Department

Kelly Huyler is a marketing executive with more than 15 years of experience in the consumer packaged goods industry, specializing in domestic and international brand management, sales, business analytics, and forecasting. She began her career in brand management at SC Johnson and The J.M. Smucker Company, where she built a strong foundation in managing iconic […]

Dr. Anne Ighade is a management instructor, healthcare administrator, and human resources director with more than 15 years of experience in medical practice management. She specializes in billing, coding, compliance, and HR operations, with a proven record of leading organizational improvements that enhance efficiency and workforce engagement. Her research explores job attitudes, employee retention, and […]

Nima Jalali is an associate professor in the Marketing department in the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte. Dr. Jalali’s research focuses on uncovering causal insights into the role of content on consumer’s behavior, relying on statistical, econometrics, and machine learning methods to develop those insights. Specifically, he investigates how various types of content […]

Mason Jenkins is a clinical associate professor of marketing in the Belk College of Business. His research studies consumer behavior in the area of services marketing. More specifically, he investigates how consumers make sense of their world and the broader relationship between customer loyalty and core cognitive processes such as causal reasoning. His research has […]

Monica S. Johar’s research interests include optimal software development methodologies, content delivery systems and web personalization. She is an active member of the Association of Information Systems and INFORMS. Her teaching interests include management information systems, database management and business data communication. Degrees: Websites:

Steven Kanczewski is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed in the state of North Carolina. He joined the Belk College faculty in Fall 2018 on a part-time basis and was elevated to a full-time role in Fall 2023. From 2014-2023, Steven’s career in Corporate America included Assurance at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC); Advisory at Dixon Hughes Goodman […]

Dr. Linwood Kearney joined the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte in 2016. Previously, he was on the accounting faculties at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for 2 years and Wichita State University for 7 years. He received the Undergraduate Instructor of the Year in 2012 at Wichita State University. Dr. […]

Franz W. Kellermanns is the Addison H. & Gertrude C. Reese Endowed Chair in International Business and Professor of Management in the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte. He holds a joint appointment with the Center for Family Business at the WHU–Otto Beisheim School of Management (Germany). He received his Ph.D. from the University of […]