Faculty & Staff

Mark Tengesdal, PhD

Interim Department Chair, Accounting and Finance
Associate Professor - Finance
CFO 409
mtengesdal@twu.edu
940-898-2113

Education: PhD, University of California System, Riverside; MA, University of California; BA, Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington

Areas of Expertise: Pedagogy, investments, corporate finance

Pam Baker, PhD

Professor - Accounting
CFO 414
pbaker1@twu.edu
940-898-2903

Education: PhD, University of North Texas; MS, University of Houston; BA, Hendrix College

Areas of Expertise: Accounting education/executive training, accounting for healthcare entities, accounting for financial services, accounting for mass transit entities

Ken Boonme, PhD

Associate Professor - Management Information Systems
CFO 410
kboonme@twu.edu
940-898-2108

Education: PhD, MBA, BBA, University of North Texas

Areas of Expertise: Quantitative methods and business statistics, management science, logistics and supply chain management

Megan Burke, PhD, CPA

Associate Professor – Accounting
CFO 404
mburke5@twu.edu
940-898-2153

Education: PhD, Virginia Tech; Master of Accountancy, The College of William & Mary; BS, Virginia Tech

Areas of Expertise: Individual taxation, entity taxation, transfer taxation, accounting education

Wonseok Choi, PhD

Assistant Professor - Finance
CFO 413
wchoi@twu.edu
940-898-2122

Education: PhD, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; MS, University of North Texas; MS, University of South Florida

Areas of Expertise: Corporate finance, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility

Anh Dang, PhD

Assistant Professor - Accounting
CFO 403
ndang5@twu.edu
940-898-2073

Education: PhD, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Master in Professional Accounting, The University of Texas at Austin; BBA, The University of Texas at Austin

Areas of Expertise: Taxation (individual, partnerships, corporate), managerial accounting, cost analysis, accounting information systems, and data analytics

Sandra Gates, PhD, CPA

Associate Professor - Accounting
CFO 404
sgates1@twu.edu 
940-898-2064

Education: PhD, Arizona State University; MBA, BA, University of Houston

Areas of Expertise: Corporate governance, ethics, accounting education

Adeela Gulzari, PhD

Assistant Professor - Management Information Systems
CFO 308
agulzari@twu.edu
940-898-2088

Education: PhD, University of North Texas, Management Science; MBA, BBA, National University of Sciences & Technology Pakistan, Finance

Areas of Expertise: Inventory management, humanitarian supply chain management, healthcare systems, sustainability, quantitative methods, business analytics

Jason Jordan, PhD

Assistant Professor - Accounting
407A CFO
Jjordan10@twu.edu

Education: PhD, University of North Texas; BS/MAcc, Brigham Young University

Areas of Expertise: Behavioral research in ethics, audit judgment and decision making, whistleblowing and fraud

Zhen Li, PhD

Associate Dean for Accreditation
Associate Professor - Management Information Systems
CFO 1011
zli@twu.edu
940-898-2974

Education: PhD, University of North Texas; MS, MS, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Areas of Expertise: Quantitative methods, operations management, supply chain management, statistical analysis, decision sciences, business analytics

Yuree Lim, PhD

Assistant Professor - Finance
CFO 308
ylim2@twu.edu
940-898-2127

Education: PhD, University of Alabama

Areas of Expertise: Corporate and Investments

Alex Pomelnikov, PhD

Visiting Lecturer I - Economics
CFO 308
apomelnikov@twu.edu
940-898-2114

Education: PhD, Ivanovo State Power University, Ivanovo, Russia; MBA, University of Dallas; BBA, University of Texas at Arlington

Areas of Expertise: Managerial finance, business finance, money and banking and financial markets, investments, global business and trade, entrepreneurship

Michael Raisinghani, PhD

Professor - Management Information Systems
CFO 405
mraisinghani@twu.edu
940-898-2930

Education: PhD, MS, The University of Texas at Arlington; B.Com., Osmania University, India; Gen. Certification of Education - Advanced Levels, University of London Board, UK

Areas of Expertise: Strategic information systems, project management

He Ren, PhD

Assistant Professor - Finance
CFO 407B
hren@twu.edu 
940-898-2199

Education: PhD, University of North Texas; MBA, University of Texas - Dallas; MS, State University of New York; BS, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics

Areas of Expertise: Investment; market efficiency; corporate finance; household finance

Diana Saadeh-Jajeh, CPA

Lecturer II – Finance
dsaadehjajeh@twu.edu
CFO 408
940-898-2104

Education: MBA, Notre Dame de Namur University; BS, San Francisco State University

Areas of Expertise: Scale/Cost Cutting Initiatives, capital markets/fundraising, strategic long-range planning, mergers & acquisitions, SEC reporting, internal controls, enterprise risk management, shared services buildout, corporate social responsibility, board governance, mentoring, system implementations, IPO readiness

Sumanjali Shrestha, MBA

Lecturer I – Accounting
CFO 408
sshrestha1@twu.edu 
940-898-2151

Education: MBA, BBA, Texas Woman’s University

Areas of Expertise: Financial and managerial accounting

Gilbert J. Werema, PhD

Associate Professor - Economics 
CFO 411
gwerema@twu.edu
940-898-2707

Education: PhD, University of Georgia; MS, Alabama A&M University; MBA, Alabama A&M University; BBA, University of Eastern Africa

Area of Expertise: Economics of the consumer, international finance & trade, industrial organization, monetary economics

Lin Zou, PhD

Associate Professor - Finance 
CFO 401
lzou@twu.edu
940-898-2484

Education: PhD, MS, The University of Texas at Dallas

Areas of Expertise: Market efficiency, industrial organization, information economics

Rachel Ewing

Senior Administrative Assistant 
CFO 505
rewing2@twu.edu
940-898-2563