Peter Smith Ring Peter Smith Ring has been a faculty member at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. since August 1990, and Professor of Strategic Management since 1994. Previously, he was an Associate Professor of Management at the Curtis Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities from 1984-1990. In 1986 Professor Ring received his PhD from the University of California, Irvine. aimresearch.org