Education

Ph.D. in Finance at Florida Atlantic University, 2018

M.S. in Economics at Florida Atlantic University, 2014

B.S. in Finance at Florida Atlantic University, 2013

Employment

Associate Professor, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, August 2025-Present

Assistant Professor, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, August 2018-2025

Publications

“Insider Trading as a Compensation Mechanism" – Coauthored with Jiawei Chen and Caleb Houston. Journal of Financial Research (ABDC A, accepted September 11th, 2025). Presented at the 2025 FMA, SFA, and SWFA meetings.

“Law of One Price Violation in Parent-Subsidiary Price Relations” – Coauthored with Anne Anderson. Critical Finance Review (ABDC A*), 2025, Vol. 14.2, 217-232. Presented at the 2021 EFA meeting.

“Unexciting and Under Examined: Over Performance in Midcap Stock Returns” – Coauthored with Margarita Kaprielyan. Journal of Investing (ABDC B, accepted March 13th, 2023). Presented at the 2020 AFS meeting.

"International evidence on the association of leverage with stock returns and the value premium" – Coauthored with Luis Garcia-Feijoo. Financial Review (ABDC A), 2023, Vol. 58.2, pg.315-341. Presented at the 2017 FMA Doctoral Consortium and 2019 EFA meeting.

“Do Analysts Cater to Investor Demand?” – Coauthored with Miran Hossain and Jon Taylor. International Journal of Managerial Finance (ABDC A), 2023, Vol. 19.2, pg. 248-268. Presented at the 2018 SWFA meeting and 2019 SFA meeting.

“Cash Flow Growth and Stock Returns” – Journal of Financial Research (ABDC A), 2021, Vol. 44, pg. 371– 402. Presented at the 2016 FMA meeting.

“Conditional Violation of Weak-Form Market Efficiency” – Managerial Finance (ABDC B), 2020, Vol. 46. 7, pg. 935-954. Presented at the 2017 EFA meeting.

“Consumer Welfare Under Artificial Intelligence Production: The Declension towards Monopolistic Pricing Power” – Coauthored with Navid Aghakhani, Michael Erskin, Misa Faezipour, Wisarut Suwanprasert. Under review at Technological Forecasting & Social Change (ABDC A).

"Exchange Rate Volatility and Analyst Forecast Accuracy" – Coauthored with Miran Hossain and Jon Taylor.

“Risk is not Sufficient to Generate a Return on Investment, but Cash Flow Is" – Presented at 2024 SWFA meeting.

“Simultaneous Analyst Coverage and the Reduction of the Risk-Arb Spread” – Coauthored with Miran Hossain and Jon Taylor.

“The Lifecycle of Firms and Corporate Debt Issues” – Coauthored with Charles Danso. Presented at 2019 SWFA.

“Foreign Corrupt Practices and Shareholder Value: Evidence on the Effectiveness of Bribery” – Coauthored with Charles Danso and Miran Hossain.

“Portfolio Implications of MNC Firms” – Coauthored with Charles Danso and Margarita Kaprielyan.

“Time Variation in Stock Market Cointegration” – Coauthored with Margarita Kaprielyan.

Academy of Financial Services: presenter 2020*

Academy of International Business - US Southeast Chapter: presenter 2022*

Eastern Finance Association: discussant & presenter 2017, discussant & presenter 2019, discussant & presenter 2021

Finance Symposium: discussant & presenter 2021

Financial Management Association: discussant 2015, discussant & presenter 2016, presenter 2017 Doctoral Student Consortium, discussant & chair 2020, presenter 2025*

Florida Finance Conference: discussant 2015, discussant 2016

Midwest Finance Association: presenter 2025*

Southern Finance Association: discussant & presenter 2019, presenter 2025*

Southwestern Finance Association: presenter 2018*, discussant & presenter 2019, discussant & presenter 2024, discussant & presenter 2025

*presented by coauthor

Middle Tennessee State University

• Graduate

  • Cases in Finance

  • Foundations of Finance

  • Managerial Finance

  • Portfolio Analysis

• Undergraduate

  • Behavioral Economics and Finance

  • Corporate Finance

  • Financial Statement Analysis

  • Internship in Finance

  • Investments

  • Principles of Corporate Finance

  • Survey of Finance

Florida Atlantic University

• Undergraduate

  • Principles of Financial Management

  • Advanced Managerial Finance

Editorial Board

• Financial Services Review Fall 2025-Present

Journal Referee

• Financial Innovation

• Financial Review

• International Journal of Managerial Finance

• Journal of Asia Business Studies

• Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance

• Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money

Conference Chair

• Financial Management Association (2020)

• Southwestern Finance Association (2024)

Conference Reviewer

• Eastern Finance Association (2018)

• Financial Management Association (2020, 2021)

• Southern Finance Association (2019, 2023)

• Southwestern Finance Association (2023, 2024)

• Academic Appeals Committee: Fall 2021 - Summer 2023

• College Undergraduate Programs Committee: Fall 2024-Spring 2025

• Course Redesign: Principles of Corporate Finance and Foundations of Finance

• Department Research Seminar Coordinator: Fall 2020-Spring 2021, Fall 2023-present

• Distance Education Committee: Fall 2023-Fall 2024

• Graduate Finance Curriculum Committee: Fall 2020-Spring 2022, Fall 2023-Spring 2025

• Recruiting Committee: Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Fall 2023-Spring 2024, Fall 2025-Spring 2026

• Student Committee: Fall 2022-Spring 2024

• Teaching with Technology Committee: Fall 2023-Present

• Tennessee Banking Association Liaison: Fall 2022-Fall 2025

• Undergraduate Finance Curriculum Committee: Fall 2018-Spring 2020

Hauser, Nikki. "This is why you may be seeing a higher electricity bill post-storm", News Channel 5, February 18th, 2026

Hauser, Nikki. "Goodbye pennies! What will happen as the coins are removed from circulation", News Channel 5, November 15th, 2025

McCann, Adam. "Zero-Based Budgeting", WalletHub, March 3rd, 2025

Kiernan, John. "Best Debt Consolidation Loans", WalletHub, December 9th, 2024

Hargett, Kenly. "Legislator refiles bill to end grocery tax in Tennessee", WKRN, November 8th, 2024.          

Vargas, Iggi. "Free Investing Apps", CreditDonkey, October 4th, 2024.

Kiernan, John. "Best Personal Loans with a Cosigner", WalletHub, September 11th, 2024.

Papas, John. "Best Online Savings Account", WalletHub, March 22nd, 2024.

Kiernan, John. "Best CD Rates" WalletHub, August 14th, 2023.

Kriger, Patrick. "What Is SWIFT and How Is It Being Used to Sanction Russia?", HowStuffWorks, February 28th, 2022.

Milnes, Doug. "Should I Start Paying off my Mortgage", MoneyGeek, August 5th, 2021.

Williams, Geoff. "How to Start Saving and Investing", MoneyGeek, August 4th, 2021.

Jansen, Benjamin. “Getting the most out of business valuation with cash flow growth and stock     returns", Nashville Business Journal, June 7th. 2021.

Logue, Gina. "‘MTSU On the Record’ takes stock of companies’ cash flow growth", April 6th, 2021.

Kiernan, John. “Cheap Car Insurance in Tennessee” WalletHub, November 18th, 2020.

Carlozo, Lou. “The Perils of Chasing a Stock Blockbuster” U.S. News & World Report, July 9th, 2019.            

Carlozo, Lou. “Why Investors Must be Careful Chasing Dividends”U.S. News & World Report, February 13th, 2019.

• Academy of Financial Services

• American Economic Association

• American Finance Association

• Eastern Finance Association

• European Finance Association

• Financial Management Association

• Southern Finance Association

• Southwestern Finance Association