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

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

Publications

“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.

“Law of One Price Violation in Parent-Subsidiary Price Relations” – Coauthored with Anne Anderson. Critical Finance Review (ABDC A*, accepted June 22nd, 2022). Presented at the 2021 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).

“Insider Trading as a Compensation Mechanism" – Coauthored with Caleb Houston.

“Risk is not Sufficient to Generate a Return on Investment" – Presented at 2024 SWFA meeting.

“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.

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

“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

Florida Finance Conference: discussant 2015, discussant 2016

Southern Finance Association: discussant & presenter 2019

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

*presented by coauthor

Middle Tennessee State University

• Graduate

  • 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

Journal Referee

• Journal of Asia Business Studies

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

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

• Department Research Seminar Coordinator: Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2023, Spring 2024

• Distance Education Committee: Fall 2023-Present

• Graduate Finance Curriculum Committee: Fall 2020-Spring 2022, Fall 2023-Spring 2024

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

• Student Committee: Fall 2022-Spring 2024

• Teaching with Technology Committee: Fall 2023-Present

• Tennessee Banking Association Liaison: Fall 2022-Spring 2024

• Undergraduate Finance Curriculum Committee: Fall 2018-Spring 2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kiernan, John. “Cheap Car Insurance in Tennessee.” WalletHub, November 18th, 2020. Click here to view link.

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