Education:

• Ph.D. - The Pennsylvania State University, Major: Business Administration, Financial Economics, 1998
• MBA - Babcock Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University, 1994
• BS - The Pennsylvania State University, Major: Economics, 1991

Research Interests:

• Corporate Governance
• International Finance
• Corporate Finance

Teaching Interests:

• International Finance
• Financial Markets
• Financial Management

Honors and Activities:

• Summer 2006, GUR Grant and partial Department of Finance Summer Research Grant.
• Summer 2005, Department of Finance Summer Research Grant.
• Summer 2003 and 2004, College Summer Research Grant.
• Summer 2002, partial College Summer Research Grant award and GUR Grant.
• Recipient: Best Paper in International Finance, 1999 Eastern Finance Association Meeting.
• Lerner College of Business and Economics Dean’s Advisory Committee, faculty representative, 2006-present.
• Department Recruiting Committee, 2006-present.
• MBA Leadership Committee, 2006-present.
• College MBA Committeee, College of Business Administration, University of Delaware, 2004-present.
• Undergraduate Programs Review Committee, University of Delaware, 2000-present.
• College Curriculum Committee, College of Business Administration, University of Delaware, 1999-2003.
• Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Department of Finance, University of Delaware, 2001-2003.
• Student Teacher Evaluation Committee, College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware, 2002-present.
• International Committee, College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware, 2003-present.
• Doctoral Committee, Outside member for Department of Economics, 1999-present.
• Referee for: Journal of Business, Journal of Corporate Finance, Financial Review, Eastern Economic Journal, and the Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Recent Publications:

• "Venture capitalist involvement and the long-term performance of IPOs" (with M. Frye), 2006.  Journal of Private Equity 10 7-17.
• “Incentive compensation for bank directors: The impact of deregulation” (with D. Becher and M. Frye), 2005.  Journal of Business 78 1753-1777.
• “Corporate governance of Japanese banks” (with C. Anderson), 2004. Journal of Corporate Finance 10 327-354. (lead article)
• “Bank mergers, the market for bank CEOs, and managerial incentives” (with C. Anderson and D. Becher), 2004. Journal of Financial Intermediation 13, No. 1, 6-27. (lead article)
• “Interstate banking deregulation and the changing nature of bank mergers” (with D. Becher), 2005. Journal of Financial Research 28 1-20. (lead article).
• “Bank monitoring, firm performance, and top management turnover in Japan (with C. Anderson, J. Narayanan, and G. Mandelker), 2003.  Advances in Financial Economics 8 1-27. (lead article)
• “Corporate Governance in South Korea: the Chaebol Experience” (with P. Keys), 2002. Journal of Corporate Finance 8, No. 4, 373-391.
• “Restructuring the Japanese Banking System: Has Japan Gone Far Enough?” (with C. Anderson), 2000, International Review of Financial Analysis 9, No. 2, 197-218. 
• “Corporate Governance in South Korea: Implications for Future Research”, 2001, Research in International Business and Finance 15, Issues in International Corporate Control and Governance, 261-272.
• "Executive Compensation and the Horizon Problem: A Synthesis of the Economics of Aging and Decision Management" (with J. McGinnis, J. Miles, and S. Michelle Chu), 1999, Managerial Finance 25, No. 10, 34-49