Founders
Serkan Akguc
Serkan Akguc is Associate Area Head of the Business Administration program and Associate Teaching Professor of Finance at Carnegie Mellon University Qatar. Serkan received his PhD in Finance from Temple University’s Fox School of Business, M.A. in Financial Economics from the University of Maine, M.A. in Economics from Vanderbilt University. He teaches a range of courses, including Financial Accounting, Investment Analysis, Valuation and Financial Modeling, International Finance and Entrepreneurial Finance. Serkan’s research interests focus on empirical corporate finance, with a particular emphasis on the differences between private firms and publicly listed companies, as well as Shariah-compliant firms and private equity.
Kira Dreher
Kira Dreher is Associate Dean of Community Excellence and Associate Teaching Professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University Qatar. Kira received her PhD in Rhetoric and Scientific and Technical Communication from University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. In her scholarship, Kira investigates strategies to communicate accessible technical and scientific information to wide audiences. As Associate Dean of CE, she works toward a globally minded inclusion and equity framework and prioritizes community responsiveness and dialogue.