The Marketing Department welcomes our newest faculty member: Dr. Umidjon Ahunjonov. Originally from Uzbekistan, Dr. Ahunjonov has earned his Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering from Wuhan University of Technology in China; and he speaks Uzbek, English, Russian, Chinese and Turkish. This fall semester, he will be attending/observing Courtney Pham’s online MKT 350 – Principles of Marketing and MKT 351 – Consumer Behavior classes and Dr. Jamie Grigsby’s online MKT 497 – Topics in Marketing: Digital and Social Media Marketing class.
Dr. Ahunjonov will be joining us at Missouri State University as a result of winning the FEP (Faculty Enrichment Program) Scholarship—an exchange opportunity provided by the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. As a whole, the Faculty Enrichment Program functions to provide university instructors from Uzbekistan with the opportunity to enhance their pedagogical skills and professional disciplinary expertise through a four-month U.S. academic enrichment program. For fall 2021, the FEP has matched the 30 individuals with faculty mentors at 13 different institutions of higher education across the United States. At Missouri State University, the Marketing Department and the Project Management Program will have one visiting scholar each.
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Umidjon Ahunjonov! Here are a few fun facts: