Schulich Welcomes Four New Faculty Members
Schulich is pleased to announce the appointment of four new faculty members this fall: Pouyan Foroughi, Ivona Hideg, Raha Imanirad and Guangrui (Kayla) Li.
“Schulich is pleased to welcome these four highly accomplished management scholars to our Faculty,” said Schulich Interim Dean Detlev Zwick. “Their expertise in the fields of Finance, Organization Studies and Operations Management and Information Systems will enhance the high-calibre research and teaching at our School.”
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Pouyan Foroughi Pouyan Foroughi is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Schulich. He completed his PhD in finance at Boston College in 2017. His main research interests include empirical corporate finance, corporate governance and the role of financial institution in capital markets. His teaching focuses on corporate governance and corporate finance at the undergraduate and the postgraduate levels. |
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Ivona Hideg Ivona Hideg is an Associate Professor and holds the Ann Brown Chair in Organization Studies at Schulich. She completed her PhD in organizational behaviour and human resource management at the Rotman School of Management. Her research interests include gender equality and diversity in the workplace, as well as diversity policies promoting women and racial minorities and the underrepresentation of women in leadership positions. She currently serves as an Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Journal. |
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Raha Imanirad Raha Imanirad is an Assistant Professor of Operations Management at Schulich. She completed her PhD in technology and operations management at Harvard Business School and is a Schulich MBA graduate from the Class of 2010. She is currently conducting research together with several other colleagues on emergency department physician scheduling. Her areas of research include data envelopment analysis, healthcare operations management, and behavioural operations management. |
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Guangrui (Kayla) Li Guangrui (Kayla) Li is an Assistant Professor of Operations Management and Information Systems at Schulich. She completed her PhD in information systems at the School of Business and Management at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). She is currently conducting research with another academic on “the impact of anonymity on piracy.” Her areas of research interest include algorithmic impacts/machine behaviour, social media, data piracy and big data applications. |