University of North Texas 
Fizza Kanwal
Department of Management
Ph.D. Candidate
BLB 185
Fizza Kanwal is a fourth-year PhD Management candidate. She has worked as a research associate and a lecturer of management for five years. She is trained in research methods including content analysis, ego network analysis and structural equation modeling. Her research interests include crowdfunding, employee resilience and social networks.
Academic Interests
Journal Publications:
Chandler, J. A., Anglin, A. H., Kanwal, F., & Short, J. C. (2024). No politics in funding pitches: An expectancy violations theory perspective of entrepreneurs' political expressions in crowdfunding. Journal of Business Venturing, 39(1), 106365.
Conference Papers:
Kanwal, F., Kidwell, V. L., (2023). Lending a Hand: An Application of Social Network Analysis on Employee Resilience in Organizations. Presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2023 (Boston).
Johnson, N. E., Kanwal, F., Drader, N., (2023). Do linguistic styles hold across contexts? Replicating and extending crowdfunding success in university-based crowdfunding platforms. Accepted for presentation at Southern Management Association, 2023 (Florida).
Kanwal, F., Drader, N., (2023). Developing a Typology of Firm's Attention to Stakeholders during Activism: The Role of the Activism Stages and Locations. Accepted for round table discussion at Southern Management Association, 2023 (Florida).
Lopez-Kidwell, V., Drader, N., Kanwal, F., Boulamatsi, A. Cooper, D. & Floyd, T. (2023). Instrumental or expressive, bonding or bridging, weak or strong ties? Recommendations for newcomers, Presented at Sunbelt Conference, International Network for Social Network Analysis, 2023 (Portland).
Kanwal, F., Chandler, J.A., Short, J.C., (2022). A language expectancy theory perspective on entrepreneurs’ political expressions in crowdfunding. Presented at Academy of Management Conference, 2022 (Seattle).
Johnson, N. E., Putri, N. I., Kanwal, F., (2022). Does Entrepreneurial Team Diversity Matter? A Case in the Crowdfunding Context. Presented at Southern Management Association, 2022 (Arkansas).