The Gatton College of Business and Economics is pleased to announce the expansion of its research mission. A new initiative for undergraduate students, led by faculty, has been approved for funding to create research opportunities for undergraduate students. The plan is that this first-year effort will become a cornerstone in a more dedicated effort to engage our undergraduate students in research. This spring/summer, 13 undergraduate students will work on projects with 10 of Gatton’s best faculty. In addition to the new undergraduate faculty-led research initiative, this funding will also support special research projects which represent early-stage research and will be shared in the coming year.
In total, 20 faculty members, representing all 5 academic departments, whose proposals for either research activities funding, or undergraduate research, or both, will be fully funded. A total amount of over $67K will be funded from the Vice President for Research Office, the Office of Undergraduate Research, and internal Gatton funding.
Those approved for the 2022 Faculty-Led Undergraduate Research funding include:
| Undergraduate Student | Faculty Member |
| Derek Torres | Dan Halgin, MGT |
| Will Ransdell | Ana Maria Herrera, ECO |
| Andrea Scates | Sam Heshmati, MGT |
| Haonan Xu | Yoonbai Kim, ECO |
|
Derrick Guthier and Natalie Bolen |
Lala Ma, ECO |
| Julia Mansur | Hector Martinez, MGT |
| Destin Hardesty | Jordan Moffett, MKT |
|
Edison Shipley, Molly Fuller and Celia Gonzalez |
Darshak Patel, ECO |
| Madison Brester |
Dan Sheehan, MKT |
| Natalie Vincent |
Susan Zhu, MGT |
Those faculty approved for the 2022 Special Research Projects include:
Alexis Allen, MKT
Ben Commerford, ACC
Will Gerken, FIN
Nargess Golshan, ACC
Ana Maria Herrera , ECO
Russell Jame, FIN
Steven Lagauer, ECO
Jordan Moffett, MKT
David Sovich, FIN
Haiyue (Felix) Xu, MKT (new faculty - Fall 2022)