Finance and Managerial Economics Faculty

Anderson, Frank, MBA (University of North Texas)
Senior Lecturer and Director of Finance Undergraduate Program

Research Interests
Security analysis and valuation, portfolio management, behavioral finance
Angelo, Christopher, PhD (The University of Texas at Arlington)
Clinical Professor

Research Interests
Option Strategies, Hedge Fund Performance
Baranchuk, Nina, PhD (Washington University in St. Louis)
Assistant Professor

Research Interests
Theoretical and empirical analysis of corporate governance, agency problems, executive compensation, applied econometrics
Cordell, David, PhD (The University of Texas at Austin), CFA, CFP®, CLU
Associate Area Coordinator and Clinical Professor

Research Interests
Retirement investment and distribution, financial risk tolerance, asset allocation
Day, Ted, PhD (Stanford University)
Professor

Research Interests
Earnings forecasts, mutual fund portfolios, dividends, nonsynchronous pricing
DeCourcy, George, MBA (The University of Texas at Dallas)
Senior Lecturer

Research Interests
Real estate, corporate restructuring, turnaround management
El-Ashmawi, Amal, MS (The University of Texas at Dallas)
Senior Lecturer

Research Interests
Technology strategy, telecommunications policy, communications sector evolution, strategic performance analysis, emerging markets
Ganglmair, Bernhard, PhD (University of Zurich)
Assistant Professor

Research Interests
Contract theory, antitrust, intellectual property
Gurun, Ayfer, PhD (Southern Methodist Univeristy)
Clinical Professor

Research Interests
Financial Management
Kieschnick, Robert, PhD (The University of Texas at Austin)
Associate Professor and Area Coordinator

Research Interests
Initial public offerings, corporate financing issues, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions
Lewin, Peter, PhD (University of Chicago)
Clinical Professor

Research Interests
Demographic economics
Liebowitz, Stan, PhD (University of California at Los Angeles)
Ashbel Smith Professor and Director of Center for Analysis of Property Rights

Research Interests
Monopoly and bundling, intellectual property
Mauer, David, PhD (Purdue University)
Ashbel Smith Professor

Research Interests
Corporate financial policy, interactions between financing and investment decisions, real options
McNabb, Mark, PhD (The University of Texas at Austin), CFA
Clinical Professor

Research Interests
Investment, Portfolio Management
Osborne, Dale, PhD (The University of Kentucky)
Professor Emeritus

Research Interests
Insurance reform, banking
Ozoguz, Arzu, PhD (INSEAD)
Assistant Professor

Research Interests
Empirical asset pricing, information economics, international finance
Pickens, Jared, MS (Kansas State University), CFP®
Senior Lecturer

Research Interests
Financial counseling and personal financial heuristics
Polkovnichenko, Nataliya, PhD (University of Minnesota)
Senior Lecturer

Research Interests
Empirical asset pricing and financial econometrics
Polkovnichenko, Valery, PhD (Northwestern University)
Assistant Professor

Research Interests
Portfolio choice, asset pricing with heterogeneous agents, non-standard preferences
Rebello, Michael, PhD (The University of Texas at Austin)
Ashbel Smith Professor

Research Interests
Financial advisor contracts, economic linkages, analyst portfolio structure, mutual funds
Reichert, Carolyn, PhD (Pennsylvania State University)
Senior Lecturer

Research Interests
Closed end investments, historic investment strategies, proxy contests, real estate listing agreements
Richards, James, MA (The University of Texas at Dallas), CFA
Senior Lecturer

Research Interests
Corporate finance
Springate, David, PhD (Harvard Business School)
Associate Professor and Director of Center for Finance Strategy Innovation

Research Interests
Venture finance and private equity capital
Wardlaw, Malcolm, PhD (The University of Texas at Austin)
Assistant Professor

Research Interests
Corporate Finance, Banking and Institutions, Energy Finance
Wei, Kelsey, PhD (The University of Texas at Austin)
Assistant Professor

Research Interests
Mutual fund performance, institutional investors, mergers and acquisitions, foreign exchange
Wells, Harry (Joe), PhD (Cornell University), CFA
Clinical Professor and Director of Finance Graduate Program

Research Interests
Financial services, investment management
Xia, Han, PhD (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Assistant Professor

Research Interests
Empirical/Theoretical corporate finance focusing on financial institutions, credit rating agencies, securitization
Xu, Yexiao, PhD (Princeton University)
Associate Professor

Research Interests
Equity returns, mutual fund portfolios, volatility
Zentner, Alejandro, PhD (University of Chicago)
Assistant Professor

Research Interests
Applied microeconomics, intellectual property rights
Zhang, Huibing (Harold), PhD (Duke University)
Professor

Research Interests
Optimal portfolio decisions, asset pricing, taxation
Zhao, Feng, PhD (Cornell University)
Associate Professor

Research Interests
Interest rates, foreign exchange rates, portfolio management

Adjunct Faculty

Bender, Robert, MBA (University of Mississippi)
Adjunct Lecturer

Research Interests
Financial Management
Friedman, Ben, MBA (The University of Texas at Austin), CFA, CPA
Adjunct Lecturer

Research Interests
Financial Management
Gibson, Lisa, JD (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Adjunct Lecturer

Research Interests
Financial Management
Guttery, Randy, PhD (University of Connecticut)
Adjunct Lecturer

Research Interests
Real Estate Price Index Construction, Real Estate Economics, Real Estate Financial Decisions, Commercial Mortgage Markets, Securitization, Real Estate Valuation and Appraisal, Financial Planning.
Sanderson, Scott, MBA (The University of Chicago)
Adjunct Lecturer

Research Interests
Financial Management
Shorey, Kristie, MBA (The University of Texas at Austin)
Adjunct Lecturer

Research Interests
Financial Management