Dr. Robert Tian is a premier Business Anthropologist and consummate teacher. His grant-supported research and peer-reviewed publications have looked at consumer behavior and cross-cultural studies in marketing globally. He has served as an associate editor for the peer-reviewed journal Applied Anthropologist for over 10 years as well as serving as an editorial board member for the Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge, since 2001.

Dr. Tian expands U4H’s outreach into China and the Far East as well as strengthens U4H’s Anthropological Solutions. Dr. Tian is an Associate Professor at Medaille College and has received awards for published papers and service from organizations in Canada, China and the United States. Robert Tian earned a Ph.D. from York University with a specialization in social anthropology, a post-doctoral M.B.A. from Wilfrid Laurier University in Marketing and Management, and a Master Degree in economics from the Central University of Nationalities in China.