{"id":45232,"date":"2026-01-07T11:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/?page_id=45232"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:41:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:41:17","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate\/phd\/finance\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">P.h.D. Finance Specialization<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"PhD Finance\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-phd-finance\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-45228\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-45228\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate\/phd\/finance\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-45237\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-45237\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate\/phd\/finance\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-45236\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-45236\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate\/phd\/finance\/faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n<a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/ph-d-alumni-finance\/\" title=\"\">PHD Finance Alumni<\/a>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/gordon-dash\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Gordon-Dash_web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Gordon Dash\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Gordon-Dash_web.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Gordon-Dash_web-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/gordon-dash\/\">Gordon Dash<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor <\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4323<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:ghdash@uri.edu\">ghdash@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/shingo-goto\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Shingo-Goto-web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Shingo-Goto-web.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Shingo-Goto-web-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/shingo-goto\/\">Shingo Goto<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor of Finance<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4318<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:shingo_goto@uri.edu\">shingo_goto@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/choonsik-chris-lee\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/ChoonsikLee2.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/ChoonsikLee2.jpg 250w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/ChoonsikLee2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/choonsik-chris-lee\/\">Choonsik (Chris) Lee<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4819<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:choonsiklee@uri.edu\">choonsiklee@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/bing-xuan-lin\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Lin-Bingxuan-web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"man smiling with short black hair wearing a gray suit jacket and blue tie\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Lin-Bingxuan-web.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Lin-Bingxuan-web-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/bing-xuan-lin\/\">Bing-Xuan Lin<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor and Area Coordinator Finance<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4895<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:blin@uri.edu\">blin@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/georges-tsafack\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/GTsafack.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Georges Tsafack\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/GTsafack.jpg 220w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/GTsafack-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/georges-tsafack\/\">Georges Tsafack<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor <\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.7415<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:gtsafack@uri.edu\">gtsafack@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/xiaowei-xu-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Xiaowei-Xu-wev.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Xiaowei-Xu-wev.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Xiaowei-Xu-wev-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Xiaowei-Xu-wev-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Xiaowei-Xu-wev-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/xiaowei-xu-2\/\">Xiaowei Xu<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Research, Associate Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.5489<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:xiaowei@uri.edu\">xiaowei@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div 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