Doctoral Students - Finance

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Last Updated: Oct 02, 2026, 02:59 PM

Ahad Koushan

 

Ahad Koushan
Doctoral Student
ahad.koushan@siu.edu

Ahad Koushan received his bachelor’s and master’s degree in accounting from Islamic Azad University, IRAN in 2009 and 2014 respectively. After receiving his master, he started his collaboration as a lecturer with Islamic Azad University. His research interests include corporate governance, Behavior Finance and earning announcement.

Richy John

 
Richy John
Doctoral Student
Rehn Hall, 312A 
richy.john@siu.edu

 Richy John completed his A.S in Business Administration & Management at Illinois Central College, Peoria. After which he transferred to SIU Carbondale to obtain a B.S in Finance specializing in Investments. Subsequently, he completed his MBA in Finance at the College of Business & Analytics. As an alum, he took a keen interest in pursuing the Finance concentration doctoral program in business administration starting in Fall 2024.

Through his time at SIUC, he has been an active Saluki who was part of the Saluki Student Investment Fund (SSIF) during his undergrad. At the graduate level, Richy represented SIUC as a graduate student in international futures trading competitions held by the CME Group. He is also part of honor societies – Phi Theta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, and Beta Gamma Sigma. The Saluki experience means a lot to him owing to the quality of education, amazing faculty & staff, and friendly campus community that accepted him as a non-traditional student. Previously, he worked for HSBC Bank. His research interests include topics in corporate governance, disclosures, capital structure, information asymmetry, risk management, and other related topics.