Areerat (Poy) Lertchaipitak, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Phone: 269-749-4168

Professor Lertchaipitak teaches courses in financial planning. She enjoys teaching in a variety of ways in order to benefit and appeal to students with different learning styles and has teaching experience in both face-to-face and online classroom settings. Lertchaipitak is interested in conducting research in financial decision making, behavioral finance, financial satisfaction and financial literacy. She wants to help students learn about financial decisions and the importance of personal finance.

Lertchaipitak completed her Ph.D. in personal financial planning at Texas Tech University (TTU). She also holds two master’s degrees, one in finance and economics from West Texas A&M and another in personal financial planning from TTU. Her bachelor’s degree is in finance from Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand.