PhD Business Administration

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

David C. Mauer is the Torrence E. Hemby, Sr. Distinguished Professor in the Department of Finance in the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte. Previously, he was on the finance faculties of the University of Iowa, Texas A&M University, Southern Methodist University, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He has won numerous awards […]

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Seojung Oh joined the Department of Economics at the Belk College of Business in August 2025. She earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Davis, with a specialization in public economics and program evaluation. Oh’s research explores the design and effectiveness of means-tested welfare programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), […]

Krista J. Saral is an associate professor in the Department of Economics at UNC Charlotte. Her research interests broadly lie in auction markets, management/personnel economics, entrepreneurship, and experimental methods. Her research has published in leading journals including the Economic Journal, European Economic Review, among others, and has earned media attention in outlets such as the […]

Lisa Schulkind joined the Belk College of Business in August 2014. Before joining the Belk College, Dr. Schulkind began her career as an assistant professor of economics at Trinity College in Hartford, CT. Dr. Schulkind’s research focuses on understanding how parents’ decisions and circumstances affect their children and using this knowledge in order to make […]