I am the Wesley R. Elingburg Professor in Business and Associate Professor of Finance at Elon University in Elon, NC.
My co-authors and I have published in the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Management Science, the Journal of Corporate Finance, and Financial Review.
My SSRN page has the latest versions of our papers.
Research Interests
Asset Management, Financial Institutions, Hedge Funds, Corporate Governance, Shareholder Activism
Courses Taught
I am teaching Data Analysis in Finance using Python and Advanced Managerial Finance in the Spring 2024 semester.
During the Fall 2024 semester, I am teaching our Trading and Markets elective that uses the trading simulation software developed at the Rotman School at Toronto University.
I also regularly teach our advanced corporate finance course.
I have taught our student managed portfolio course, investments, advanced investments, portfolio management, a CFA review, principles of finance, and financial modeling. I have experience teaching both R and Python.
I have taught versions of the above courses at both the undergraduate and MBA levels.
Education
Ph.D. in Finance from Arizona State University (2010)
Masters in Economics from Duke University (2005)
B.S. in Business Administration (Finance) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2000)
CFA Charterholder since 2003
