Robinson College of Business Graduates Largest Ph.D. Class in Five Years
Monday, August 30th, 2021
Eleven doctoral candidates successfully defended their dissertations and graduated this summer from the Ph.D. program at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business. The group is Robinson’s largest Ph.D. graduating class since spring 2016.
The graduates secured initial placements in the United States, China, Hong Kong and Norway.
GRADUATE |
PLACEMENT |
DISCIPLINE |
DISSERTATION CHAIR |
Haitao Huang |
Nankai University (China) |
Risk Management & Insurance |
Liang Peng |
Binay Kumar |
Appalachian State University |
Marketing |
Naveen Donthu |
Avishek Lahiri |
University of Stavanger (Norway) |
Marketing |
Naveen Donthu |
Heeseung Lee |
Hong Kong Baptist University |
Computer Information Systems |
Likoebe Maruping |
Joo Hun Lee |
Tennessee Technological University |
Finance |
Mark Chen |
Chen Ling |
Utah Valley University |
Risk Management & Insurance |
Liang Peng |
Qianlong Liu |
Lingnan University (Hong Kong) |
Risk Management & Insurance |
Ajay Subramanian & George Zanjani* (co-chairs) |
Yanran Liu |
University of Arkansas |
Digital Innovation |
Arun Rai |
Nandini Nim |
University of Texas at El Paso |
Marketing |
Naveen Donthu |
Yukun Yang |
Southern University of Science and Technology (China) |
Computer Information Systems |
Likoebe Maruping |
Liang Zhang |
Florida International University |
Finance |
Vikas Agarwal |
*George Zanjani is with the University of Alabama. |
The Robinson College of Business Ph.D. program offers concentrations in accounting, computer information systems, digital innovation, finance, management (with specializations in organizational behavior & human resources, and in strategy), marketing, real estate, and risk management & insurance, as well as a specialization in international business. Learn more athttps://robinson.gsu.edu/phd.