Faculty

Igor Kheifets is a Ph.D. Economist with a specialization in Econometrics. He has published in leading academic journals, including the Journal of Econometrics, Econometrics Journal, and Computational Statistics and Data Analysis. He is a recipient of the Denis Sargan Econometrics Prize by the Royal Economic Society for his research on testing dynamic models. Dr. Kheifets […]

Moutaz Khouja joined the Belk College faculty in 1991. His research interests include supply chain management, technology selection and evaluation, aggregate planning, inventory management and continuous improvement. He has published his work in numerous journals. Dr. Khouja teaches forecasting, production planning and control, inventory management, project management and quantitative analysis. He is a member of […]

Joohyun Kim joined the Belk College faculty in 2022 and is an Assistant Professor of Business Information Systems & Operations Management at the Belk College of Business, UNC Charlotte. He was a post-doctoral fellow in the Operations Research and Engineering Management Department at Southern Methodist University. He earned a Ph.D. in Management Science (Operations Management Concentration) from the Naveen […]

Dr. Tao-Hsien “Dolly” King is the Rush S. Dickson Professor of Finance. Since joining the Belk College faculty in 2006, Dr. King has served as Interim Dean of the Belk College, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs and as Chair of the Department of Finance. As a professor, she has taught various finance courses, […]

Chris Kirby is a Professor of Finance and Economics. He joined the faculty of the Belk College of Business in 2011. Before coming to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, he held tenured appointments in economics at Clemson University and in finance at the University of Texas at Dallas. Professor Kirby’s research interests include […]

Ram Kumar joined the Belk College of Business in 1993. As a Ph.D. student at the University of Maryland, he was the recipient of the Frank T. Paine Award for Academic Merit. He worked for five years in industry prior to obtaining his Ph.D., gaining managerial experience with major multinational corporations such as Fujitsu. Dr. […]

Musab Kurnaz joined the Belk College of Business in August 2018. Before joining the Belk College, Kurnaz began his career as an assistant professor of economics at Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey. Kurnaz’s research focuses on optimal policy design. One of Kurnaz’s research articles, on how technological change should alter the optimal income taxation, was […]

Gene C. Lai is the James J. Harris Chair/Scholar of Risk Management and Insurance of the Department of Finance in the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte. Professor Lai received his bachelor’s degree in economics from National Chengchi University in Taiwan, his master’s degree in decision science from Georgia State University and his doctoral […]

Dr. Leland is an expert on city-county consolidation and public transportation policy and her recent research focuses on the role of public-private partnership in real estate development as well as understands planners’ and economic developers’ perceptions regarding land-use regulations. Dr. Leland is the Director of the Masters in Public Administration program. Degrees: Expertise: Websites: Papers:

Wenyin Li is an Assistant Professor of Accounting in the Turner School of Accountancy in the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte. Her research is at the intersection of auditing and financial accounting research using archival methods. Her research interests include social networks, SEC/PCAOB regulations, mutual funds, and auditor changes. Degrees: Expertise: