January 12, 2023
Meet Dr. Yajiong (Lucky) Xue, Robert Dillard Teer Distinguished Professor
Dr. Yajiong (Lucky) Xue joined the College of Business and the Department of Management Information Systems in 2008 as an assistant professor. That same year, she helped establish the COB’s Center for Healthcare Management Systems. Xue became a full professor in 2014.
Xue was recently named the Robert Dillard Teer Distinguished Professor. We caught up with her to talk about how this endowment will affect her work, fellow faculty and the leaders of tomorrow.
How will you leverage this gift with your work?
This gift allows me to conduct more impactful research, pass knowledge on to others as an educator, initiate collaborations among colleagues, and help transform the region. I believe the activities enabled by this gift can lead to my personal growth and career development and, more importantly, generate public benefits and social welfare in the regional and national scope.
How will this work impact your students?
My work supported by this gift will help broaden students’ knowledge horizons, increase their opportunities to experience the impacts of technological innovations on organizational transformation, and inspire them to explore advanced technologies to improve local community development, especially for the disadvantaged populations in eastern North Carolina.
What are your research goals for this gift?
My research goals for this gift are threefold:
- Establish and strengthen COB’s unique roles at ECU and serve eastern North Carolina by creating new knowledge (innovative approaches) to guide regional and national development.
- Deepen collaborations among COB faculty members in mutually interested areas and mentor COB faculty members who seek growth opportunities.
- Secure external grants and resources to conduct high-impact studies and develop talented students
Distinguished professorships are awarded to senior scholarly leaders on the faculty who will advance the mission of the College of Business. There are currently nine endowed professorships in the College of Business.
The Robert Dillard Teer Jr. Distinguished Professorship of Business, the university’s first endowed professorship, was created in 1986.
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