Ph.D. Student Directory
In-Person Students
3rd Year
Simon Hahn
Email: shahn3@CougarNet.UH.EDU
Research Interests: Strategic management, CSR practices, gambling studies
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Ki-Joon Back and Dr. Jaewook Kim
Mahima Hingoraney
Email: mmhingor@CougarNet.UH.EDU
Research Interests: Strategic management and marketing
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Jaewook Kim and Dr. Carl A. Boger Jr.
Taehyun Suh
Email: tsuh@CougarNet.UH.EDU
Research Interests: Consumer behavior and luxury
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Minjung Shin and Dr. Ki-Joon Back
2nd Year
Egor Cherenkov
Email: echerenk@CougarNet.UH.EDU
Research Interests: Technology in hospitality, corporate digital responsibility, hotel operations,
food and beverage operations, operational efficiency, quantitative analysis, revenue
management,
feasibility studies, real estate
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Minwoo Lee
Grace Kim
Email: gekim@CougarNet.UH.EDU
Research Interests: Supervisor support, restaurant management, employee well-being, diversity and discrimination
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Dustin Maneethai and Dr. Juan Madera
Zhihong “Andrea” Lin
Email: zlin22@CougarNet.UH.EDU
Research Interests: Foodservice management, food safety, sustainability, food insecurity, entrepreneurship
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tiffany Legendre and Dr. Kyle Hight
1st Year
Hongyoul Choi
Email: hchoi21@uh.edu
Research Interests: Branding, customer behavior, and customer engagement in casino integrated resorts
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Ki-Joon Back and Dr. Jaewook Kim
Laur-Ann Daley
Email: ldaley@uh.edu
Research Interests: Branding, customer behavior, and customer engagement in casino integrated resorts
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Mary Dawson and Dr. JéAnna Abbott
Wichayamas “Gift” Paekul
Email: wpaekul@uh.edu
Research Interests: Food and beverage innovation and consumer-value judgement
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Tiffany Legendre
Sungyeon “Valerie” Ryoo
Email: sryoo@uh.edu
Research Interests: : Consumer behavior, Luxury Marketing
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Ki-Joon Back and Dr. Minjung Shin
Zhanyue “Lucy” Zhang
Email: zzhang87@uh.edu
Research Interests: Innovative technology in hospitality, appropriate technology/responsible AI, and quantitative analysis
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Agnes DeFranco and Dr. Minwoo Lee
Online Students
Online Cohort 1
