Faculty

Dr. Kiplan S. Womack is an Associate Professor of Real Estate in the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte. His research focuses on applying the principles of financial option pricing to the valuation of real estate (real options), land values, development, redevelopment, as well as corporate finance issues (particularly mergers and acquisitions) faced by […]

Daniel Wright teaches the principles and process of real estate development. He has been actively involved in the real estate industry since 2004 with roles as project manager for retail, office, medical-office, and multi-family developments and as asset manager for institutional land investments ranging from 10-3,000 acres. He has experience in all aspects of development […]

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Dongsong Zhang joined the Department of Business Information Systems & Operations Management at UNC Charlotte as the Belk Distinguished Professor in Business Analytics. From 2025-2026 he served as the Executive Director of the School of Data Science. Before joining UNC Charlotte, he was a tenured full professor in the Department of Information Systems at the University […]

Kexin Zhao joined the Belk College of Business in 2007. Her research interests include the economics of information systems, development and adoption of e-business standards, and game theory in information management. Dr. Zhao has published papers in leading information system journals, such as the Journal of Management Informations Systems, Decision Support Systems, and Electronic Markets. […]

Lina Zhou is a professor in the Department of Business Information Systems and Operations Management (BISOM) in the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte. Her research interests span the areas of social media analytics, deception detection, knowledge management, biomedical informatics, and intelligent mobile interface. Prior to joining UNC Charlotte, Zhou held a professorship at […]

Artie Zillante joined the Department of Economics in the Belk College of Business at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in Fall 2006. In 2004 he received his Ph.D. in Economics from Florida State University. From 2004-2006 he was the International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics (IFREE) Visiting Post-Doctoral Scholar at the Interdisciplinary […]