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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 […]

I am from Hollywood, FL, and have lived in Florida my whole life. I am new to Charlotte and North Carolina, so please give me your recommendations. My wife and I have two amazing goldendoodles, Wally and Evie. I love dark chocolate, cooking, and exploring new restaurants. I also love watching and discussing all sports […]

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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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:

Dr. Karla Liboreiro is an experienced educator and strategic human resources leader with more than 15 years of professional experience and over five years of university-level teaching. She currently serves as adjunct faculty in the Department of Management at UNC Charlotte’s Belk College of Business, where she teaches MGMT 3280 Strategic Management, MGMT 3140 Management […]

Cindy Lippard is an Adjunct Professor in UNC Charlotte’s Belk College of Business. She brings a multidisciplinary background in process design, education, and project management, with a consulting career that spans government, finance, and product industries. Since 2013, Lippard has been deeply engaged in the homeschool community as an advisor, mentor, curriculum developer, instructor, and […]

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 […]