Department of Finance
Faculty and Staff
Our faculty are active researchers who have a long tradition of being leaders in their fields and contributing their expertise to businesses, policy makers, and government officials. Faculty regularly publish in top-tier finance and economic journals such as the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Review, and the Journal of Political Economy.
Our faculty also are dedicated educators who prepare students to become effective leaders in finance careers in both the private and public sectors. The Finance Faculty are consistently engaged in developing leading educational approaches, focusing on action-based learning and the use of technology both in the classroom and through hybrid course delivery. Their impact on the college and the student body is reflected in the many teaching awards bestowed upon them in both the undergraduate and graduate programs.
Chair: Bernadette A. Minton
Finance Faculty
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Itzhak (Zahi) Ben-David | Professor of Finance, Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance & Real Estate |
| Justin Birru | Associate Professor of Finance |
| Aditya Chaudhry | Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance |
| Susan Clark | Senior Lecturer in Finance |
| Khosrow Doroodian | Senior Lecturer in Finance |
| Isil Erel | Professor of Finance, David A. Rismiller Chair in Finance |
| Thomas Flanagan | Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance |
| Andrei S. Gonçalves | Associate Professor |
| Kewei Hou | Professor of Finance, Ric Dillon Endowed Professor in Investments |
| Victor Lyonnet | Assistant Professor of Finance |
| Anil K. Makhija | Dean, Fisher College of Business; John W. Berry, Sr. Chair in Business |
| Tom Meling | Assistant Professor of Finance |
| Alessandro Melone | Assistant Professor of Finance |
| Bernadette A. Minton | Professor of Finance, Department Chair, Arthur E. Shepard Endowed Professor in Insurance |
| Daniel Oglevee | Senior Lecturer in Finance |
| Kennia Papadakis | Senior Lecturer in Finance |
| Billy Patterson | Senior Lecturer in Finance |
| George Pinteris | Associate Clinical Professor of Finance |
| Birsel Pirim | Assistant Clinical Professor of Finance |
| Taner Pirim | Senior Lecturer in Finance |
| Steve Salopek | Senior Lecturer in Finance |
| Tod Schneider | Senior Lecturer in Finance |
| Sharon Shaffer | Senior Lecturer in Finance |
| Amin Shams | Assistant Professor of Finance |
| Matt Sheridan | Senior Lecturer in Finance |
| Derik Staufenberg | Senior Lecturer in Finance |
| Stephen Stuckwisch | Senior Lecturer in Finance |
| René M. Stulz | Professor of Finance, Everett D. Reese Chair of Banking and Monetary Economics |
| Petra Vokata | Assistant Professor of Finance |
| Ronnie Weiner | Senior Lecturer in Finance |
| Michael S. Weisbach | Professor of Finance, Ralph W. Kurtz Chair in Finance |
| Jay Wellman | Associate Clinical Professor of Finance |
| Ingrid M. Werner | Professor of Finance, Martin & Andrew Murrer Professor of Finance |
| Royce West | Senior Lecturer in Finance |
| Michael Wittry | Assistant Professor of Finance |
| Karen Hopper Wruck | Professor of Finance, Dean's Distinguished Professor in Finance |
| Yufeng Wu | Associate Professor of Finance |
| Lu Zhang | Professor of Finance, Dean's Distinguished Chair in Finance |
| Shaojun Zhang | Assistant Professor of Finance |
| Chad Zipfel | Senior Lecturer in Finance |
Business Law Faculty
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| John David Blackburn | Associate Professor of Legal Environment of Business |
| Joseph Irvine | Senior Lecturer in Law |
Lecturers
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Trey Addison | Adjunct in Finance |
| Ernie Dancer | Adjunct in Finance |
| Chris Ellis | Adjunct in Finance |
| Kenneth Bruce Gold | Adjunct in Finance |
| Julie Helmreich | Adjunct in Finance |
| Tammy Izzo | Adjunct in Finance |
| Paul Krimm | Adjunct in Finance |
| James Maniace | Adjunct in Finance |
| Jonathan Ramsden | Adjunct in Finance |
| Ivan Smith | Adjunct in Finance |
| Jeffrey Standley | Adjunct in Finance |
| Naresh Vadrevu | Adjunct in Finance |
| Andrea Wiltrout | Adjunct in Finance |
| Peter York | Adjunct in Finance |
Emeritus Faculty
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Stephen A. Buser | Professor of Finance, Emeritus at OSU 1975-2002 |
| Deborah A. Ballam | Professor of Legal Environment of Business at OSU 1982-2010 |
| Patric H. Hendershott | Professor of Finance; Professor of Public Policy at OSU 1981-2000 |
| Edward H. Jennings | President Emeritus; Professor of Finance at OSU 1981-2002 |
| Michael L. Smith | Associate Professor of Finance, Emeritus at OSU 1978-2004 |
| Ralph Walkling | Professor of Finance, Emeritus at OSU 1985-2005 |
Staff
The Finance Department staff help support the college's faculty, programs, and centers. Listed below are the staff who provide the day-to-day help.
| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivette Diaz | Academic Program Coordinator, Finance Department | 614-247-5308 | diaz.139@osu.edu |
|
Robyn Scholl |
Associate Director, Dice Center for Financial Economics Department Administrator, Finance Department |
614-292-3225 | scholl.29@osu.edu |
| Nina Scipione | Program Coordinator, Finance Department | 614-292-0993 | scipione.15@osu.edu |
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