Dr. Ebrahim Karan is currently an associate professor of Construction Management in the department of Engineering Technology at Sam Houston State University (SHSU) in Texas. Prior joining SHSU, Dr. Karan was working as an assistant professor at Millersville University in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He obtained his Ph.D. in building construction from Georgia Tech in 2014, his master’s in construction engineering and management in 2008 and his bachelor’s in civil engineering in 2006.