Faculty Fellows

We offer one-year fellowships for NDSU faculty members to foster interdisciplinary collaboration with the Challey Institute. Fellows contribute to our mission by educating and training students, engaging in policy-relevant research, and conducting outreach activities to better inform the public about issues related to innovation, trade, and institutions. Fellowships are open to any NDSU faculty member and are selected through a competitive process.

Learn more about this year's Faculty Fellows

2024-2025

Eric Asa, Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Construction Management and Engineering

Achintya Bezbaruah, Ph.D. | Gehrts Presidential Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Ethan Boldt, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy

Rajani Ganesh Pillai, Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Marketing

Ranjit Godavarthy, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Transportation and Logistics

Robert Hearne, Ph.D. | Professor of Agribusiness and Applied Economics

Verlin Hinsz, Ph.D. | Professor of Psychology

David Hong, Ph.D. | Professor of Accounting

Fariz Huseynov, Ph.D. | Professor of Finance

Don Johnson, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of History

Chau Le, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

Jaeha Lee, Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Apparel, Retail Merchandising and Design

Derek Lehmberg, Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Management

Shuning Lu, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Communication

Ganapathy Mahlingam, Ph.D. | Professor of Architecture

Joshua Marineau, Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Management

Stefanie Meyer, Ph.D. | Director of Academic Programs and Assistant Professor of Practice in Public Health

Dragan Miljkovic, Ph.D. | Professor of Agribusiness and Applied Economics

Onnolee Nordstrom, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Management

Jeongdoo Park, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Hospitality Management

Daniel Pemstein, Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Political Science

Xudong Rao, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Agribusiness and Applied Economics

Clay Routledge, Ph.D. | Professor of Psychology

Ellen Rubinstein, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Anupa Sharma, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Agribusiness and Applied Economics

Andrea Smith, J.D. | Senior Lecturer of Business Law

Jeremy Straub, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Rachel Thompson, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Accounting

Cheryl Wachneheim, Ph.D. | Professor of Agribusiness and Applied Economics

Heath Wing, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Modern Language

Lei Zhang, Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Agribusiness and Applied Economics