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Education
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
(Expected completion: May 2011)
Ph.D. in Finance with a support area in Econometrics
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 2006 (with Honors)
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration - Finance
Research
Working Papers
"Sleeping with the Enemy" or "An Ounce of Prevention": Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment and Market Instability (with April Knill and Bong-Soo Lee)
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1328045
Under Review at Journal of Finance
Presented at Florida State University Department Seminar, August 2008
Presented at 8th Annual Darden International Finance Conference March 19-20, 2009
Accepted at 2009 FMA Conference
Work in Progress
"Bilateral Political Relations and the Impact of Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment" (with April Knill and Bong-Soo Lee)
"The Market Reaction of Cross Listing: A Meta-Analysis" (with April Knill, David Macpherson and G. Stacy Sirmans)
"The Financial Crisis of 2008: Was it predicted?" (with James Doran and Adam Smedema)
"Fire Sale Acquisitions: The Cost of Distress and the Role of Financial Crises" (with James Ang)
"Investor Perceptions of Earnings Processes and Post-Announcement Drifts" (with Bong-Soo Lee and Oliver M. Rui)
SEMINAR AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
"Sleeping with the Enemy" or "An Ounce of Prevention": Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment and Market Instability (with April Knill and Bong-Soo Lee)
- Presented at Darden International Finance Conference, March 2009
- Presented at Florida State University Department Seminar, August 2008
Teaching Experience
Instructor, Financial Management of the Firm, Finance, Florida State University, Summer 2008
Related Industry Experience
First National Bank of Wamego, Customer Service Representative (02/2003 - 05/2007)
Professional Affiliations
American Finance Association 2008 to Present
Financial Management Association 2008 to Present
Honors and Awards
- University Presidential Fellowship – Awarded to top 10 graduate students (out of 2500)
- Gary L. Millenbruch Finance Scholarship (Kansas State University)
- College of Business Dean's Scholarship (Kansas State University)
- National Society of Collegiate Scholars
- Dane G. Hansen Foundation Scholar
- Elks National Legacy Scholarship
- Graduating Honors (Kansas State University)
- Dean's List (Kansas State University)
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