The different departments at Bauer host research seminars with leading experts from all over the world on a variety of business topics. Please join us. Our research seminars are free and open to all those interested.

New seminars are added to this page as they are scheduled, throughout the year.

Fall 2024

Date	Speaker	Event	Host
September 6, 2024 365A Melcher Hall 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Aprajita Gautam, University of Texas at Austin	Marketing Seminar: Product Perfectionism: Defining and Measuring Consumers' Tendency to Hold Uncompromisingly High Expectations from Possessions and Consumption Experiences	Melanie Rudd
September 13, 2024 365A Melcher Hall 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Arpit Agrawal, University of Houston	Marketing Seminar: So Near Yet So Far: The Unexpected Role Of Near Misses In Salesperson Turnover
September 20, 2024 365A Melcher Hall 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Kyeongbin (KB) Kim, Emory University	Marketing Seminar: Generative Multi-Task Learning for Customer Base Analysis: Evidence from 1,001 Companies	Sam Hui
September 20, 2024 118 Melcher Hall 2 p.m.	Nemit Shroff, MIT	Workshop: Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation Incentives: Evidence from U.S. Sanctions	Accountancy & Taxation
September 27, 2024 365A Melcher Hall 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Hangcheng Zhao, University of Pennsylvania	Marketing Seminar: Algorithmic Collusion of Pricing and Advertising on E-commerce Platforms	Sam Hui
October 4, 2024 365A Melcher Hall 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Jasmine Y. Yang, Columbia University	Marketing Seminar: What Makes For A Good Thumbnail? Video Content Summarization Into A Single Image	Sesh Tirunillai
October 4, 2024 118 Melcher Hall 2 p.m.	Sean Cao, University of Maryland	Workshop: Biodiversity Ventures	Accountancy & Taxation
October 9, 2024 365A Melcher Hall 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Maria Giulia Trupia, UCLA	Marketing Seminar: "No Time to Buy": Asking Consumers to Spend Time to Save Money is Perceived as Fairer than Asking Them to Spend Money to Save Time	Melanie Rudd
October 11, 2024 365A Melcher Hall 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Yanyan Li, USC	Marketing Seminar: Understanding Privacy Invasion and Match Value of Targeted Advertising	Sesh Tirunillai
October 11, 2024 118 Melcher Hall 2 p.m.	Ted Christensen, University of Georgia	Workshop: Forecasting the gap between street and bottom-line earnings	Accountancy & Taxation
October 18, 2024 365A Melcher Hall 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Nguyen (Nick) Nguyen, University of Miami	Marketing Seminar: DeepAudio: An AI System to Complete the Pipeline of Generating, Selecting, and Targeting Audio Ads	Bowen Luo
October 25, 2024 290G Melcher Hall 10 - 11:15 a.m.	Abhay Mishra, Professor, Kingland Systems Business Analytics Faculty Fellow, Ivy College of Business, Iowa State University	DISC Seminar: Public Generative Resources and the Transplanting Ability: Generative AI as a Source of Competitive Advantage	Professor Xiao Ma
October 25, 2024 365A Melcher Hall 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Fei Teng, Yale University	Marketing Seminar: Honest Ratings Aren't Enough: How Rater Mix Variation Impacts Suppliers and Hurts Platforms	Bowen Luo
October 25, 2024 118 Melcher Hall 2 p.m.	Tharindra Ranasinghe, American University	Workshop: Cash Flow Hedges in Other Comprehensive Income	Accountancy & Taxation
November 1, 2024 290G Melcher Hall 10 - 11:15 a.m.	Hemant Bhargava, Professor, Jerome and Elsie Suran Chair, Director of Center for Analytics and Technology in Society GSM, UC-Davis	DISC Seminar: Drug-cost Decision-support at Prescribing (DDP): Early Experiences and Research Directions	Professor Xiao Ma
November 1, 2024 365A Melcher Hall 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Kevin Lee, University of Chicago	Marketing Seminar: Generative Brand Choice	Ye Hu
November 8, 2024 290G Melcher Hall 10 - 11:15 a.m.	Jui Ramaprasad, Associate Professor of Information Systems, ADVANCE Professor Smith School of Business, University of Maryland	DISC Seminar: Tainting the Discourse: The Role of Incivility in Shaping Subsequent User Engagement	Professor Xiao Ma
November 8, 2024 365A Melcher Hall 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Behnam Mohammadi, Carnegie Mellon University	Marketing Seminar: TBD	Ye Hu
November 22, 2024 118 Melcher Hall 2 p.m.	Shiva Sivaramakrishnan, Rice	Workshop: TBA	Accountancy & Taxation
December 6, 2024 118 Melcher Hall 1:30 p.m.	Yuping Zhao, University of Houston	Workshop: TBA	Accountancy & Taxation

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Spring 2024

Date	Speaker	Event	Host
February 9, 2024 CBB 310 or Zoom 10:30 a.m. – noon Meeting Link	Corinne Post, Ph.D., Villanova University	Management & Leadership Seminar Post will visit Bauer College and give a presentation on her research and her scholarly journey from her early work on DEI to her current role as the general editor of the Journal of Management Studies and a regular contributor to Forbes — “Evolution of a Research Agenda: From Early DEI Work to the Study of Corporate Governance and Operational Outcomes.”
February 16, 2024 Melcher Hall (Room TBD) 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	Vamsi Kanuri, University of Notre Dame	Marketing Seminar	Martin Kramer
February 16, 2024 Melcher Hall 118 2 p.m.	Urooj Khan University of Texas	Workshop: Once Bitten, Twice Cautious: S&L Crisis Experience and Depositor Reactions to Default News	Accountancy & Taxation
March 1, 2024 Melcher Hall 118 2 p.m.	Novia Chen University of Houston	Workshop: Income tax over-withholding: Implications for stock investments	Accountancy & Taxation
March 8, 2024 313 Melcher Hall 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.	Bin Gu, Chair Professor, Everett W. Lord Distinguished Scholar Boston University, Questrom School of Business	DISC Seminar: The Effect of AI-Enabled Credit Scoring on Financial Inclusion: Evidence from One Million Underserved Population	Xiao Ma
March 22, 2024 Melcher Hall 118 2 p.m.	Mostafa Harakeh, American University of Beirut	Workshop	Accountancy & Taxation
March 22, 2024 Melcher Hall (Room TBD) 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	James Reeder, University of Kansas	Marketing Seminar	Martin Kramer
March 22, 2024 CBB 310 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Meeting Link	Cindy Muir, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business	Management & Leadership Seminar: Musings on Displays of Humility
March 29, 2024 Melcher Hall (Room TBD) 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	Huanhuan Shi, Texas A&M	Marketing Seminar	Johannes Habel
April 5, 2024 313 Melcher Hall 10 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.	Han Zhang, Steven A. Denning Professor of Technology & Management, Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Scheller College of Business	DISC Seminar: Choice-equipped Chatbots in Customer Service: A Blessing or a Curse? (Co-authors: Elizabeth Han, Dezhi Yin)	Xiao Ma
April 5, 2024 Melcher Hall (Room TBD) 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	Ravi Mehta, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign	Marketing Seminar	Sesh Tirunillai
April 5, 2024 Melcher Hall 118 1 p.m.	Linette Rousseau and Yuping Zhao, University of Houston	Workshop: Do XBRL Audits Improve Reporting Quality? Evidence from European Audit Mandates.	Accountancy & Taxation
April 12, 2024 CBB (Room TBD) 4 - 6 p.m.		The 42nd Annual UH Marketing Doctoral Symposium
April 13, 2024 CBB (Room TBD) 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.		The 42nd Annual UH Marketing Doctoral Symposium
April 19, 2024 Melcher Hall (Room TBD) 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	Peggy Liu, University of Pittsburgh	Marketing Seminar	Byung Lee
April 19, 2024 Melcher Hall 118 1:45 p.m.	Matt Ege Texas A&M	Workshop: Audits of Non-GAAP Earnings	Accountancy & Taxation
May 3, 2024 Melcher Hall 302 2 p.m.	Sean Wang Southern Methodist University	Workshop	Accountancy & Taxation
June 4, 2024 290G Melcher Hall 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.	Yao Yao, Doctoral Candidate, Decision & Information Sciences, University of Houston	Human-Centered AI Institute Research Seminar and Socialization Series: Topic TBA	Josh Kaisen

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Fall 2023

Date	Speaker	Event	Host
October 13, 2023 Melcher Hall 313 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Meeting link	Dr. Brad Brummel & Dr. Isaac Sabat	Management & Leadership Seminar Dr. Brad Brummel and Dr. Isaac Sabat will be presenting an overview of their research to the Management & Leadership Department. As both Dr. Brummel and Dr. Sabat are new faculty to the University of Houston, this is a great opportunity to get to know more about their research and an opportunity to develop cross-campus collaborations. All Bauer faculty and Ph.D. students are welcome to join this informal Brown Bag session.
October 13, 2023 Virtual 2 p.m.	Mark Ma, University of Pittsburgh	Accountancy & Taxation Workshop: The Product Market Effect of Mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: Evidence from International Trades
October 27, 2023 Melcher Hall (Room TBD) 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	Sven Mikolon, Imperial College of London	Marketing Seminar	Johannes Habel
November 3, 2023 Melcher Hall (Room TBD) 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	Sam Goldberg, Stanford University	Marketing Seminar	Bowen Luo
November 17, 2023 Melcher Hall (Room TBD) 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	Ilya Morozov, Northwestern University	Marketing Seminar	Sesh Tirunillai
November 17, 2023 Melcher Hall 118 2 p.m.	Mingcherng Deng, Baruch College	Accountancy & Taxation Workshop: An Information-based Theory of Auditor Switching
December 1, 2023 Melcher Hall (Room TBD) 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	Kristin Donnelly, University of Chicago	Marketing Seminar	Byung Lee
December 1, 2023 Melcher Hall 118 2 p.m.	Kevin Markle, Michigan State University	Accountancy & Taxation Workshop: The Macroeconomic Effects of Profit Shifting
December 1, 2023 Melcher Hall 302 2 p.m.	Phil Lamoreaux, Arizona State University	Accountancy & Taxation Workshop: Auditor-provided nonpublic signals of misreporting and CFO dismissal

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