Faculty Friday: Meet Dr. Thanh Ngo

Dr. Thanh Ngo

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    Dr. Thanh Ngo was born in Vietnam, where she obtained her Bachelor’s degree in International Business from the University of Foreign Trade in 2001. She came to America in 2003 in order to receive a Master’s degree in Economics, and after this she began working at the University of Texas- Pan American and stayed there for 8 years before relocating to Greenville, NC.

“Where there is a will, there is a way,” are words that Ngo values very highly, despite her busy schedule, she devotes a lot of time to her 6 year old daughter. She enjoys getting out and being with her family, and she has done a lot of research over her years of teaching. She has 32 publications in peer-reviewed journals on corporate restructuring activities, specifically mergers and acquisitions.

She enjoys the books Freakonomics and Super Freakonomics, and likes to spend her free time with her daughter.

Welcome to ECU Dr. Ngo!