Doctoral Faculty
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Our doctoral faculty are experts and thought leaders in their fields. They publish in top-tier academic journals and hold various editorial and leadership positions in their professional associations. We pride ourselves in providing our doctoral students with a one-on-one mentorship throughout their studies that sharpens their research skills and helps them succeed as future business scholars.
![Giorgio Gotti, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/giorgio-gotti.jpg)
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Giorgio Gotti, Ph.D.
- Professor, Dean
- (956) 665-3311
- giorgio.gotti@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: International accounting
![Arno Forst, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/arno-forst.jpg)
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Arno Forst, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- (956) 882-5783
- arno.forst@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Financial accounting, international accounting, corporate governance
![Jiajia Fu, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/jiajia-fu.jpg)
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Jiajia Fu, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
- (956) 665-3753
- jiajia.fu@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Mispricing of Accounting Information, Financial Reporting Quality, Voluntary Disclosure, and Employee Social Media Disclosure
![Haiyan Zhou, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/haiyan-zhou.jpg)
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Haiyan Zhou, Ph.D.
- Professor
- (956) 665-2829
- haiyan.zhou@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Accounting information in capital markets; Accounting information in emerging markets; Auditing
![Akinloye Akindayomi, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/akinloye-akindayomi1.jpg)
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Akinloye Akindayomi, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- (956) 665-7842
- akinloye.akindayomi@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Financial Reporting, International Accounting, Taxation, and Executive Compensation.
![Christian Sobngwi, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/christian-sobngwi2.jpg)
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Christian Sobngwi, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Interim Director
- (956) 665-7936
- christian.sobngwi@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Financial accounting, voluntary disclosure, and fair value measurements.
![Sedat Erdogan, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/sedat-erdogan.jpg)
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Sedat Erdogan, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
- (956) 665-5105
- sedat.erdogan@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests:Corporate Financial Disclosures, Earnings/Revenue Attributes, Ethics
![Salvador Contreras, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/salvador-contreras.jpg)
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Salvador Contreras, Ph.D.
- Professor
- (956) 665-2827
- salvador.contreras@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Economic Development, Education, Financial Intermediation, Migration, and Race
![Diego Escobari, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/diego-escobari.jpg)
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Diego Escobari, Ph.D.
- Professor
- (956) 665-3366
- diego.escobari@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Pricing, empirical industrial organization
![Gautam Hazarika, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/gautam-hazarika.jpg)
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Gautam Hazarika, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- (956) 882-8953
- gautam.hazarika@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Development Economics, Labor Economics, Economics of Education
![Maroula Khraiche, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/maroula-khraiche.jpg)
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Maroula Khraiche, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- (956) 665-3391
- maroula.khraiche@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: International economics
![Levent Kutlu, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/levent-kutlu.jpg)
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Levent Kutlu, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- (956) 665-3108
- levent.kutlu@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Applied econometrics
![Armando Lopez-Velasco , Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/armando-velasco.jpg)
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Armando Lopez-Velasco , Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
- (956) 665-3359
- armando.lopezvelasco@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Immigration, macroeconomics, dynamic political economy, social security
![Xi Mao, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/xi-mao.jpg)
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Xi Mao, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
- (956) 882-8863
- xi.mao@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: International Trade
![Andre Mollick, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/andre-mollick.jpg)
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Andre Mollick, Ph.D.
- Professor
- (956) 665-7136
- andre.mollick@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: International Finance, Development Economics, and Macroeconomics.
![Jean-Baptiste Tondji, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/jean-baptiste-tondji.png)
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Jean-Baptiste Tondji, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
- (956) 665-3907
- jeanbaptiste.tondji@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Microeconomic Theory, Political Economy, Economics of Organizations
![Elisa Taveras](../_files/images/faculty/elisa-pena.jpg)
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Elisa Taveras, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
- Economics
- ECOBE 216
- elisa.taveraspena@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Labor economics, household economics, applied microeconomics
![Ahmed Elanhas, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/ahmed-elnahas.jpg)
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Ahmed Elanhas, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- (956) 665-2830
- ahmed.elnahas@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Empirical corporate finance
![siamak javadi](../_files/images/faculty/siamak-javadi.jpg)
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Siamak Javadi, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- (956) 882-8858
- siamak.javadi@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Fixed income; corporate finance; financial markets & institutions; empirical asset pricing; corporate governance
![Incheol Kim, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/incheol-kim.jpg)
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Incheol Kim, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- (956) 665-2669
- incheol.kim@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Empirical corporate finance
![Suin Lee, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/suin-lee.jpg)
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Suin Lee, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
- (956) 665-5802
- suin.lee@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Investment, Migration flows, Investor behavior
![Yu Liu, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/yu-liu.jpg)
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Yu Liu, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- (956) 882-5802
- yu.liu@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Corporate finance, country institutions, national culture
![Nam H. Nguyen, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/nam-nguyen.jpg)
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Nam H. Nguyen, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
- (956) 665-5317
- namhoang.nguyen@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Corporate Finance
![Monika Rabarison, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/monika-rabarison.jpg)
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Monika Rabarison, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- (956) 665-3338
- monika.rabarison@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Corporate Finance, Financial Institutions, Health Finance
![Ahasan Harun](../_files/images/faculty/ahasan-harun.jpg)
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Ahasan Harun
- Assistant Professor
(956) 665-3336
ahasan.harun@utrgv.edu - Research Interests: Machine learning, text mining, multivariate analysis, Bayesian SEM, econometrics, simulation, quality management, sustainable operations, supply chain analytics, health care management
![Bin Wang](../_files/images/faculty/bin-wang.jpg)
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Bin Wang
- RCVCOBE Professor of Business
(956) 665-5087
bin.wang@utrgv.edu - Research Interests: Social Media and Social Commerce, Crowdfunding, Electronic Commerce and Mobile Commerce, Information Technology Adoption, Performance of IT-Focused Firms
![Geng Sun](../_files/images/faculty/geng-sun.jpg)
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Geng Sun
- Assistant Professor
- EMAGC 3.316
- geng.sun@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Economics of IS
![Hong Qin](../_files/images/faculty/hong-qin.jpg)
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Hong Qin
- Associate Professor
EMAGC 3.318 - (956) 665-2035
- hong.qin@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Business research methodology
![Francis Andoh-Baidoo](../_files/images/faculty/francis-andoh-baidoo.jpg)
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Francis Andoh-Baidoo
- Professor
(956) 665-3397
francis.andohbaidoo@utrgv.edu - Research Interests: Business intelligence/analytics
![Sunyoung Cho, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/sunyoung-cho.jpg)
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Sunyoung Cho, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- (956) 665-3360
- sunyoung.cho@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Adoption and diffusion of innovative information systems, health information systems, online transactions and communications
![Qinyu Liao, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/qinyu-liao.jpg)
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Qinyu Liao, Ph.D.
- Professor
- (956) 882-5825
- qinyu.liao@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Internet use, social media, technology adoption, electronic commerce
![Murad Moqbel, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/murad-moqbel.jpg)
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Murad Moqbel, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- (956) 665-3314
- murad.moqbel@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Social media, emerging technologies and Health IT, information security and privacy, and international business.
![Jun Sun, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/jun-sun.jpg)
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Jun Sun, Ph.D.
- Professor
- (956) 665-2850
- jun.sun@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Health informatics, green it, information systems
![Punit Ahluwalia, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/punit-ahluwalia.jpg)
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Punit Ahluwalia, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
EMAGC 3.314 - (956) 665-2843
- punit.ahluwalia@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: “Quality of Service” of mobile transactions, modeling mobile transactions, multicast communications, wireless networks
![Xuan Wang, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/xuan-wang.jpg)
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Xuan Wang, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
- (956) 665-2019
- xuan.wang@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Big data analytics, causal inference, advanced methodology
![Nan Xiao, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/nan-xiao.jpg)
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Nan Xiao, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- (956) 665-3352
- nan.xiao@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Services marketing; consumer adoption and use of technology-based products and services; tourism marketing; travel research; eye tracking methodology
![Hale Kaynak, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/hale-kaynak.jpg)
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Hale Kaynak, Ph.D.
- Professor of Operations Management
(956) 665-3351
hale.kaynak@utrgv.edu - Research Interests: Sustainability, circular economy, health care operations, supply chain management, quality management, lean operations, innovation, performance measurement, empirical research, and replication research.
![Jennifer Welbourne, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/jennifer-welbourne.jpg)
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Jennifer Welbourne, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor of Management
(956) 665-3382
jennifer.welbourne@utrgv.edu - Research Interests: Roles of personality, culture, and gender in the workplace, Workplace stress and coping
![Jorge Gonzalez, Ph.D.](/cobe/_files/images/faculty/jorge-gonzalez.jpg)
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Jorge Gonzalez, Ph.D.
- Professor and Chair of Management
(956) 665-2831
jorge.gonzalez@utrgv.edu - Research Interests: Organizational behavior, diverstiy, and cross-cultural management
![Michael Abebe, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/michael-abebe.jpg)
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Michael Abebe, Ph.D.
- Professor of Management
- (956) 665-5225
- michael.abebe@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Strategic management, Corporate governance, Strategic change/Turnarounds, Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Entrepreneurship
![Wanrong Hou, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/wanrong-hou.jpg)
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Wanrong Hou, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor of Management
- (956) 665-3387
- wanrong.hou@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Corporate governance, executive compensation
![Pingshu Li, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/pingshu-li.jpg)
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Pingshu Li, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor of Management
- (956) 665-2569
- pingshu.li@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Strategic HRM and Human Capital, Employee compensation, Prosocial Motivation, and multilevel modeling
![Steve Lovett, Ph.D](../_files/images/faculty/steve-lovett.jpg)
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Steve Lovett, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor of Management
- (956) 882-7382
- steve.lovett@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Strategic leadership, strategic management
![Sibin Wu, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/sibin-wu.jpg)
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Sibin Wu, Ph.D.
- Professor of Management
- (956) 665-3359
- sibin.wu@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Crowdfunding, strategic decision making, and international entrepreneurship.
![Arturo Vasquez, Ph. D.](../_files/images/faculty/arturo-vasquez.jpg)
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Arturo Vasquez, Ph.D.
- Professor
(956) 665-5204
arturo.vasquez@utrgv.edu - Research Interests: Strategic Marketing, Loyalty versus Satisfaction in Services, Relationship Marketing in Practice
![Chiquan Guo, Ph. D.](/cobe/_files/images/faculty/chiquan-guo.jpg)
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Chiquan Guo, Ph.D.
- Professor
(956) 665-7339
chiquan.guo@utrgv.edu - Research Interests: Cross-cultural marketing
![Dan King, Ph. D.](../_files/images/faculty/dan-king.jpg)
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Dan King, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
(956) 882-8618
dennisdanny.uy@utrgv.edu - Research Interests: Consumer psychology, affect, cognition
![Deniz Atik, Ph. D.](../_files/images/faculty/deniz-atik.jpg)
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Deniz Atik, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
(956) 665-5007
deniz.atik@utrgv.edu - Research Interests: Consumer research
![Peter Magnusson, Ph. D.](../_files/images/faculty/peter-magnusson.jpg)
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Peter Magnusson, Ph.D.
- Professor, Chair
- (956) 665-3889
- peter.magnusson@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Global Marketing Strategy
![Sunaina Chugani, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/sunaina-chugani.jpg)
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Sunaina Chugani, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
- (956) 665-3359
- sunaina.chugani@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Consumer well-being, wisdom, gratitude, materialism, hedonic adaptation, satiation, social forces.
![Reto Felix, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/reto-felix.jpg)
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Reto Felix, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- (956) 665-2579
- reto.felix@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Consumer well-being.
![Fuat Firat, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/fuat-firat.jpg)
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Fuat Firat, Ph.D.
- Professor
- (956) 665-2092
- fuat.firat@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Marketing theory, postmodern culture, symbolic culture
![Xiaojing Sheng, Ph.D.](../_files/images/faculty/xiaojing-sheng.jpg)
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Xiaojing Sheng, Ph.D.
- Professor
- (956) 665-3317
- xiaojing.sheng@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Services marketing; consumer adoption and use of technology-based products and services; tourism marketing; travel research; eye tracking methodology
![Mark Kroll, Ph. D.](../_files/images/faculty/mark-kroll.jpg)
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Mark Kroll, Ph.D
- Professor
- WRCIC 2.212
- (956) 665-4045
- mark.kroll@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Entrepreneurship and corporate governance
![Leon Schjoedt, Ph. D.](../_files/images/faculty/leon-schjoedt.jpg)
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Leon Schjoedt, Ph.D
- Assistant Professor
- ECOBE 134F
- leon.schjoedt@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial teams, entrepreneurial self-efficacy
![Jaime Ortiz, Ph. D.](../_files/images/faculty/jamie-ortiz.jpg)
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Jaime Ortiz, Ph.D
- Professor
- (956)-882-6597
- jaime.ortiz@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Global economies and markets.
![Edith Galy, Ph. D.](../_files/images/faculty/edith-galy.jpg)
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Edith Galy, Ph. D.
- Associate Professor
- (956) 882-7301
- edith.galy@utrgv.edu
- Research Interests: Sustainability, knowledge management, organizational learning and innovation management.