Shagun Pant

Shagun Pant is a Teaching Associate Professor of Business Administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 2022. Previously, she held roles including Associate Professor of Instruction at the University of Iowa (2021-2022) and Assistant Professor positions at the University of Iowa (2011-2021) and Texas A&M University (2009-2021). She specializes in corporate finance, governance, innovation, and gender diversity's impact on corporate outcomes.

Education:

• Ph.D., Finance, University of Utah, 2009
• M.S., Information Systems, University of Iowa, 2003
• B.E., Electrical Engineering, University of Mumbai at Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, 1999

Research Interests: Her work focuses on how gender diversity influences innovation outcomes, corporate governance structures, and stock market reactions to firm-level decisions. She also explores technological innovation prediction and the role of human capital in firm resilience.

Recognition: Awarded the Excellence in Teaching by the Department of Business Administration in 2024.

Teaching & Grants: Currently teaches Business Analytics I (BADM 210), emphasizing statistical methods and data lifecycle management. No specific grants mentioned in the text.