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.