Finance Ph.D. Placements

The Finance doctoral graduates since 1993 are listed below by year of graduation with dissertation topic and placement.

Recent Placement Records

Note: All academic placements are tenure track unless and alternate job title is provided.

Liang, Yu-Hsuan (Jennifer) 2025

• Thesis: Essays on Municipal Finance and Corporate Governance

• Placement: Idaho State University

Wang, Qiang (Carol) 2025

• Thesis: Essays in Household Finance

• Placement: University of Calgary

O'Brien, Terrence 2023

• Thesis: Essays on Cryptocurrency Exchange Volume Manipulation and Volatility

• Placement: Assistant Clinical Professor of Finance at University of Maryland

Yang, Lu 2023

• Thesis: Essays on information processing in the capital markets

• Placement: Associate at Analysis Group

Xiao, Han 2023

• Thesis: Essays on Fund Management

• Placement: The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

Ceballos, Luis 2022

• Thesis: Essays on Bond Markets

• Placement: University of San Diego

Gibbons, Brian 2021

• Thesis: Essays on Corporate Finance and Disclosure

• Placement: Oregon State University

Owen, Stephen 2021

• Thesis: Essays in Conditional Asset Pricing and Machine Learning in Finance

• Placement: University of North Texas

Ye, Zihan 2020

• Thesis: Inter-county Economic Growth and Municipal Access to Finance

• Placement: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada

Pyo, Minyoung 2020

• Thesis: Access to Credit and Labor Market Outcomes

• Placement: Securities and Exchange Commission, D.C.

Henry, Joseph 2019

• Thesis: Initial Public Offerings and Rival Firm Performance

• Placement: Rowan University

Gempesaw, David 2019

• Thesis: Information Choice, Uncertainty and Expected Returns

• Placement: Miami University

McKeever, Daniel 2018

• Thesis: Board Networks and Firm Performance

• Placement: Binghamton University

Pisciotta, Kevin 2018

• Thesis: Effects of IPO Involvement on Analysts' Information Production

• Placement: University of Kansas

Shakya, Shasta 2018

• Thesis: Essays on Stability and Regulation of the Banking System

• Placement: Tulane University

Henrichsen, Aaron 2017

• Thesis: Can Fund Flows Anticipate Market Movements? Evidence from Leveraged ETFs

• Placement: University of Northern Colorado

Chatt, Robert 2017

• Thesis: Don't Bite the Hand that Feeds: Mutual Fund 401(k) Management and Firm M&A Activity

• Placement: Westfield State University

Welker, Adam 2017

• Thesis: The Impact of Mandated Option Expensing on Executive Compensation and Corporate Investment

• Placement: Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Velthuis, Raisa 2016

• Thesis: Essays on Fund Management

• Placement: Villanova University

Farnsworth, Grant 2015

• Thesis: Essays on the Structure, Performance, and Behavior of Hedge Funds

• Placement: Texas Christian University

Shi, Zhan 2014

• Thesis: Risk, Ambiguity and Anomalies in the Fixed Income Market

• Placement: Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance at Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University

Mkrtchyan, Anahit 2013

• Thesis: Essays in Corporate Finance

• Placement: Northeastern University

Zhang, Jianing 2013

• Thesis: Essays on Mutual Funds and Bond Markets

• Placement: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

Jones, Colin 2013

• Thesis: Venture Capital, Boards of Directors, and the Market for Corporate Control

• Placement: University of South Carolina

Bick, Patty 2012

• Thesis: The Effects of Mutual Funds on M & A Compensation

• Placement: University of Tulsa

Goldie, Bradley 2012

• Thesis: Essays on Hedge Fund Investment

• Placement: University of Kansas

Wang, Yuan 2012

• Thesis: Debt Covenants and Cross-Sectional Equity Returns

• Placement: Concordia University

Miller, Thomas 2011

• Thesis: How Stick are Dividends? Analysis Under Cash Shortfalls

• Placement: West Chester University

Petrasek, Lubomir 2011

• Thesis: Institutional Investors and Liquidity Risk

• Placement: Federal Reserve Board

Rossi, Marco 2010

• Thesis: Realized Volatility, Liquidity, and Corporate Yield Spreads

• Placement: University of Notre Dame

Zhong, Zhaodong (Ken) 2008

• Thesis: Why Does Hedge Fund Alpha Decrease Over Time? Evidence from Individual Hedge Funds

• Placement: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Wang, Ying 2008

• Thesis: Essays on Mutual Funds

• Placement: University at Albany, State University of New York

Huang, Zhijian (James) 2008

• Thesis: Essays in Financial Economics

• Placement: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Fricke, Eric 2008

• Thesis: Essays in Corporate Finance

• Placement: California State, East Bay

Zhao, Jing 2007

• Thesis: CEO Employment Contacts, Managerial Myopia and Corporate Acquisition Decisions

• Placement: North Carolina State University

Sokolyk, Tatyana 2007

• Thesis: The Effects of Goverance Provisions on Takeover Vulnerability and Managerial Entrenchment

• Placement: University of Wyoming

Qian, Hong 2006

• Thesis: Essays on Equity Issuance

• Placement: Oakland University

Miles, Linda 2005

• Thesis: Essays in Corporate Finance: The Impact of Corporate Governance During Economic Stress and Tracking Stock in the United States

• Placement: Illinois State University

Wollan, Patricia 2005

• Thesis: Managing Knowledge Assets in Organizations: Role of Incentives and Information Systems

• Placement: Rochester Institute of Technology

Glidewell, Edward 2004

• Thesis: Three Essays in Finance

• Placement: Massey University

Kong, Weipeng 2004

• Thesis: Essays on the Empirical Analysis of Aggregate Corporate Bond Credit Spreads

• Placement: Bear Stearns

Wang, Xiaoxin 2003

• Thesis: On a Pure Limit-Order-Book Market

• Placement: Southern Illinois University

Atanasov, Vladimir 2002

• Thesis: Equity Investments with Private Benefits of Control

• Placement: Babson College

Boone, Audra 2002

• Thesis: Essays on the Causes and Effects of Corporate Restructuring

• Placement: William & Mary

Juergens, Jennifer 2001

• Thesis: Essays on Investment Analysts

• Placement: Arizona State University

Walsh, Lori 2001

• Thesis: The Impact of Dividend Initiations on Information Environment, Liquidity and Firm Value

• Placement: Securities and Exchange Commission

Chernov, Mikhail 2000

• Thesis: Essays in Financial Econometrics

• Placement: Columbia University

Becher, David A. 1999

• Thesis: The Valuation Effects of Bank Mergers

• Placement: Drexel University

Campbell, Terry L. 1998

• Thesis: How Firms Manage the Succession Process: Policies and Consequences

• Placement: University of Delaware

Mahar, James 1998

• Thesis: Identification and Investigation of High-Cash Firms

• Placement: St. Bonaventure University

Piwowar, Michael 1998

• Thesis: Intermarket Order Flow and Liquidity: An Empirical Study of Cross-Listed Securities on U.S. Stock Exchanges and the Paris Bourse

• Placement: Iowa State University

Swisher, Judith 1997

• Thesis: Fixed Price Self-Tender Offers: An Analysis of Investor Response and Management Motivation

• Placement: Western Michigan University

Ahn, Hee-Joon 1996

• Thesis: Share Repurchase Tender Offers and Bid-Ask Spreads

• Placement: City University of Hong Kong

O'Neill (LaPlante), Michele 1996

• Thesis: Trading Mechanisms and Block Transactions: An Empirical Study of Listing Firms

Peterson, Mark 1996

• Thesis: Analysis of Closed-End Fund Rights Offerings

• Placement: Southern Illinois University

Torbey, Violet 1996

• Thesis: The Pricing of Seasoned Stock Issues: Differences Between Industrials and Utilities

• Placement: Bond University

Erturk, Erkan 1995

• Thesis: Growth Options and the Wealth Effects of the Legal Rights for Exclusive Exploitation

• Placement: S&P Global Ratings

Hulburt, Heather 1995

• Thesis: Equity Carve-Outs and Their Parent Firms: How Do They Perform?

• Placement: Appalachian State University

Woolfolk, Michael 1995

• Thesis: An Empirical Analysis of Taxable Stock Distributions: The Effect of Tax and Regulatory Actions in Informationally Asymmetric Markets

• Placement: Credit Suisse First Boston

Ciccotello, Conrad 1993

• Thesis: Operational Performance and the Choice of Organizational Form: A Study of Master Limited Partnership Agreements

• Placement: Georgia State University