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Dr. Barbara Knight is a Lecturer at the Belk College of Business. Dr. Knight joined the Belk College of Business with a primary teaching focus on business and management. Her research interests include corporate social responsibility, business ethics, organizational strain, international business management, corporate misconduct, and active learning pedagogy. Dr. Knight has over 30 years […]

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 […]

Jonathan serves as an Assistant Director of Academic and Career Coaching and liaison to the Accounting department. He advises Pre-Accounting and Accounting majors. Degrees

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 […]

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Anita Pope Layton, CPA, CMA, MBA teaches in the Turner School of Accountancy in the undergraduate program of the Belk College of Business. Her area of focus is Managerial Accounting. She gained professional experience as a financial executive leading corporate finance, driving corporate strategies, implementing financial systems, and leading process improvement initiatives. She joined the […]

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: