Recent Ph.D. Graduates

Fall 2022

Dr. Brandon Antwiler, from the Department of Management, has accepted a position as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Antwiler’s dissertation, “A Multi-level Model for Perception Affect Asymmetry: Individual, Dyadic, and Group Affect Dynamics." Major Professor: Dr. Virginie Kidwell.

Spring 2023

Dr. Uchenna Ekezie, from the Department of Logistics and Operations Management. Dr. Ekezie’s dissertation, “Three essays on Worker Displacement by Artificial Intelligence (AI): The Impact of Boundary-spanning Employees.” Major Professor: Dr. David Gligor.

Dr. Ashupta Farjana, from the Department of Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, and Law, has accepted a position as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Muhlenberg College. Dr. Farjana’s dissertation, “Corporate Environmental Litigations- Peer Effects and Its Relationship to Firm Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) Performance.” Major Professors: Dr. Zinat Alam and Dr. Takeshi Nishikawa.

Dr. Monica Kabutey, from the Department of Accounting, has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor at California State University-Long Beach. Dr. Kabutey’s dissertation, “The Effects of Generational Stereotypes and Attribute Affirmation on the Collection of Audit Evidence." Major Professor: Dr. Jesse Robertson.

Dr. Paula Kincaid, from the Department of Management, has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Tyler. Dr. Kincaid’s dissertation, "WHO ARE YOU GOING TO BELIEVE: ME OR YOUR LYING EYES? 3 ESSAYS ON GASLIGHTING IN ORGANIZATIONS." Major Professor: Dr. Rhonda Reger.

Summer 2023

Dr. M A Shariful Amin, from the Department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences, has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor at Tarleton State University. Dr. Amin’s dissertation, "Information Privacy and Security Associated with Healthcare Technology Use." Major Professors: Dr. Chang Koh and Dr. Vess Johnson.

Dr. Janeth Gabaldon, from the Department of Logistics and Operations Management, has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Gabaldon’s dissertation, "Behavioral Transportation: The Role of Psychological Factors in Distracted Driving Behavior." Major Professors: Dr. Suman Niranjan and Dr. Timothy Hawkins

Dr. Jason Jordan, from the Department of Accounting, has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor at Texas Woman’s University. Dr. Jordan’s dissertation, "The Use of Social Norms in Audit Inquiry to Mitigate Bias in Client Response." Major Professors: Dr. Jesse Robertson and Dr. Jared Eutsler.

Dr. Abhijeet Kumar, from the Department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences, has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor at Missouri Southern State University. Dr. Kumar’s dissertation, "Three Essays on Quantitative Modeling of Healthcare Services and Biodegradable Medical Supplies." Major Professor: Dr. Victor Prybutok.

Dr. Aaminah Malik, from the Department of Marketing, has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor at Lahore University of Management Sciences. Dr. Malik’s dissertation, "Linguistic Racism in Marketplace." Major Professor: Dr. Audhesh Paswan.

Dr. (Lt Col) Sean McConville, from the Department of Logistics and Operations Management. Dr. McConville’s dissertation, "All for the Greater Good: A Strategic, Tactical and Operational Level Analysis of Supply Chain Goal and Incentive Alignment." Major Professors: Dr. Suman Niranjan and Dr. Brian Sauser.

Dr. Sara Memarian Esfahani, from the Department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences, has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Tyler. Dr. Memarian Esfahani’s dissertation, "Three Essays on Collective Privacy and Information Security." Major Professor: Dr. Dan Kim.

Dr. Kiran Patil, from the Department of Logistics and Operations Management, has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University. Dr. Patil’s dissertation, "Organizational Blockchain Assimilation towards Supply Chain Pain Management and Collaboration." Major Professors: Dr. Divesh Ojha and Dr. Terrance Pohlen.

Dr. (Major) Jamie Porchia, from the Department of Logistics and Operations Management, has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School. Dr. Porchia’s dissertation, "Supply Chain Transparency from a Stakeholder’s Perspective: Analyzing the Risks and Benefits of Supply Chain Information Disclosure." Major Professor: Timothy Hawkins.

Dr. Kashif Saeed, from the Department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences, has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas. Dr. Saeed’s dissertation, "Incorporating Ethics in Delegation to and from Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Information Systems." Major Professors: Dr. Laurie Giddens and Dr. Audhesh Paswan.

Dr. Gloria Sapounova, from the Department of Accounting, has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor at Western Carolina University. Dr. Sapounova’s dissertation, "ESG misreporting: role of assurance, assurance provider, ESG issue characteristics and personal environmental values and attitudes in employee decisions." Major Professor: Dr. Govind Iyer.

Dr. Jing Sun, from the Department of Accounting. Dr. Sun’s dissertation, "Unveiling Hidden Problems: A Two-Stage Machine Learning Approach to Predict Financial Misstatement Using The Existence of Internal Control Material Weaknesses." Major Professors: Dr. Lili Sun and Dr. Zhenhua Huang

Dr. Khue Vo, from the Department of Marketing, has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor at West Virginia University. Dr. Vo’s dissertation, "The Dark Side of Ambient Lighting: Ambient Darkness on Consumer Behavior." Major Professor: Dr. Blair Kidwell.