Meet Faculty and Staff

Dean's Office


Giorgio Gotti, Ph.D. Dean [email protected] (956) 665-3311 ECOBE 114 or BMAIN 2.542	Jerald Hughes, Ph. D. Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies / Associate Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-3388 ECOBE 114J	Christian Sobngwi, Ph .D. Associate Dean for Graduate/ Professional Program, Accreditation & Assessment/ Associate Professor christian.sobngwi@utrgv.edu (956) 665-7936 ECOBE 124E	Andre Mollick, Ph. D. Associate Dean for Research and Faculty / Professor [email protected] (956) 665-7136 ECOBE 114D

Michael Ramos College Administrator [email protected]du Phone: (956) 665-3267 ECOBE 114B	Shana Mettlach Program Manager [email protected]u (956) 665-4057 ECOBE 114	Ismael Marquez Assessment and Accreditation College Administrator ismael.marquez01@utrgv.edu ECOBE 226A	Magda Martinez Accreditation Liaison Support magdalena.martinez@utr gv.edu Phone: (956) 882-5828 BMAIN 2.504

Bianca Hammond Program Coordinator bianca.hammond@utrgv.edu (956) 665-3599 ECOBE 124	Luis Leal Senior Director of Development [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-3270	Alan V. Barrera Financial Analyst [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-2633 ECOBE 230	Chong Hong Tan Systems Analyst II chonghong.tan01@utrgv.edu Phone: (956) 665-3022 ECOBE 229

Ph.D. Program


Andre Mollick, Ph. D. Associate Dean for Research and Faculty / Professor [email protected] (956) 665-7136 ECOBE 114D	Diego Escobari, Ph.D. Ph.D Program Director [email protected]u Phone: (956) 665-3366 ECOBE 218D	Bianca Hammond Program Coordinator bianca.hammond@utrgv.edu Phone: (956) 665-3599 ECOBE 124B

Graduate Program Coordinator


Gisela Saldana, MBA Graduate Program Coordinator/Adjunct Faculty [email protected]du (956) 665-3313 ECOBE 124C	Annabel Muniz Graduate Program Coordinator [email protected] (956) 665-8996 ECOBE 124D

Master of Accountancy Program

Linda Acevedo, MAcc
Lecturer III, MACC
Program Director(GPC)
[email protected]
(956) 665-2089
ECOBE 120H

Master in Business Administration Program

Maroula Khraiche, Ph.D.
MBA Director
maroula.khraiche@utrgv. edu
Phone: (956) 665-3391
ECOBE 216D

Master of Science in Business Analytics Program

Murad Moqbel, Ph.D.
MSBA Program Director (GPC) / Associate Professor
[email protected]
Phone: (956) 665-3314
MAGC 3.310

Master of Science in Global Commerce Program

Bryan Kerrick
Lecturer I
[email protected]
(956) 665-3392
ECOBE 124F

Vackar Office of Involvement and Center for Engagement Staff


Persephonie Martinez VOICE Program Manager persephonie.martinez01 @utrgv.edu ECOBE 122	Brandon Melchor Integrated Academic Support Specialist Brandon.melchor01@utrg v.edu ECOBE 122	Vivian Vargas Program Coordinator [email protected]u ECOBE 122	Jerome Wiggins Business Career Advisor jerome.wiggins01@utrgv. edu ECOBE 122

Academic Outreach Coordinators


Laura Hernández Academic Outreach Coordinator [email protected]du Phone: (956) 882-7484 BMAIN 2.416	Christian Llanas Academic Outreach Coordinator [email protected]u Phone: (956) 665-2826 ECOBE 120A	Maggie Vasquez Academic Outreach Coordinator [email protected]du Phone: (956) 665-5131 ECOBE 120	Amanda Galvan Academic Outreach Coordinator [email protected]u (956) 665-7120 ECOBE 114

Societal Impact and Sustainability

Maria Leonard
Assistant Professor of Practice
[email protected]
(956) 665-4068
ECOBE 120I

Center for Innovation and Commercialization


Laurie Simmons Director [email protected]u Phone: (956) 665 -3908 or (956) 357-0167 307 E. Railroad St. Weslaco, TX	Stephanie L. Mendez, M.B.A. Manager Center for Innovation and Commercialization stephanie.mendez01@utr gv.edu (956) 665-3915 WCIC 1.121	Natalia De La Garza, M.B.A. Program Coordinator natalia.delagarza02@utrg v.edu

School of Accountancy


Akinloye Akindayomi, Ph.D. Director [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-7936 ECOBE 220A	Cameron Helton Administrative Assistant II [email protected] (956) 665-8860 ECOBE 220	Jiajia Fu, Ph.D. Associate Professor/Associate Director [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-3753 ECOBE 226A	Haiyan Zhou, Ph.D. Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-3334 ECOBE 218F

John Darcy, Ph.D. Professor john.darcy @utrgv.edu Phone: (956) 665-7316 ECOBE 218E	Andrew Anabila, Ph.D. Associate Professor [email protected]u Phone: (956) 665-8084 ECOBE 220C	Yun-Chia Yan (Anderson), Ph.D. Associate Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-7230 ECOBE 220B	Arno Forst, Ph.D. Associate Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 882-5783 BMAIN 2.516

Sedat Erdogan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-5105 ECOBE 218G	Jose Elias Almeida, Ph.D. Visiting Associate Professor joseelias.almeida@utrgv.edu Phone: (956) 665-8073 ECOBE 220D	John "Bob" Sparger Clinical Assistant [email protected] (956) 882-7207 BMAIN 2.528	Andres Bello, MBA/MAcc/Ph.D. Senior Lecturer [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-3385 ECOBE 226C

Linda Acevedo, MAcc Lecturer III, MACC Program Director(GPC) [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-2089 ECOBE 120H	Deborah Gonzalez Lecturer III deborah.gonzalez@utrgv. edu Phone: (956) 665-3369 ECOBE 120H	Jimmie Limon, MBA/MAcc Lecturer II [email protected] Phone: (956) 882-7326 BMAIN 2.542C	Delia Sanchez, MAcc Lecturer II [email protected] (956) 665-2883 ECOBE 212F

Economics


Gautam Hazarika, Ph.D. Department Chair/Associate Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 882-8953 BMAIN 2.438	Bethzabel Santos Administrative Assistant II [email protected]du (956) 882-5809 BMAIN 2.542	Andre Mollick, Ph.D. Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-7136 ECOBE 216B	Diego Escobari, Ph.D. Professor [email protected]u Phone: (956) 665-3366 ECOBE 218D

Salvador Contreras, Ph.D. Professor and Associate Dean - Graduate College salvador.contreras@utrgv.edu Phone: (956) 665-2827 ECOBE 131C	Maroula Khraiche, Ph.D. Associate Professor maroula.khraiche@utrgv.edu Phone: (956) 665-3391 ECOBE 216D	Jean-Baptiste Tondji, Ph.D. Associate Professor jeanbaptiste.tondji@utrgv.edu Phone: (956) 665-2825 ECOBE 216A	Armando Lopez-Velasco, Ph.D. Assistant Professor armando.lopezvelasco@u trgv.edu ECOBE 226B

Levent Kutlu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-3108 ECOBE 211G	Xi Mao, Ph.D. Assistant Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 882-8863 BMAIN 2.522	Elisa Tavares Pena, Ph.D. Assistant Professor elisa.taveraspena@utrgv.edu (956) 882-5835 BMAIN 2.542D	Bruno Arthur, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer

Rafael Otero, Ph.D. Lecturer I [email protected] Phone: (956) 882-5810 BPOBI 1.101A	Ismael Delgado Part-Time Lecturer [email protected]u	Peter Egly, Ph.D. Part-Time Lecturer [email protected] (956) 665-3354 ECOBE 216	Jorge Velasco Part-Time Lecturer [email protected]

Finance


Dave Jackson, Ph.D. Interim Chair [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-7358 ECOBE 218C	Marina Rodriguez Administrative Assistant II [email protected]du Phone: (956) 665-3354 ECOBE 216	Monika Rabarison, Ph.D. Associate Professor monika.rabarison@utrgv.edu Phone: (956) 665-3338 ECOBE 216F	Yu Liu, Ph.D. Associate Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-7913 ECOBE 216C

Incheol Kim, Ph.D. Associate Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-2669 ECOBE 216E	Siamak Javadi, Ph.D. Associate Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 882-8858 BMAIN 2.432	Ahmed Elnahas, Ph.D. Associate Professor [email protected]u Phone: (956) 665-2380 ECOBE 218B	Nam H. Nguyen, Ph.D. Associate Professor namhoang.nguyen@utrgv .edu Phone: (956) 665-7471 ECOBE 120C

Suin Lee, Ph.D. Assistant Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 882-5802 BMAIN 2.524	Ghada Ismail, Ph.D. Clinical Assistant Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-2830 ECOBE 131B	Damir Tokic Clinical Assistant Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-3354 ECOBE 216	Kenneth Lovell Lecturer I [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-2828 ECOBE 130A

Hospitality and Tourism Management


Aj Singh, Ph.D. Director/Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-5021 ECOBE 124A	Chef Marcel Lecturer [email protected] Phone: N/A EHABW 2.114	Chang Huh, Ph.D. Adjunct Faculty [email protected]	Rex Warren, Ph.D. Adjunct Faculty [email protected]

Eva Paschal Adjunct Faculty [email protected]	Justin Bragiel. J.D. Adjunct Faculty N/A

Information Systems


Bin Wang, Ph.D. Department Chair/Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-5087 MAGC 3.114	Nora Ramirez Administrative Assistant II [email protected]du Phone: (956) 665-3353 MAGC 3.302	Qinyu Liao, Ph.D. Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 882-5825 BMAIN 2.510	Lai Liu, Ph.D. Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-2960 MAGC 3.330

Jun Sun, Ph.D. Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-2850 MAGC 3.338	Francis Andoh-Baidoo, Ph.D. Professor francis.andohbaidoo@utr gv.edu Phone: (956) 665-3397 MAGC 3.322	Hong Qin, Ph.D. Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-2035 MAGC 3.318	Jerald Hughes, Ph.D. Associate Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-3388 ECOBE 114J

Punit Ahluwalia, Ph.D. Associate Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-2843 MAGC 3.314	Nan Xiao, Ph.D. Associate Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-3352 MAGC 3.326	Sunyoung Cho, Ph.D. Associate Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-3360 MAGC 3.334	Murad Moqbel, Ph.D. Associate Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-3314 MAGC 3.310

Xuan Wang, Ph.D. Associate Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-2019 MAGC 3.306	Geng Sun, Ph.D. Assistant Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-2801 EMAGC 3.316	Ahasan Harun, Ph.D. Assistant Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-3336 MAGC 3.324	Ehsan Ghasemi, Ph.D. Assistant Professor [email protected]u Phone: (956) 665-2822 EMAGC 3.328

Sergio Garcia, Ph.D. Clinical Assistant Professor [email protected]u Phone: (956) 665-3929 EMAGC 3.212	Massara Alazazi, Ph.D. Clinical Assistant Professor massara.alazazi01@utrgv.edu Phone: (956) 822-5831 BMAIN 2.508	Ying Wang, Ph.D. Lecturer III [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-7428 MAGC 3.222	David Alvarado, Ph.D. Lecturer II [email protected]u Phone: (956) 665-7429 MAGC 3.212

Mingming Du Lecturer II [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-8959 EMAGC 3.212	Oscar Ramos Lecturer II oscar.ramoschacon01@ut rgv.edu Phone: (956) 665-3907 WRCIC 213	Ana Canedo Lecturer I [email protected] 956-665-2053 EMAGC 3.222	Samer Takieddine, Ph.D. Lecturer I [email protected] (956) 882-5726 BMAIN 2.532

International Business and Entrepreneurship


Russell Adams, Ph.D. Chair/Associate Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 882-7654 BMAIN 2.504D	Jacqueline Trujillo Administrative Assistant II [email protected] du Phone: (956) 882-5812 BMAIN 2.504	Mark Kroll, Ph.D. Professor [email protected] (956) 665-4045 WRCIC 2.212	Jaime Ortiz, Ph.D. Professor [email protected] (956) 882-6597 BMAIN 2.504F

Edith Galy, Ph.D. Associate Professor edith.galy @utrgv.edu Phone: (956) 882-7301 BMAIN 2.434	Sam Sale, Ph.D. Associate Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 882-7336 BMAIN 2.440	Esi Elliot, Ph.D. Clinical Assistant Professor [email protected] (956) 665-2570 ECOBE 124D	Derek Abrams M.S., MBA Associate Professor of Practice [email protected] Phone: (956) 882-5836 WRCIC 2.215

James Gleason, J.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Practice [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-3905 WRCIC 2.223	Sylvia Robles, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Practice [email protected] Phone: (956) 882-8992 BMAIN 2.430	Leon Schjoedt, Ph.D. Assistant Professor [email protected] (956) 665-3392 ECOBE 124F	Janis Balda, Ph.D. Part-Time Lecturer [email protected] Phone: (956) 882-5729 BMAIN 2.422

Jaime Pena, J.D. Lecturer I [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-3695 ECOBE 227	Bryan Kerrick Lecturer I [email protected] Pending ECOBE 212C	Robert Katusak Lecturer I [email protected] (956) 882-5814 BMAIN 2.520	Ancelmo Naranjo Lecturer I ancelmo.naranjo01@utrgv .edu Phone: (956) 882-8664 BMAIN 2.542B

Blanca G. Marquez, Ph.D. Part-Time Lecturer blanca.gomezmarquez@ utrgv.edu Phone: (956)-882-5812 BMAIN 2.542

Management


Jorge Gonzalez, Ph.D. Chair/Professor [email protected]u Phone: (956) 665-2831 ECOBE 222D	Sarah Rees Administrative Assistant II [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-3351 ECOBE 222	Hale Kaynak, Ph.D. Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-7460 ECOBE 222F	Joo Jung, Ph.D. Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-7137 ECOBE 222E

Sibin Wu, Ph.D. Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-3559 ECOBE 222D	Michael Abebe, Ph.D. Professor [email protected]u Phone: (956) 665-5225 ECOBE 213A	Jennifer Welbourne, Ph.D. Associate Professor jennifer.welbourne@utrgv.edu Phone: (956) 665-3382 ECOBE 222A	Lei Wang, Ph.D. Associate Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-8759 ECOBE 222J

Steve Lovett, Ph.D. Associate Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 882-7382 BMAIN 2.426	Wanrong Hou, Ph.D. Associate Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-3387 ECOBE 213B	Pingshu Li, Ph.D. Associate Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-2569 ECOBE 222B	Marco Garza, Ph.D. Clinical Assistant Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-4651 ECOBE 222H

Azucena Herrera, Ph.D. Clinical Assistant Professor [email protected]du Phone (956) 665-7317 ECOBE 228	Maria Leonard, MBA Assistant Professor of Practice [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-4068 ECOBE 120I	Irma Pye Visiting Assistant Professor [email protected] (956) 665-3351 ECOBE 222	Martha Lovett, MBA Lecturer I [email protected] Phone: (956) 882-7135 BPOB1 1.101D

Debjani Ghosh, Ph.D. Lecturer I [email protected] (956) 665-8760 ECOBE 213A

Marketing


Peter Magnusson, Ph.D. Chair/Professor peter.magnusson@utrgv.edu Phone: (956) 665-3889 ECOBE 211B	Brenda Castillo Administrative Assistant II [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-5007 ECOBE 211	Arturo Vasquez, Ph.D. Professor [email protected]u Phone: (956) 665-5204 ECOBE 211E	Fuat Firat, Ph.D. Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-2092 ECOBE 211C

Chiquan Gao, Ph.D. Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-7339 ECOBE 211F	Xiaojing Sheng, Ph.D. Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-3317 ECOBE 211D	Reto Felix, Ph.D. Associate Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 665-2579 ECOBE 211A	Deniz Atik Ozgun, Ph.D. Associate Professor [email protected] Phone: (956) 882-8617 BMAIN 2.504F

Sunaina Chugani Marquez, Ph.D. Assistant Professor [email protected]du Phone: (956) 665-3359 ECOBE 211H	Michael Flores Lecturer michael.c.flores01@utrgv.edu (956) 665-7359 ECOBE 211K	Jesse Jones Lecturer [email protected] (956) 882-7508 BMAIN 2.542C	Eloy Garza Lecturer [email protected] (956) 665-5007 ECOBE 211C