Introducing new faculty
VIDYA GANJI
CHRIS PEARSON
KRISTEN THOMPSON
ZHENZHEN YAN
Ganji is a Ph.D. candidate in
Pearson joins the College of
Thompson joins Idaho State
Yan is currently pursuing a Ph.D.
Management Science at the
Business after completing his
from South Carolina, where
in Operations and Sourcing
University of Texas at Arlington,
doctorate at the University of
she completed a Ph.D. in
Management
finishing up in the summer of
Kentucky. A native of southern
Accounting at the University
State University. Before her
2022. She has over four years
Utah, Pearson began his career
of South Carolina. Thompson
journey to obtain her Ph.D.,
of professional experience in
working as an external auditor
grew up on the east coast of
Yan worked as a contract
leadership hiring, international
for Deloitte in Las Vegas, Nev.
Florida. After moving to South
manager in a multimillion-
talent acquisition, executive
That experience has driven his
Carolina for grad school, she
dollar
searches
research, which is primarily
began to search out new
in South America, and as a
concerned
factors
hobbies such as mountain
supply chain coordinator for
affecting auditors’ judgment
biking and camping. These
a
teaching and says she has
and
and
new hobbies led her to jump
in Anchorage, Alaska. With
the soul of a professor. Her
has been published in the
at the opportunity to call Idaho
the
goal is to make a difference
Behavioral
home.
and
in
Accounting.
teaches
Thompson is excited to be a
environments,
imparting subject knowledge
managerial accounting and
professor at Idaho State and
committed to pedagogy and
and preparing them to be an
accounting
her goal is to help students
practices that foster diversity,
important part of the modern
systems.
find their voices as individuals
equity and inclusion in a higher
and professionals.
education context.
and
account
management. Ganji
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her
is
passionate
students’
workforce.
about
lives
by
with
decision-making Research He
in
information
at
Michigan
construction
family-owned exposure
project
company
to
culturally
ethnically
diverse Yan
has
