision Science Institute Annual Conference.
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