I use this website in all my teaching at York University. My office is 268C Atkinson, by appointment. Always try email (lripley@yorku.ca) or the individual course Discussion Group first; most questions can be easily answered there and I am readily available on email. 

I earned a PhD in Management Studies (major in Marketing, minor in Finance) from University of Toronto, an MBA in Finance from Loyola University of Chicago, and a Bachelor's degree from Shimer College, one of the world's finest (and smallest) liberal arts undergraduate schools. I worked in Finance and Marketing Research in "the real world" and have taught at York for more than thirty years. Read more about me here. I love teaching, both in the classroom and on the Internet. I recently received the MERLOT Business Classics Award for my online teaching materials for Introductory Marketing. I am a feminist scholar. My definition of feminism is simple: a belief that women's ways of knowing and doing are just as valuable as men's. I earned my Women's Studies “degree” in the School of Hard Knocks, working in male-dominated professions.