COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
Louisiana Tech Ph.D. in Business Administration Placement
Consistent with the Ph.D. program mission to prepare graduates for careers in colleges and schools of business that emphasize
outstanding teaching and research relevant to private and public organizations, doctoral graduates were placed at the following institutions.
Note: In Spring 2024, the program designation was changed from DBA to Ph.D.
Accounting
| Name | Year of Graduation | Placement |
| Murphy Young, Kristine | Fall 2014 | Illinois State University |
| Dowis, Brian | Summer 2015 | Georgia Southern University |
| Holcombe, Calee | Fall 2017 | Stephen F. Austin |
| Li, Yiwen | Summer 2018 | Radford University |
| Li, Chaoping | Fall 2018 | Skidmore College |
Computer Information Systems
| Name | Year of Graduation | Placement |
| Young, Jake | Fall 2015 | Bradley University |
| Graham, Julia | Summer 2015 | University of Alabama, Huntsville |
| Nanayakkara, Prabhasi | Fall 2016 | University of Houston Clear Lake |
| Ye Han | Summer 2018 | University of Wisconsin LaCrosse |
| Li, Yaoje (William) | Spring 2018 | Columbus State University |
| Islam, Md. Shariful | Summer 2019 | Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| Randi Jiang | Spring 2020 | Grand Valley State University |
| Sahar Farshadkhah | Spring 2020 | University of Illinois at Springfield |
| Mohammed Tazkarhi | Summer 2021 | College of Charleston |
| Grant Clary | Spring 2022 | Tennessee Tech University |
| Bao Duong | Winter 2022 | Appalachian State University |
Finance
| Name | Year of Graduation | Placement |
| Mbanga Luma, Cedric | Fall 2014 | Missouri State University |
| Tah, Kenneth | Summer 2015 | Mercer University |
| Farley, Mark | Spring 2018 | University of Tennessee at Martin |
| Shoukfeh, Suzanne | Spring 2018 | Texas Tech University |
| Stanton, Patrick | Spring 2019 | Wofford College |
| Qiu, Huan “Ken” | Summer 2019 | Millsaps College |
| Qing Yang | Summer 2021 | John Carroll University |
| Jimmy Chien | Summer 2021 | Southern Arkansas University |
Management
| Name | Year of Graduation | Placement |
| Wall, Allison | Summer 2014 | Southern Connecticut State University |
| Muriithi, Sammy | Spring 2016 | University of Central Oklahoma |
| Waterwall, Brian | Summer 2017 | East Carolina University |
| Bajaba, Saleh | Summer 2019 | King Abdul-Aziz University |
| Heather Budden | Summer 2020 | Southeastern Louisiana University |
| Rajiv Dahiya | Summer 2021 | Miami University (Ohio) |
| Koushikee Dutta | Summer 2021 | Towson University |
| Bao Hoang | Summer 2021 | Southern Arkansas University |
| Abdulah Bajaba | Spring 2022 | Colorado Mesa University |
| Ashley Fournet | Spring 2023 | Christopher Newport University |
| Elizabeth Ragland | Spring 2023 | University of Louisiana at Monroe |
| Joe Story | Summer 2023 | University of Nebraska-Kearney |
Marketing
| Name | Year of Graduation | Placement |
| Brewaer, Lauren | Summer 2014 | University of Texas at Arlington |
| Locander, David | Summer 2014 | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |
| Upshaw, Danny | Fall 2014 | Northwestern State University |
| Darrat, Aadel | Fall 2016 | Louisiana State University Shreveport |
| Darrat, Mohamad | Fall 2016 | Louisiana State University Shreveport |
| Krey, Nina | Summer 2019 | Rowan University |
| Tran Cao, Joanne | Summer 2016 | University of Southern Mississippi |
| Wu, Shuang | Summer 2018 | Rowan University |
| Ditt, Cassandra | Winter 2020 | McNeese State University |
| Allen, Juliann | Summer 2020 | Nicholls State University |
| Chefor, Ellis | Summer 2020 | Illinois State University |
| Wanjugu, Sabinah | Summer 2020 | University of Southern Indiana |
| Saleh, Amin | Fall 2020 | Louisiana State University Shreveport |
| Louis Zmich | Spring 2022 | University of Tampa |
| Breanne Mertz | Summer 2022 | Sanford University |
| Cameron Sumlin | Spring 2023 | University of Louisiana at Monroe |
| Brittany Beck | Fall 2023 | Appalachian State University |
| Melanie Koskie | Spring 2024 | Louisiana Tech University |
| Barron Brown | Spring 2024 | Louisiana Tech University |