Graduate Research Assistants

May Badra

May Badra is a Palestinian American who was born in Dallas, TX and raised in Bethlehem, Palestine. May received her undergraduate degree with a triple major in International Business, Marketing, and MOB, and a minor in Communications- Mass Media. She just started her second year in the MBA program with emphasis in Marketing and is expected to graduate in May 2008. She is this year’s recipient of the Des Lee scholarship.

Oti Bamfo-Agyei

Oti Bamfo-Agyei is a Ghanaian who has lived most of his life in Botswana and Swaziland. He is currently pursuing an MBA at UMSL with an emphasis in Accounting. He received his BA in Economics from the University of Botswana. He has been working for the Chair of the Consortium for International Undergraduate Business Education (CUIBE) Steering Committee for the Past Year, as the CUIBE Liaison.

Shrutee Bhaskar

Shrutee Bhaskar is an International student from India. She is currently a 2nd year graduate student, pursuing her MBA degree in Finance. Shrutee earned her bachelors in Accounting and Finance from Delhi University. She has been living in St. Louis since August 2005.

Kerstin Wagner

Kerstin Wagner is an Austrian IMBA student who was raised in Vienna, but has spent several years abroad in the USA, Spain and Hong Kong. Kerstin received her Magister degree from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration majoring in International Marketing & Management as well as Information Systems. Kerstin will earn her IMBA from UMSL in August 2008 after two semesters in St. Louis and a rewarding internship complementing her several years of work experience in the telecommunication industry.

Amy Warren

Amy Warren is a 2nd year IMBA student at UMSL who recently completed her first year of studies at Kyoto Sangyo University in Kyoto, Japan and will graduate in May 2008. Amy received her undergraduate degree from UMSL with a double major in International Business and Marketing and completed a one-year study abroad program and internship in Tokyo, Japan. She is this year’s recipient of the Des Lee scholarship.

Hashini Rajapaksha

Hashini Rajapaksha is an International Student from France. She is currently completing her International MBA. She was born in Sri Lanka but did all her studies in France. She holds her Master degree in Finance from the Business School of Strasbourg, IECS. She will be graduating from the University of Missouri- St. Louis in August 2008.