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Department Chair

Associate Professor & Chair Department of Finance
Research Interests
Investments, Mutual Funds, Issues related to personal injury and loss

Teaching Faculty

Adjunct Instructional Faculty Academic Affairs
Senior Lecturer Department of Finance
Research Interests
Trading Simulation Games.Closed-End Fund valuation.Maximizing Alpha through factor selection.
Winner of FMA's 2019 Innovative Teacher of the Year Award; Â鶹´«Ã½'s 2019 Teaching with Technology Award; University Distinguished… Read More
Higher Ed Teach Res Asst Academic Affairs
Professor & Eminent Scholar Department of Finance
Research Interests
My research interests include corporate finance, asset pricing, the role of information in capital markets, international financial management, foreign investments, and foreign exchange markets. Dr. Doukas has published over ninety scientific academic articles on a wide range of finance and business-related issues in many academic journals including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Portfolio Management, Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Investing, Journal of Futures Markets, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, European Financial Management, Financial Management, and Financial Review.
Dr. John A. Doukas, earned his Ph.D in Financial Economics at Stern School of Business, New York University. He is Professor of… Read More
Higher Ed.Teach/Res.Asst
Lecturer Department of Finance
Research Interests
Insurance and Risk Management

Worked in the insurance industry for over 25 years, taught at community colleges, managed and owned agencies in the community

Professor Of Practice Department of Finance
Professor Department of Finance
Research Interests
Property-Casualty Insurance, Enterprise Risk Management, Cyber Risk Management and Insurance.

Places I've lived:
Kentucky, Oregon (Reed College for 2 years), New Mexico, Japan (Tokyo), Florida, Virginia.

Professor Department of Finance
Research Interests
Forecasting Financial Markets Volatility, Investments and Portfolio Management
Dr. Mohammad Najand joined the department of Finance in 1987. He teaches the junior/senior course in investments and Ph.D.… Read More
Associate Professor & Chair Department of Finance
Research Interests
Investments, Mutual Funds, Issues related to personal injury and loss
Senior Lecturer Department of Finance
Research Interests
Dr. Schneider's research interests include corporate governance and financial institutions. Dr. Schneider holds a Ph.D. in Finance from Boston College.
Assistant Professor Department of Finance
Research Interests
Asset Pricing, Derivatives, Volatility dynamics, Fintech, Machine Learning.
Dr. Mobina Shafaati is an assistant professor of finance at the Strome College of Business at Â鶹´«Ã½. Mobina's… Read More
Professor Department of Finance
Research Interests
Real Estate Capital Markets, REITs, Housing Economics, Real Estate Portfolio Management, International Finance, Forecasting
Simon Stevenson joined the Strome College of Business as the Robert M. Stanton Endowed Chair of Real Estate & Economic… Read More
Professor Department of Finance
Research Interests
Professor Department of Finance
Research Interests
Associate Professor Department of Finance
Research Interests
Real Estate and Housing Economics
Dr. Lei Zhang is an Associate Professor in Real Estate in the Department of Finance at the Strome College of Business at Old… Read More
Professor Department of Finance
Research Interests
Employment and civil rights, contract, intellectual property, internet and entertainment law
35 years experience teaching a variety of business law course at 4 Virginia Colleges and Universities. Tenured in 2001 and… Read More

Current Ph.D. Students

  • Ms. Sarah Almisher
  • Mr. Mohammad Amin Amoulashkarian
  • Ms. Enxi An
  • Mr. Navid Safari
  • Mr. Sounak Kishore Saha
  • Mr. Aiden Norouzi
  • Ms. QiQi Liang
  • Mr. Mirarmia Jalali
  • Mr. Hesamoddin Tahami
  • Mr. Alireza Askarzadeh
  • Mr. Andrew Cohen
  • Ms. Reihaneh Haghighi Zadeh
  • Mr. Mostafa Kanaani Torshizi