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Faces of Leeds Snapshot

Name: Nithya Shankar
Title: Assistant Teaching Professor of Marketing
Education: PhD, Marketing, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
MS, Information Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
BS, Computer Science and Engineering, Anna University (India)

Nithya Shankar is excited to be at Leeds for two reasons: No. 1, she was looking for a teaching-focused role in academia; and No. 2, she wanted to relocate to be closer to her husband, who works in Denver. She was thrilled that the right opportunity came up at Leeds, offering a tenure-track position in line with her previous faculty role at SUNY Plattsburgh, where she earned the State University of New York’s Chancellor Award in Teaching in 2023. She looks forward to sharing her expertise in marketing strategy, bringing unique insights to Leeds with her knowledge of marketing in the wine industry.

“Leeds is a very reputed school, so it was everything I was looking for in an employer and leading business school.”