Employee Type Archives: Faculty

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). […]

Buvaneshwaran (Eshwar) Venugopal is an Assistant Professor of Finance in the College of Business at the University of Central Florida. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Houston. He obtained his Masters in Banking and Finance and Master of Applied Econometrics degrees from Monash University, and his undergraduate in Computer Engineering from the […]

Roberto Burguet joined UCF after spending most of his academic life in Barcelona. He also has been a visiting professor at the University of Illinois, University of Arizona, University College Dublin, INSEAD and Colegio de Mexico, as well as Stony Brook University, his alma mater, where he graduated in 1988. His research interests include a […]