Behavioral Finance

Kunter Gunasti, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Marketing at Washington State University

Dr. Gunasti holds Ph.D. in marketing from PennState University along with a BSc in Engineering and an MBA in Finance. His research focuses on numerical cognition, branding, inference making and consumption experiences such as word of mouth and gift-giving. Dr. Gunasti’s work has been published or forthcoming in premium outlets including the Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing Research, MIS Quarterly, Journal of Retailing, Marketing Letters, Journal of Business Research among others. Thomas Kinnear Award, Emerald Literati Award, Advena World's Outstanding Speaker Award, WSU Outstanding Faculty Teaching award, University of Connecticut Undergraduate Teaching Award, American Marketing Association Best Paper Award

Robert R. Johnson

Professor of Finance at Creighton University

Robert R. Johnson is a professor of finance at the Heider College of Business at Creighton University. He is also CEO and chair of Economic Index Associates, a firm based in New York City that develops investable indices based upon Federal Reserve monetary policy. He was formerly president and CEO of The American College of Financial Services and deputy CEO of CFA Institute.

Margaret J. King

Cultural Analyst and Director at The Center for Cultural Studies & Analysis

Margaret J. King, Ph.D., is a cultural analyst and director at The Center for Cultural Studies & Analysis, a research institute with a mission to understand how people find and recognize the value in services and products. She is nationally recognized for her work on culture and consumer behavior, focusing on museums, the arts, theme parks, cross-cultural issues, marketing and decision-making. Her work has been featured in hundreds of publications over the years.

Lynn Toomey

Founder & RetireMentor Coach at Her Retirement

Lynn Toomey is the founder and RetireMentor coach at Her Retirement. She has 30 years of experience in launching high-tech and financial services companies. As a personal finance educator, financial wellness coach, writer, speaker and fintech creator, Lynn is passionate about her mission to help women everywhere know more and have more now and in retirement.

Nick Mishkin

Data Scientist & Business Reporter

Nick Mishkin is a data scientist specializing in applying behavioral science to business communication. He has worked with companies across multiple industries — from music to advertising, SaaS technology and information technology. He is an expert reviewer for MoneyGeek. Mishkin earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and his master's degree in behavioral economics, *magna cum laude*, at Reichman University in Israel.

Ian Norris, Ph.D.

Professor of Marketing and Psychology at Berea College in Berea, KY

Ian Norris is a Professor of Marketing and Psychology. He teaches consumer behavior, marketing research and other courses at Berea College in Berea, KY. He has published research on consumer judgment and decision-making in several top journals, such as the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research and Psychology and Marketing. He is the author of Invest in Your Financial Literacy: A Guide to Financial Decision-Making, along with co-author and finance professor Nancy Sowers.

Michael Gelman, Ph.D., FRM

Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics

Michael Gelman is an assistant professor of finance at the University of Delaware's Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics. Previously, he was a visiting scholar at the Department of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Gelman's primary areas of research are banking and financial intermediation, household finance and financial misconduct. His teaching experience includes a variety of courses on finance, financial risk management and economics for undergraduate and graduate students and executives. Dr. Gelman has professional experience as a consultant to financial institutions, and he holds a Financial Risk Management certificate and is an Investment Advisor and Portfolio Manager.

Felipe Silva

Assistant Professor and CBIZ MHM Faculty Scholar at Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business, University of Missouri 

Felipe Silva is an assistant professor at the University of Missouri. His research has been published in outlets such as the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Harvard Business Review, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Financial Services Research, among others. He holds a PhD in finance and masters in financial engineering from Cornell University, and an aerospace engineering degree from Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica, Brazil.

Jordan Patrick, CFP®

Financial Planner at Commas

Jordan Patrick is a Certified Financial Planner™ who is on a mission to help you use your resources to craft a meaningful life. Jordan serves clients at Commas – a financial advisory practice committed to providing every-day people access to honest financial advice.

Kathleen Richard

Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Chairperson, Madonna University School of Business

Kathleen Richard is the Program Director for the Hospitality and Tourism Management program and the Merchandising and Retail Management concentration at the School of Business. She joined Madonna University's full-time faculty in the 1980s from the Oakland Community College Business Department. Her degrees include a Bachelor of Science from Michigan State University and an MA from Central Michigan University. Before her academic teaching career, Kathleen was a Hudson's Department Store buyer based in Detroit, Michigan, now known as the Macy's Department Store Group. While employed at Hudson's, Kathleen also held Corporate Training Director and College Management Training and Recruitment Coordinator positions. Her research areas of interest include Consumer Behavior, retail buying trends and hospitality industry trends and research. Her work with students includes supervising internships for students in both Hospitality and Merchandising. Her business network associations are essential in assisting students in finding a compatible internship placement for their personal career goals. Kathleen has consulted with corporations in both the areas of Hospitality and Merchandising, such as Macy's Corp., Polo Ralph Lauren, Somerset and Twelve Oaks malls, Marriott Corp. Andiamo's, Detroit Convention Bureau and various private clubs in the area. Her favorite courses taught include Consumer Behavior, Principles of Retailing, Retail and Merchandising Management and Property Architecture and Interiors. She oversees programs at both the Madonna University main campus and the Macomb University Center. She is always open to working with existing students and alumni on career counseling, job search and academic planning. Keeping in touch and being a part of the business community is crucial to her success as an instructor.

Yaseen Alhaj-Yaseen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Finance at Middle Georgia State University

Dr. Yaseen S. Alhaj-Yaseen serves as an Associate Professor of Finance at Middle Georgia State University. His academic journey includes a Ph.D. in Economics from Kansas State University, an M.S. in Financial Planning from the University of Georgia, and an M.A. in Economics from Texas Tech University. Since 2004, he has been dedicated to instructing students at both undergraduate and graduate levels in the fields of finance and economics. Engaged in a dynamic research pursuit, Dr. Yaseen concentrates on investment, asset pricing, international finance and financial markets. His scholarly contributions have graced esteemed academic publications such as the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, International Review of Financial Analysis, Journal of Behavioral Finance and Applied Financial Economics. Beyond academia, Dr. Yaseen is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) and possesses licenses including FINRA Series 6, 63 and 65 and a GA Life Insurance license.

Laureen Mgrdichian

Associate Professor of Marketing and Interim Undergraduate Program Chair at Biola University

Laureen Mgrdichian has been an associate professor at Biola since 2012 and teaches marketing, consumer behavior, leadership and entrepreneurship. Besides teaching at Biola, she owns a baking business specializing in cookies and cakes. She graduated from Biola with a degree in communications and completed her MBA with an emphasis in marketing and organizational development from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Mgrdichian has been married to her husband, Tom, for over 30 years, and they are blessed to be the parents of triplets, who are all Biola graduates.

David B. Stewart, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Finance at Winston-Salem State University

David W. Stewart, Ph.D. is President’s Professor of Marketing and Law (Emeritus) at Loyola Marymount University. Dr. Stewart has previously held faculty appointments and various administrative roles at Vanderbilt University, the University of Southern California, and the University of California, Riverside. He is a past editor of the Journal of Marketing, the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, and the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing. He is the author of more than 350 publications and 20 books.

Jared Watson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Marketing at New York University Stern School of Business

Dr. Jared Watson in an expert in consumer behavior with a keen interest in understanding how consumers integrate various sources of information into their judgments, largely in the digital space. For example, how do consumers use both the average product rating and the individual reviews to form judgments about a product? Why do consumers follow social media influencers? And how do we use information around us to determine what is "right," "good," or "quality"?

Deanne Butchey, Ph.D.

Teaching Professor, Department of Finance at the College of Business, Florida International University

Deanne Butchey is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Finance at Florida International University (FIU) and holds a Ph.D. in Finance. Before joining FIU, Dr. Butchey worked as an Investment Banker and Financial Services Stock Research Analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston in their Toronto offices. Prior to this, she was a stock broker at Scotia McLeod and Merrill Lynch in Toronto. Dr. Butchey has contributed significantly to FIU’s initiatives to engage the community in mutually beneficial ways. Since spring 2008, she has led a service learning project in her online Financial Markets and Institutions class where student groups teach financial literacy skills to high school students, recent immigrants and newcomers to South Florida and other disenfranchised residents through various community centers (including the Chapman Community Partnership for Homeless), high schools, libraries and religious organizations. For this project she has recently been honored with the 2013 “Spirit of Service-Learning Award” awarded by the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of South Florida Inc. (RPCVSF), the Miami-Dade Teacher of the Year Coalition, and the Armando Alejandre Jr. Foundation. This award recognizes and honors K-12 and college/university educators each year for contributing to the integration of service into the curriculum and for making a commitment to connect students through service to help meet critical needs in the South Florida and/or the global community. She is also a faculty advisor to ENACTUS @ FIU, a student organization that aims to facilitate the impactful collaborations of students and community partners by creating, commercializing, and enhancing innovative social entrepreneurship projects to stimulate economic advancement. Her vision of this initiative is to ensure that students at FIU’s College of Business will not only improve their knowledge, skills and attitudes, but also follow in the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi and, "be the change you want to see in the world".

Sampath Kumar, Ph.D.

Professor of Marketing for the Austin E. Cofrin School of Business at UW-Green Bay

Sampath Kumar earned his Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Memphis (2008), M.Phil in Marketing from Alagappa University (2011), MBA in Marketing and Human Resources from Bharathiar university (1996) and an undergraduate degree in Accounting (B.Com) from Bharathiar University, India (1993). He has work experience in sales and marketing in India Cements Ltd and paper packaging Pvt Ltd. Dr. Kumar is currently teaching Introductory marketing and consumer behavior. His past teaching also includes Marketing research and Advertising. He also teaches a graduate course at the Masters of Science in Management program. His current research interests are in e-services, nonprofit marketing, sustainability, supply chain management and advertising. Dr. Kumar’s work has been published in Journals like Journal of Services Marketing, Journal of current issues and research in advertising, and International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing. He has written book chapters for two peer-reviewed books. He has presented his research at many regional, national and international conferences, including the Society for Marketing Advances, Marketing Management Association Conference and so on. His paper won a best paper award at the supply chain track of Marketing management Association conference.

Francisca Marie Beer, Ph.D.

Professor of Accounting and Finance at California State University, San Bernardino

Dr. Beer is a Professor of Finance at California State University, San Bernardino. She holds a Ph.D. in Finance, a Graduate Degree in Computer Science, and a Master’s in Commercial Engineering. Her specialties include corporate finance, the structure of capital markets, and international finance. Her principal research interests are in behavioral finance, a research area that applies psychological theories to financial models. She has an established list of more than 50 articles in books, monographs, and refereed journals. Her publications appear in journals such as The Financial Review, Review of Business Research, American Business Review, Journal of Emerging Markets, International Journal of Business Disciplines, and Global Financial Journal. In 2017, her contribution to research earned her the title of “Distinguished Research Fellowship”. Because she is a strong believer that financial literacy is essential, she contributes articles to WalletHub, Motley Fool and provides coaching, workshops and seminars to members of the community, e.g., Workshops for the Society of Extraordinary Women and the city of Loma Linda. A prolific and experienced speaker, Francisca has also made professional presentations in the US, Thailand, China, Tunisia, Turkey, Poland, France, Greece, Mexico, and Amsterdam.

Sona Klucarova, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing & Entrepreneurship, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Dr. Sona Klucarova received her Ph.D. in Business Administration (Marketing) from the University of Central Florida. Prior to joining the University of Nebraska at Omaha as an assistant professor, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Montpellier Business School in France. Her research has been published in a variety of peer-reviewed journals.

Ethan Pew, Ph.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor of Marketing and MS Marketing Program Director at The University of Texas at Austin

Ethan Pew is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Marketing and Director of the Master of Science in Marketing program at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. He specializes in consumer behavior, financial decision making, and market research. Pew is also a highly respected researcher and consultant in the financial and information technology sectors, offering strategic guidance and data-driven insights to established companies and startups. Additionally, he co-founded MarketingPhdJobs and has published research on examining differences in academic careers for men and women. Pew has held faculty positions at several universities and holds a Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Colorado Boulder and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Texas McCombs.

Selin A. Malkoc, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Marketing at The Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business

Selin A. Malkoc received her Ph.D. in marketing from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Prior to joining Fisher College of Business, she was a faculty member at the Carslon School of Business at the University of Minnesota as well as at the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Malkoc’s research focuses on the area of consumer behavior, with an emphasis on intertemporal matters. Specifically, her research examines how consumers make decisions where the outcomes are spread over time as well as how they perceive and consume their time. She has explored why consumers might show impatience despite their best intentions and proposed several mechanisms that can help consumers make better decisions for themselves. Dr. Malkoc also studies how consumers can best allocate their time between work and leisure to maximize their short and long-term happiness. Her work has important implications for consumer well-being as well as long-term consumer satisfaction. Dr. Malkoc’s research appeared in the Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing Research, Psychological Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Making Processes, Journal of Consumer Psychology, and Journal of the Association of Consumer Research, in addition to other prestigious psychology and decision-making outlets. Dr. Malkoc is currently editing a special issue on "The Pandemic Transformed Economy" for the Journal of the Association of Consumer Research. She is an associate editor for the International Journal of Research in Marketing and a member of the Journal of Consumer Research and Journal of Consumer Psychology Editorial Review Boards. Dr. Malkoc is the recipient of the prestigious Paul E. Green Award (awarded to the best paper published in the Journal of Marketing Research) and the William F. O’Dell Award (awarded to the paper published in the Journal of Marketing Research that has made the most significant long-term contribution to marketing theory, methodology, and/or practice). Her research has also won the Citation of Excellence Award. Dr. Malkoc’s research has appeared in numerous national and international media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, BBC, Huffington Post, TIME Magazine, OZY, Medium, The Today Show, and Fox News.

Dr. Prachi Gala

Assistant Professor of Marketing at the Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University of Georgia

Dr. Prachi Gala is an Assistant Professor of Marketing in the Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University of Georgia, USA. She earned her Ph.D. in marketing at the University of Mississippi, Mississippi, USA and her MBA from Mumbai University, India. Her research interests lie in marketing strategy and the marketing-finance interface. Her current research agenda addresses topics such as the behavioral traits and compensation of the leadership, like chief executives, and their impact on the marketing outcomes of the firm. She has received more than 20 awards and international grants, including to South Africa, Israel and Italy.

Dima Leshchinskii, Ph.D.

Professor of Finance at Menlo College

After receiving his Ph.D. in Management (Finance) from INSEAD, Dr. Leshchinskii has been teaching finance at various business schools in Europe and U.S. Currently he is teaching at Menlo College. His interests include entrepreneurial finance, financial innovation, and behavioral finance.

Nacasius Ujah, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Corporate Finance at South Dakota State University

Dr. Nacasius U. Ujah received his Ph.D. in International Business and Finance from Texas A&M International University. He joined South Dakota State University in 2016. Before SDSU, he was on faculty at the University of Nebraska at Kearney for two years. He has worked at Arvest Bank and ECOWAS and on consulting projects. Dr. Ujah's research interest encompasses Corporate Finance: Corporate Bankruptcy Risk, Dividend Policy, Capital Structure & Cost of Capital, Executive Compensation, Earnings Management, Corporate Governance, and CSR. His research interests also include financial statement analysis and security valuation.

Michael McCall, Ph.D.

Professor of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University

Michael McCall, Ph.D is a Professor, Hilton Hotels Fellow in The School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University. He earned his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Arizona State University and has held academic positions in psychology, marketing and hospitality at Ithaca College and Cornell University.

Vivek Singh Ph.D.

Richard E. Czarnecki Endowed Collegiate Professor II, Professor, Finance at the University of Michigan, Dearborn

Vivek Singh is a Full Professor of Finance at The University of Michigan-Dearborn. He received a Ph.D. in Finance from Virginia Tech in 2004. He also earned an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management and a B. Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology. To date, 37 of his papers have been published/accepted in leading peer-reviewed journals such as Economic Inquiry, Financial Management, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Financial Research, Macroeconomics Dynamics, Journal of Business Research, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, and others. In addition, in a very well-cited study, authors Heck and Cooley measured the productivity of all research-active finance professors in the last 50 years. Per this study, his publication record places him in the top 4% of all research-active finance professors.

Michael Abrokwah, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Finance at Brennan School of Business, Dominican University

Michael Abrokwah is an Assistant Professor in Finance, holding a PhD from the University of Texas at El Paso. His research interests lie in corporate finance, capital markets, and corporate governance.

Robert Paul Jones, Ph.D.

Department Chairperson, Hospitality and Retail Management, at Texas Tech University

Robert Paul Jones, Ph.D., is the department chairperson in the College of Human Sciences and currently serves as regional editor (Americas) for the International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management. He is also a member of the Higher Education Advisory Board of the Category Management Association and other industry groups. Prior to entering academia, Dr. Jones enjoyed a career of over 25 years as an executive and consultant in retail and hospitality. His research focuses on brands and branding, their influence on consumer behavior and the shopper experience.