Department of Finance

The University bestows the designation "Graduate Faculty" upon faculty following review of their credentials and recommendation by their colleagues. The University maintains three levels of graduate faculty: (1) Full, (2) Associate, and (3) External.

Only Full graduate faculty members may chair doctoral committees. Full or Associate graduate faculty may chair master's committees. Only one external graduate faculty member may serve as a voting member on any master's or doctoral committee.

FULL MEMBERS

ALLEN CARRION, Assistant Professor, PhD (2018), University of Utah [2024]

PANKAJ K. JAIN, Professor, PhD (2002), Indiana University [2025]

RONALD W. SPAHR, Professor, PhD (1976), University of Wisconsin-Madison [2024]

MARK SUNDERMAN, Morris Real Estate Chair, PhD (1986), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [2027]

VELMA ZAHIROVIC-HERBERT, Martha and Robert Fogelman Family Real Estate Chair, PhD (2007) Georgia State University [2027]

KONSTANTIN SOKOLOV, Associate Professor, PhD (2017), Wilfrid Laurier University [2030]

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

JEFFREY BLACK, Assistant Professor, PhD (2017), University of Oklahoma 

VIVEK SHARMA, Instructor, PhD (2018), Indian Statistical Institute 

SABATINO SILVERI, Assistant Professor, PhD (2009), Arizona State University  

PEI SHAO, PhD (2007), Schulich School of Business, York University 

SHAWN MCFARLAND, PhD (2020), University of Memphis 

JAN HANOUSEK, PhD (2022), University of South Florida 

EMMA XU, PhD (2015), University of Iowa

SEPEHR ROUDINI, PhD (2024), University of Iowa

EXTERNAL MEMBERS

BIDISHA CHAKRABARTY, PhD (2004), The State University of New York [2025]

BHAVIK PARIKH, PhD (2014) University of Memphis [2025]

LAI XU, PhD (2014) Duke University [2026]

JACOB WATSON, MBA (2011) Duke University [2025]

NOTE: Expiration date of graduate faculty membership is indicated in brackets for Full and External only.