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. Call me "Louise" or "Dr. Ripley, but just don't call me "Miss".  I am a great believer in multi-disciplinary studies. I recently had three papers accepted in a two-week period, one in Philosophy, one in Women's Studies, and one in Cybernetics/Marketing. I am a Professor of Marketing and of Women's Studies.

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 Chicago and have taught at York for more than twenty years. Click here to read more about me professionally and personally.

I love teaching, both in the classroom and on the Internet. I haven't always done Internet teaching or even wanted to do it. I had my "first time" too. You can read a paper I wrote about the experience, called "Survivor!: When The Next Reality Show is You Teaching Your First Internet Course". I found that through active participation in the Discussion Group, I still get to know students and still have fun. I recently received the MERLOT Business Classics Award for my online teaching materials for Introductory Marketing.

I am a feminist. My definition of that word is simple: a belief that women's ways of knowing and doing are just as valuable as men's and that women are to be valued just as highly as men. I earned my Women's Studies “degrees” in the School of Hard Knocks, working in male-dominated professions.