Syracuse Professor Earns Spot in Top 50 Best Undergraduate Business Professors

A native of South Korea, Professor Eunkyu Lee came to the United States to earn an MBA and a Ph.D. He held several faculty positions until he was recruited to the Whitman School.

Professor Lee is an associate dean of global initiatives and professor of marketing at Syracuse University and was recognized as one of the Top 50 Best Undergraduate Business Professors by Poets&Quants.

Sumit Gupta G’17 earned his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at the University of Mumbai before relocating to the United States in 2015 to attend Syracuse University.

Since graduating from the iSchool, Gupta has worked for several companies in the U.S. He says the skills he gained at SU laid the foundation for his upward career trajectory.

Haowei Wang, assistant professor of sociology at Syracuse University, has been named the Yang Ni and Xiaoqing Li Scholar in U.S.-China/Asia Relations for the 2025-26 academic year.

The position was created with a gift by Syracuse University alumni Yang Ni and Xiaoqing Li to strengthen connections between Maxwell faculty and scholars in China and Asia.

A professor of television, radio and film (TRF), Tula Goenka G’86 first came to Newhouse as a master’s student. Born and raised in India, Goenka recalls the challenges she experienced as a student with learning a new educational system in a new country.  

Goenka draws inspiration from her own experiences in working to build a sense of community for international students at Syracuse University. 

Bao-Ding “Bob” Cheng’s G’67,G’69 journey to Syracuse University in pursuit of education was long and arduous. He didn’t have the means for air travel, so he voyaged by boat from his home in Taiwan. That trip would set the stage for an extraordinary future and the ability to help countless others achieve the American dream.