college of Business Commencement ’13 Saturday, December 14, 2013 • 10 a.m. • College Park Center the university of texas at arlington “Your Sun iS Still in the morning SkY. We onlY get one triP to Planet earth. Don’t look baCk anD SaY, ‘i WiSh i haD trieD Something elSe.’” — bob Schieffer at UT arlington’s graduation Celebration Commencement ceremonies are celebratory events, and audiences are encouraged to support family members and friends as their accomplishments are recognized on stage. however, overzealous displays exhibit a lack of courtesy for the speaker and disrespect for the occasion and its participants. individuals who disrupt the ceremony by screaming, shouting, or using noisemakers may be asked to leave. thank you for your cooperation. The Graduating Class Program College of Business The Universi Ty of Texas a T a rlingTon Commen CemenT Ceremony Prelude UT Arlington Jazz Orchestra Conducted by Tim Ishii, Director of Jazz Studies The Academic Procession Degree Candidates and Platform Party Entrance of the National Colors UT Arlington Army ROTC Color Guard Call to Order Dr. Ronald Elsenbaumer Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, UT Arlington National Anthem UT Arlington Jazz Orchestra Welcome and Introductions Dr. Rachel Croson Dean, College of Business Commencement Address Dr. Vistasp Karbhari President, UT Arlington Presentation and Recognition of Graduate Candidates Candidates for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree Dr. Edmund Prater Director, Doctoral Programs Candidates for Master’s Degrees Dr. David Gray Associate Dean, Academic Affairs and Administration Presentation and Recognition of Undergraduate Candidates Candidates of the Department of Accounting Dr. Chandra Subramaniam Chair Candidates of the Department of Economics Dr. Roger Meiners Chair Candidates of the Department of Finance and Dr. David Diltz Real Estate Chair Candidates of the Department of Dr. Gregory Frazier Information Systems and Operations Management Chair Candidates for International Business/ Dr. Meiners Modern Languages Candidates of the Department of Management Dr. Abdul Rasheed Chair Candidates of the Department of Marketing Dr. Fernando Jaramillo Chair Alma Mater UT Arlington Jazz Orchestra Conferral of Degrees Dr. Karbhari Closing Remarks Dr. Croson The Academic Recession Graduates and Platform Party Music by UT Arlington Jazz Orchestra The audience will please remain seated for the procession and recession. AdministrAtion The University of Texas at Arlington ExEcutivE OfficErs Vistasp M Karbhari, Ph.D., President Ronald Elsenbaumer, Ph.D., Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs James N Bradley, J.D., M.B.A., Vice President for Information Technology Carolyn Cason, Ph.D., Vice President for Research Kelly Davis, B.B.A., Vice President for Business Affairs and Controller John Hall, B.B.A., Vice President for Administration and Campus Operations Jean Hood, B.S., Vice President for Human Resources Frank Lamas, Ph.D., Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students James C Lewis, M.B.A., Vice President for Development Jerry Lewis, B.S., Vice President for Communications AdministrAtivE OfficErs Of AcAdEmic units Donald Gatzke, M.Arch., Dean, School of Architecture Rachel Croson, Ph.D., Dean, College of Business Jeanne M Gerlach, Ph.D., Ed.D., Dean, College of Education and Health Professions Khosrow Behbehani, Ph.D., Dean, College of Engineering Karl Petruso, Ph.D., Dean, Honors College Beth Wright, Ph.D., Dean, College of Liberal Arts Jennifer Gray, Ph.D., Interim Dean, College of Nursing Pamela Jansma, Ph.D., Dean, College of Science Scott D Ryan, Ph.D., Dean, School of Social Work Barbara Becker, Ph.D., Dean, School of Urban and Public Affairs Rebecca Bichel, M.L.S., Dean, Library The University of Texas System Board Of RegEnts OfficErs Paul L Foster, Chairman Wm Eugene Powell, Vice Chairman R Steven Hicks, Vice Chairman Francie A Frederick, General Counsel to the Board of Regents MemBErs Ernest Aliseda Alex M Cranberg Paul L Foster Wallace L Hall Jr R Steven Hicks Jeffrey D Hildebrand Nash M Horne Brenda Pejovich Wm Eugene Powell Robert L Stillwell AdministrAtivE OfficiAls Francisco G Cigarroa, M.D., Chancellor Pedro Reyes, Ph.D., Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Raymond S Greenberg, M.D., Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Scott C Kelley, Ph.D., Executive Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs Commencement Ceremony • 3 Ut Arlington ClAss of 2013 Candidates for Graduation Warren Lewis Mortensen DoctOr Of philOsOphy in School of Architecture Ronald Mauricio Nunez BusinEss AdministrAtiOn Emerson Ortiz Carrera (infOrmAtiOn systEms) Master’s Degrees Sarah Marie Reyes James Edward Brown Samantha Richardson M.B.A., Texas Christian University, 2001 Program in Architecture Albert G Rodriguez B.S., UT El Paso, 1996 MastEr Of ArchitEcturE Alfredo Rodriguez Dissertation Title: Effects of Operations and Sergejs Aleksejevs Jonathan R Ruggeberg (C) Innovation Strategy Fit on Company Performance Ian Matthew Gillis Micah C Schneider Supervising Professor: Edmund Prater Clarissa Guevara Johnny J Viteri (S) Bethany Ellyn Siebert Hall Degrees conferred Aug. 14, 2013 Bradly Masters Grant Hamilton Francisco Salome Garza M.B.A., UT Arlington, 1998 Masataka Nosaka Joshua M Slate B.S., Abilene Christian University, 1990 Jenny E Prieto Romero Zachary Joseph Zimmerman Dissertation Title: A Management-Dashboard Charles Rutter Costing Model for Supply Chain Cost Estimations Adam Stanford Supervising Professor: Edmund Prater Gloria Trevino Kevin D Turk college of BuSiness Kurt Schmitz M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1990 Jamie Wallace Doctoral Degrees Degrees conferred Aug. 14, 2013 B.S., Samford University, 1984 Cassandra Street Doss DoctOr Of philOsOphy in Dissertation Title: Disruptions of Information Adolfo Flores Jr BusinEss AdministrAtiOn Systems Projects: The Reactive Decoupling of Project Brian Martinson Management Methodologies M.B.A., American University in Cairo, 1999 Supervising Professors: Radha Mahapatra, Program in Landscape B.A., University of Minnesota Duluth, 1985 Sridhar Nerur Architecture Dissertation Title: Hire For Personality, Train MastEr Of LandscApE ArchitEcturE For Skill: The Relationship Between Cognitive and Degree conferred Aug. 14, 2013 Dalit Bielaz Sclar Non-Cognitive Human Capital, Desired Employee Deanna Marie House Kent Elliott Behaviors, and Performance M.S., University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2006 Geoffrey B Hall Supervising Professor: Gary McMahan B.S., Bellevue University, 2002 Alicia Rivera Dissertation Title: An Assessment of User Response Chiyang Xu DoctOr Of philOsOphy in BusinEss to Phishing Attacks: The Effects of Fear and Confidence AdministrAtiOn (AccOunting) Supervising Professor: MK Raja Qunfeng Liao M.E, Hunan University, 2005 DoctOr Of philOsOphy in BusinEss Baccalaureate Degrees B.M., Hunan University, 2003 AdministrAtiOn (ManAgEmEnt) BAchElOr Of sciEncE in ArchitEcturE Dissertation Title: Overvaluation and Stock Price Katherine J Roberto Angel A Aguila Rios Crashes: The Effects of Earnings Management M.S., UT Arlington, 2006 Alaa Alzaitoun (C) Supervising Professors: Bin Srinidhi, Chandra B.A., Austin College, 2003 Hector D Arenas Subramaniam Dissertation Title: Age Differences in Attraction to Pablo Cardona Instrumental and Symbolic Organizational Attributes Williams Moura Cruz (M) Wenxiang Lu Supervising Professor: Wendy Casper Abdulaziz Ghassan Dahduli M.S., University of Nevada at Las Vegas, 2005 Dang Nguyen Dang B.A., Gansu University of Technology, 1994 Degree conferred Aug. 14, 2013 Alexei Dukov (C) Dissertation Title: An Exploration of the Drake Mullens Atabong Fidelis Fonkeng Relationships Among Sustainability Performance, M.B.A., University of Nebraska-Omaha, 2007 Arturo Gonzalez Corporate Governance, and Financial Performance B.B.A., University of Nebraska-Omaha, 2006 Gladys Jazmin Gonzalez Castrellon Supervising Professor: Martin Taylor Dissertation Title: Smart Family Firms Positioned Edward Leon Green (M) for Success: Entrepreneurial Orientations and the Tanzina Hassan Resultant Benefits in Family Firms Francisco Ibarra Supervising Professors: Susanna Khavul, Drake Valon Maloku Mullens Michael Anthony McIntosh December 2013 candidates’ official status will be determined by final semester grades. 4 • The University of Texas at Arlington DoctOr Of philOsOphy in Program in Business Mark Vernon BusinEss AdministrAtiOn Administration Nicole Wallace (ManAgEmEnt sciEncE) Hongwu Wang Degree conferred Aug. 14, 2013 ExEcutivE MastEr Of BusinEss Hui Wang Rajat Mishra AdministrAtiOn Qiang Wang M.S., UT Arlington, 2008 Khalid Amiri Shi Wang B.E., Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk, 2004 Jing Bi Su-Chen Wang Dissertation Title: The Competitive Dynamics of Wentao Bi Xi Wang a Firm’s Capacity Position and Inventory Leanness Alice En-Tzu Chang Wei Wei Activities: Evidence From U.S. Manufacturing Hongren Chen Bing Xia Industries Sicheng Chen Qiang Xue Supervising Professor: Gregory Frazier Zhongjie Chen Tao Yu Yi-Fen Cheng Wenjing Yu Master’s Degrees Ta-Chun Chu John Zamaites Siuyung Chui Xianghua Zeng Department of Accounting Karonda Cook Chi Zhang Amber Curry Hua Zhang MastEr Of prOfEssiOnAl AccOunting Niusha Daem Huibin Zhang Robert M Hudson Xulong Dai Mingyan Zhang Ling Li Jianguo Dong Qinsong Zhang Hyung Wook Lee Qiping Feng Xiao Zhang Yuping Liu Nicole Galloway Zheng Zhang Yiqing Lu Liang Gao Yao Zhao Linh Ly James Grace Ruyao Zhong Beatrice N Nyachae Teresa Hebert Degrees conferred Aug. 14, 2013 Yuanyuan Zhuang Cheng-Wen Hiso Yuan An Ying Hong Kelong