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Meet New Bauer Dean Xianjun Geng

On May 1, Bauer College officially welcomed new Dean Xianjun Geng, who now serves as the senior academic and administrative officer of the college, responsible for setting strategic, operational and financial directions as well as developing an effective collegial environment and plan that supports excellence in teaching, research, service and community engagement.

An experienced scholar, educator and academic leader, Geng joins Bauer College following leadership roles at top business colleges and brings an extensive research portfolio that includes publications in leading business journals.

In a University of Houston news release, Geng cited four factors in the decision to join UH and Bauer College: “Impact, people, culture and fit. The University of Houston and Bauer College are on a remarkable rise. The synergy between the university and the city is the envy of many other universities.”

Excellence Exemplified

The C. T. Bauer College of Business celebrated faculty members during an end-of-the-academic-year awards luncheon to honor their achievements in the classroom and the world of research.

Awards & Recognitions

Assistant Professor Sana Chiu in the Department of Management & Leadership has accepted the position of Associate Editor for Business and Society Journal, a leading journal of scholarly work in the intersection of business and society.

Associate Professor Enrica N. Ruggs in the Department of Management & Leadership was named a 2025 inductee into the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Fellows group.

Congratulations to three Bauer Ph.D. students who have accepted tenure-track positions at Tier-1 universities, effective Fall 2025.

• Xi Chen, Assistant Professor, San Diego State University
• Arpit Agrawal, Assistant Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Tsung-Yiou Hsieh, Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University

Recent Publications and Acceptances

By Department

Department of Finance

Praveen Kumar, Nisan Langberg, and K. Sivaramakrishnan, 2025, "Strategic Disclosure and Informed Trading with Short-Selling Constraints," Contemporary Accounting Research, forthcoming.

Department of Marketing & Entrepreneurship

Lee, Byung Cheol, and Gita V. Johar (2025), "The Effect of Personalized Content in Media Entertainment on Engagement with the Domain," Journal of Consumer Research, forthcoming

www.bauer.uh.edu/research

Vanessa Patrick
Associate Dean of Research
vpatrick@uh.edu

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