Bringing diverse backgrounds and expertise. Encompassing a wide range of research interests. Offering fresh perspectives and insights. The CSUF College of Business and Economics gains all this and more as we welcome 10 new faculty members to the Business Titan family this fall. “I am truly excited about the cohort of new faculty that will be joining the College of Business and Economics team in fall. They will help us develop innovative academic programs and provide thought leadership for the region through their research,” remarked Dean Sri Sundaram.
Accounting
FARZANA AFRIN
Education: Ph.D. in accounting, Boston College (current student); MBA in finance, the University of Dhaka Institute of Business Administration; B.B.A. in accounting and information systems, the University of Dhaka
Research interests: Understanding the capital market and real effects of disclosure, including those made by the media, and the role of proprietary information on decision making
SABRINA CHI
Education: Ph.D. in accounting, UC Irvine; M.S. in accounting – tax consulting, University of Virginia; M.S. in accountancy, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; B.A. in business administration, National Taiwan University
Research interests: The reactions of sophisticated investors and analysts to tax disclosures and the factors associated with tax avoidance on income shifting; the effects of disclosure, information acquisition and information costs in the capital market; and big data analytics
MASON SNOW
Education: Ph.D. in accounting, Arizona State University (expected 2022); M.A. in accounting, Brigham Young University; B.S. in accounting and economics, Brigham Young University.
Research interests: Earnings benchmarks, alternative data in capital markets and taxpayer behavior
Economics
DIVYA BHAGIA
Education: Ph.D. in economics, Boston College (expected 2022); M.A. in economics, Delhi School of Economics; B.A. in economics, University of Delhi.
Research Interests: Labor economics and applied econometrics
TAYLOR MACKAY
Education: Ph.D. in economics, UC Irvine (expected 2022); M.A. in economics, San Diego State University; B.A. in philosophy with concentration in law, George Mason University
Research Interests: Public economics, urban economics, economics of immigration and poverty
Management
DAVID CHO
Education: Ph.D. in operations and decision sciences, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University; MBA in operations management, USC Marshall School of Business; B.S. in mechanical engineering, UC Berkeley
Research Interests: Health-care management
HYUNSU KIM
Education: Ph.D. in hospitality management, University of South Carolina College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management (expected 2022); M.S. in convention and exhibition management, Kyung Hee University, Korea; B.S. in international studies, Kyung Hee University, Korea
Research Interests: Customer experience, customer engagement, service and technological innovation, bibliometric analysis, and advanced qualitative and quantitative methods
HUNTER VAN WAGONER
Education: Ph.D. in organizational behavior, University of Colorado, Boulder; B.A. in economics, Colorado College
Research Interests: Well-being and emotions, leadership, diversity and justice
Marketing
MEHRNOOSH RESHADI
Education: Ph.D. in business administration and marketing, Texas Tech University Rawls College of Business Administration (expected 2022); MBA in firm strategy, Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management; B.A. in finance, University of Tehran
Research Interests: Digital marketing and technology-mediated marketing; marketing technology interfaces and interactions related to emergent technologies (robots, avatars, virtual and augmented reality, etc.); digital policy, digital well-being and transformative consumer research
JAY YANG
Education: Ph.D. in marketing, Drexel University LeBow College of Business; M.S. in marketing analytics, Illinois Institute of Technology Stuart School of Business; B.S. in management and economics, Shandong University
Research Interests: The impact of new technologies on consumer, business and society; digital marketing
