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Niki Bruno

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Accounting concentration
Entered program in 2021

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Accounting
University of South Carolina, 2015
Summa Cum Laude

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Auditor judgement and decision making

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Nahida Parvin

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Accounting Concentration
Entered program in 2025

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Yanran Yang

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Accounting Concentration
Entered program in 2023

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Christian Zimbelman

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Accounting Concentration
Entered program in 2023

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Haimiti Aerfate

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Economics
Entered program in 2020

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Public Finance, Macroeconomics, Industrial Organization

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Debbie Amewu

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Economics
Entered program in 2022

Master of Science, Economics
University of Warwick, United Kingdom, 2020

Bachelor of Arts, Economics
University of Ghana, Ghana,  2018
First class 

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Economics of Crime, Education and Gender

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Dylan Burke

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Economics
Entered program in 2022

Master of Public Policy
Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia, 2022

Master of Arts, Economics
University of South Carolina, 2020

Bachelor of Science, Economics
University of South Carolina, 2019

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Applied Microeconomics, Economics of Education, Labor Economics

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Yunus Emre Demirci

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Economics
Entered program in 2023

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Mahyar Ebrahimitorki

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Economics (ABD)
Entered program in 2020

Master of Arts, Financial Management

Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration

ACADEMIC RESEARCH
Financial Economics, Banking, Fintech, Corporate Finance, Household Finance, Financial Innovation, Applied Artificial Intelligence

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Marli Fichtner

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Economics
Entered program in 2024

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Roxana Gonzalez-Cortes

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Economics
Entered program in 2022

Bachelor of Arts, Economics
The University of Tennessee, 2022
Honor Recipient

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Mohammed Jakaria

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Economics
Entered program in 2020

Master of Social Science in Economics,
University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, 2015

Bachelor of Social Science in Economics,
University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, 2013
With honors

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Development Economics, Labor Economics, and Environmental Economics

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Kara Jones

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Economics
Entered program in 2021

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, International Business and Economics
University of South Carolina, 2018
Summa Cum Laude, Honors College Graduate

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Economic incentives, tax policy, tourism

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Narender Mahor

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Economics
Entered program in 2022

Master of Arts, Economics
University of Delhi, India, 2019

Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics, Economics
University of Delhi, India, 2017
First Division

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Labor Economics, Health Economics, Public Economics

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Prachi Mallick

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Economics
Entered program in 2024

Master of Business Administration, Accounting and Information Systems
Jagannath University, Bangladesh, 2021

Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting and Information Systems
Information Systems
Jagannath University, Bangladesh, 2019

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Labor Economics, Development Economics, Applied Microeconomics

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Ayse Mehmeti

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Economics
Entered program in 2024

Master of Arts, Economics
Carleton University, Canada, 2011

Bachelor of Arts, International Relations
Koc University, Turkiye, 2009

Bachelor of Arts, Economics
Koc University, Turkiye, 2009

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Applied Microeconomics

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Iddrisu Mohammed

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Economics
Entered program in 2020

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Development Economics, Political Economy, Economic History, Applied Microeconomics

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David Munson

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Economics
Entered program in 2024

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Ashly Rojas

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Economics
Entered program in 2022

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Kaleigh Strohl

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Economics
Entered program in 2020

Bachelor of Science, Economics 
College of the Liberal Arts
Bachelor of Science, Management 
Smeal College of Business 
Penn State University, 2020
Magna Cum Laude

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Applied Microeconomics 

 

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John Ampong

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Finance Business Concentration
Entered program in 2022

Master of Applied Economics in Financial Engineering
Xiamen University, China, 2020
Graduated with high distinction

Bachelor of Management Studies
University of Cape Coast, Ghana, 2017
First class honors

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Empirical Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Shareholder Voting, Machine Learning in Finance

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Muge Li

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Finance Business Concentration
Entered program in 2024

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Haoran Ma

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Finance Business Concentration
Entered program in 2024

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Zheyu Qi

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Finance Business Concentration
Entered program in 2022

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Haiwen Su

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Finance Business Concentration
Entered program in 2024

Master of Science, Financial Engineering
Lehigh University, 2024

Bachelor of Science, Finance
Minor in Mathematics
University of Nebraska- Lincoln, 2022
High Distinction

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Wenting Wang

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Finance Business Concentration
Entered program in 2024

Master in Science, Management
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2022

Bachelor in Art, Translation
University of International Business and Economics, China, 2021

Bachelor in Science, Insurance
University of International Business and Economics, China, 2021

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Siwen Zhang

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Finance Business Concentration
Entered program in 2020

 

 

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Joshua Ayers

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
International Business Concentration
Entered program in 2025

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Manuel Francisco Valencia Bastida

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
International Business Concentration
Entered program in 2018

Master of International Management, Latin America
Thunderbird School of Global Business, 2000

Bachelor in International Trade
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, 1997

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Adrian Rodriguez Buenrostro

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
International Business Concentration
Entered program in 2018

Ph.D. in Management
EGADE Business School, Mexico, 2025

MBA with concentration Corporate Strategy

Bachelor in International Business, and Retail
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico, 2010

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Emerging economies, Industry 4.0, International entrepreneurship, Institutional fragility

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Yu Chen

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
International Business Concentration
Entered program in 2023

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
International Business Strategy, Multinational Enterprises and its subsidiaries, Sustainable Development Goals, Emerging Markets, Deglobalization.

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Sanghee Han

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
International Business concentration
Darla Moore School of Business-Sogang University, Dual Degree
Entered program in 2025

 

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Xixuan "Charles" Han

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
International Finance Concentration
Entered program in 2024

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Waleed Ihsan

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
International Finance Concentration
Darla Moore School of Business- American University of Sharjah, Dual Degree
Entered program in 2021

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Rana Jamshed

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
International Finance Concentration
Darla Moore School of Business- American University of Sharjah, Dual Degree
Entered program in 2021

Masters of Business Administration, Finance
American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2006

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Accounting and Finance
American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2001 

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Jinwoo Kim

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
International Business Concentration
Darla Moore School of Business-Sungkyunkwan University, Dual Degree
Entered program in 2021

Master of Science in Business Administration, International Business
Korea University

Bachelor or Arts in Business Administration, International Business
Washington State University

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Kijong Kim

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
International Business Concentration
Entered program in 2021

Master of Science in Management, Strategy Specialization,
National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2020
Summa Cum Laude 

Bachelor of Science, Economics and Finance
University of Hong Kong, China, 2018

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Minsuk Kim

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
International Finance concentration
Darla Moore School of Business-Sungkyunwan University, Dual Degree
Entered program in 2024

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Wonho Kim

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
International Business Concentration
Entered program in 2023

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Yongwon Kim

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
International Finance Concentration
Darla Moore School of Business-Sungkyunkwan University, Dual Degree
Entered program in 2021 (ABD)

Ph.D. ABD
Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea

Master of Economics (Applied Economics)
Hanyang University ERICA Campus, Republic of Korea, 2021

Bachelors, Economics
Hanyang University ERICA Campus, Republic of Korea, 2019
Summa Cum Laude

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Insider trading, Mutual fund, ESG

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Alina Kinchinbayeva

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
International Business Concentration
Entered program in 2023

Masa Kuljis

Maša Kuljiš

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
International Business concentration
Darla Moore School of Business-EGADE Business School, Dual Degree
Entered program in 2018

Master of Economics, Finance Specialization
University of Zagreb, Croatia, 2012
Magna cum laude

Bachelor of Arts, Business and Economics
University of Zagreb, Croatia 2010
Magna cum laude

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Digital Innovation, Strategic Management, Global Strategy, Emerging Markets 

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Daniel Marcelo Rodriguez Lozano

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
International Business concentration
Darla Moore School of Business-EGADE Business School, Dual Degree
Entered program in 2018

Master of Business Administration Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, 2001

Bachelor of International Business
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, 1998

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Inverse Innovation, Managerial practices in Global Organizations

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Ana Lissette Segovia Philip

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
International Business concentration
Darla Moore School of Business-EGADE Business School, Dual Degree
Entered program in 2018

Master of Psychology of Labor and Organizations
Universidad Popular Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico, 2015

Master of Business Administration
Strategic Leadership
Universidad San Pablo CEU, Spain, 2005

Bachelor of Law
Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Mexico, 2004
Honorable Mention

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Family Firms, Emerging Markets, Strategic Management

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Roxana Gonzalez Tamsec-Moreno

EDUCATION

Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration, International Business Concentration
Entered program in 2023

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Emma Garcia Valenzuela

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
International Business concentration
Darla Moore School of Business-EGADE Business School, Dual Degree
Entered program in 2018

Master of Business Administration, Marketing Specialization
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, 2000

Bachelor of International Business
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, 1997

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Retail internationalization, Internationalization of MNE in Emerging Markets, International Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Services Marketing, Retail Strategy, Store Management, Visual Merchandising, Experience Design and Consumer Behavior

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Jingjing Yang

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
International Business Concentration
Entered program in 2025

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Xinya "Lucia" Yu

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
International Finance Concentration
Entered program in 2021

 

 

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Cookie Day

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Business Policy/Strategy Concentration
Entered program in 2023

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Ashley Flowers

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Concentration
Entered program in 2023

Master of Science, Human Resource Management
Purdue University, 2014

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration
Claflin University, 2013
Magna Cum Laude, Honors College, Highest GPA in Business Administration Major

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Yoojin Jeong

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Business Policy/Strategy Concentration
Entered program in 2020

Master of International Affairs with a concentration in Economic and Political Development,
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, 2015

Bachelor of International Studies with a concentration in International Studies and Economics,
Korea University, 2012

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Xavier Jones

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Concentration
Entered program in 2025

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Ipsu Khadka

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Concentration
Entered program in 2023

M.A. Economics
South Asian University, India, 2019

Bachelor of Business Administration
Pokhara University, Nepal, 2014

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Kayla Kozak

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Concentration
Entered program in 2024

Master of Business Administration, Marketing
College of Charleston, 2024
Beta Gamma Sigma

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration
College of Charleston, 2021
Summa Cum Laude

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Substance Abuse, LGBTQ+

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TzeShiang "Shawn" Lin

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Concentration
Entered program in 2024

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology,
University of South Carolina, 2024

Bachelor of Education, Civic Education and Leadership,
National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, 2017

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Joseph Molle

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Concentration
Entered program in 2023

Master's of Business Administration with a specialization in Strategic Human Resource Management
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2023

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, University of Minnesota

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS

Strategic Human Resource Management; Compensation; Strategic Human Capital

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Ritesh Yadav

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Concentration
Entered program in 2023

Master's in Business Administration with a concentration in Economics,
Idaho State University, 2023

Bachelor of Science in Economics,
Idaho State University, 2021

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Shawn Zhou

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Concentration
Entered program in 2025

 

 

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Campbell Clarkson

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Production and Operations Management Concentration
Entered program in 2020

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Empirical operations management, online platforms, service operations, sustainable operations

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Kyunghwa Chung

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Production/Operations Management Concentration
Entered program in 2025

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Gyumin Kim

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Production/Operations Management Concentration
Entered program in 2025

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Jaewoo Lee

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Production and Operations Management Concentration
Entered program in 2021

Master of Arts in Business Administration, Operations Management (minor in statistics)
The Ohio State University, 2021

Master of Science in Business Administration, Operations Management
Korea University, South Korea 2018

Bachelor of Science, Food and Nutrition (minor in business administration)
Yonsei University, South Korea, 2012

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Franchisor–Franchisee Relationship; Service Operations; Behavioral Operations

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Diep Pham

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Production/Operations Management Concentration
Entered program in 2025

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Tianshu Qu

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Production/Operations Management Concentration
Entered program in 2024

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Samin Shaghaghi

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Production/Operations Management Concentration
Entered program in 2024

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Katelyn Thompson

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Production/Operations Management Concentration
Entered program in 2023

Master of Business Administration
Francis Marion University, 2022

Bachelor of Business Administration, Supply Chain Management 
Francis Marion University, 2020

Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance
Francis Marion University, 2020

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Haibo Zhu

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Production/Operations Management Concentration
Entered program in 2023

 

 

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Yidan Chang

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Marketing Concentration
Entered program in 2025

Applied Economics,
Hong Kong Baptist University, China

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Recommendation System

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Sunwoo Cho

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Marketing Concentration
Entered program in 2024

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Yilian Du

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Marketing Concentration
Entered program in 2022

Master of Economics, Applied Econometrics concentration
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021

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Tyler Moake

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Marketing Concentration
Entered program in 2024

Bachelor of Science, Digital Marketing
Utah Valley University, 2023

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Bhavna Phogaat

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Marketing Concentration
Entered program in 2021

Master of Science, Applied Operational Research concentration 
University of Delhi , South Delhi Campus, India, 2019

Bachelor of Science 
Mathmatics 
Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi, India, 2017 

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS 
Quasi and Field Experiments, Applied Econometric Modeling

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Taught a full semester “Principles of Marketing Research” course to 52 undergraduate business students in Fall 2023.

Teaching Assistant Experience:
CRM and Data Mining (MBA & PMBA)
Digital Marketing & Social Media Analytics (MBA and Undergraduate)
Marketing Analytics (PMBA)

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Worked in Customer Insights – Data Analysis domain (Evalueserve Pvt. Ltd.). Industry projects focused on customer segmentation techniques and modeling of customer churn, retention and acquisition rate.

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 
Janakiraman, Ramkumar, Harsha Kamatham, Sven Feurer, Rishika Rishika, Bhavna Phogaat, and Marina Girju (2024), "Spring Forward= Fall Back? The Effect of Daylight Savings Time Change on Consumers' Unhealthy Behavior," Journal of Marketing, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00222429241256570

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Julia van de Sandt

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Marketing Concentration
Entered program in 2021

Master in Business Administration,
Southeast Missouri State University, 2016
Double-Degree Masters Student awarded with an international Scholarship

Master of Arts with Concentration in International Business Management, Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Germany, 2016

Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Management
CBS International Business School, Germany, 2013

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Sustainability, Product Materials, Consumer Well-Being, Inference-making

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assignment: Consumer Behavior (MKTG351), Spring 2024

Consumer Packaging (Bagel Group), Cruise Tourism (Carnival Corporation), and Retail (LIDL Supermarkets)

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Mackenzie Volk

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Marketing Concentration
Entered program in 2021

Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing, University of Kentucky, 2017

Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics, University of Kentucky, 2017

ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTERESTS
Consumer Decision Making

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Production Planning with Toyota, Operations and Reverse Logistics management with Amazon.com, and Assortment Strategy for The Kroger Co.

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Qionglin Wu

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Marketing Concentration
Entered program in 2025

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Zhendong Zuo

EDUCATION
Pursuing Ph.D. in Business Administration
Marketing Concentration
Entered program in 2021

 

 


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