Serkan Akgüç
Associate Teaching Professor, Finance
Business Administration in Qatar
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- Associate Teaching Professor, FinanceBusiness Administration in Qatar
BIO
I am an Associate Teaching Professor of Finance at the Business Administration Program at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. My work brings together finance education, empirical research, and applied engagement with industry and the broader community. I focus on helping students and practitioners understand how financial decisions are made in real-world settings, particularly across corporate, investment, entrepreneurial, and international finance contexts. Alongside my teaching and research, I actively contribute to student research, community financial literacy initiatives, industry engagement, and institutional service at CMU Qatar.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Associate Teaching Professor of FinanceCarnegie Mellon University Qatar, Business Administration, Doha, Qatar1 Jul 2022 - present
- Assistant Teaching Professor of FinanceCarnegie Mellon University Qatar, Business Administration, Doha, Qatar1 Jan 2017 - 30 Jun 2022
- Assistant Professor of FinanceKing Abdulaziz University, Finance, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia1 Sep 2014 - 31 Dec 2016
- Lecturer in FinanceVanderbilt University, Managerial Studies, Nashville, United States20 Aug 2008 - 31 May 2010
DEGREES
- PhD, FinanceTemple University, Philadelphia, United States2010 - 2014
- Master of Arts, EconomicsVanderbilt University, Nashville, United States2006 - 2008
- Master of Arts, Financial EconomicsUniversity of Maine, Orono, United States2004 - 2006
- Bachelor of Science, EconomicsMiddle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkiye1999 - 2004
LANGUAGES
- TurkishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- EnglishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
CAMPUS
- Doha