Employee Type Archives: Faculty

Dr. Alex Rubenstein is an Associate Professor of Management and Ph.D. program coordinator for the College of Business at UCF. He earned his Ph.D. in Management from the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida, and dual bachelor’s degrees in business (B.A.) and psychology (B.S.) from the University of Washington. Research, Teaching, and […]

Dr. Dean Jens is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Central Florida. He completed a Ph.D. in Economics from Rutgers University. His interest lies in the study of behavior under strategic and exogenous uncertainty and the function of markets, especially with regard to the behavior of market thickness/liquidity. In addition to research, […]

Dr. Lealand Morin is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Central Florida. He completed a Ph.D. Economics from Queen’s University in Canada. His research interests are focused on empirical and theoretical techniques in econometrics. Dr. Morin brings a great deal of teaching experience aimed at challenging students for analytical work in business. […]

Dr. Michael Tseng is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Central Florida. He completed a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Pennsylvania State University, and a second Ph.D. in Economics from Simon Fraser University in Canada. He also was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Swiss Finance Institute, E´ cole Polytechnique Fe´de´rale de Lausanne, Switzerland. […]

Professor Pirinsky is a Professor at the Department of Finance in the UCF College of Business and Director of the FinTech Program. Prior to joining the department, he was a Financial Economist at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC. In addition to his regulatory work, he was a full-time faculty member at […]

Dr. Sönmez is the former Associate Dean for Faculty, Research and Graduate Programs at UCF College of Business. She holds a doctorate from Penn State University, a Master’s degree from Clemson University, and a B.B.A. from Bernard Baruch College/City University of New York. Her research is interdisciplinary and applied and delves broadly into the nexus […]

Dr. Gallo is a Lecturer in Human Resources who works for the University of Central Florida in the College of Business. Jim has 20+ years of leadership experience as a senior executive in Human Resources and Organizational consulting. He earned his Ph.D. in Industrial & Organizational Psychology from Florida Tech and holds an MBA and […]

L. Harrison ‘Hal’ Thayer is an Assistant Director at the Florida SBDC at the University of Central Florida. With more than 7 years as a consultant and program manager at the FSBDC, Hal has a broad and deep knowledge and understanding of small businesses and consulting services, training opportunities and research resources offered to them […]

Education and Certifications Dr. Brown has a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Central Florida, a Master of Science in Engineering Management from Florida Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Tennessee State University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE), and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). […]