Faculty

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:

Angela Xia Liu joined the Belk College marketing faculty in 2019. Prior to joining UNC Charlotte, she was appointed as Associate Professor of Marketing at Tsinghua University, and has been appointed a research scholar at Sloan School of Management at MIT and Tepper School of Management at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research interests include business […]

Chandler Lutz is an Associate Professor of Finance and the Steven Ott Distinguished Scholar in Real Estate in the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte. He also is a research fellow at the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate. His research employs econometric, statistical, and machine learning methods in the study of housing markets, labor […]

Lijia Ma is an assistant professor in the Department of Business Information Systems and Operations Management at the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte. Her research focuses on human–AI collaboration and the business implications of generative AI. Ma employs structural models, analytical modeling and field experiments to study how users interact with AI systems […]

Dr. Theresa Mannah-Blankson joined the Belk College of Business in August 2019 and is the MS in Management Program Director. Prior to her joining the Belk College of Business, Dr. Mannah-Blankson received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and began her teaching career in 2016 as an Assistant Professor of Economics […]

Mila Markevych joined the Belk College of Business in August 2025 after earning a Ph.D. in economics from the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on structural change, income inequality, gender pay gaps and labor market dynamics in the context of technological advancement. In her recent work, Markevych examines how changes in consumption patterns […]

Tom Marshall served as Regional Vice President of Auto-Owners Insurance Co. from 1988 to 2004. He has also chaired the Governing Committee of the NC Rate Bureau, which has statutory responsibility for all automobile, homeowners, dwelling and workers compensation rate filings in NC. He also served on the Board of Directors of the NC Beach […]