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DEGREE PROGRAMS
BS Finance
MS Finance
MS Finance [Accelerated]
PhD Finance


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Department of Finance
2163 Patrick F. Taylor Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
225-578-6291 Voice
225-578-6366 Fax
finance@lsu.edu
http://www.bus.lsu.edu/finance
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE FACULTY

PROFESSORS
Don M. Chance, CFA
Professor
William H. Wright, Jr. Endowed Chair for Financial Services
Ph.D., LSU
Teaching Interests: Financial derivatives & Risk Management, Financial Management, fixed income securities
Research Interests: pricing and trading derivatives, market risk management
David T. Crary, CFA
Professor
Marjory B. Ourso Professor for Academic Excellence and Associate Dean
Ph.D., Ohio State University
Teaching Interests: Finance
Shan He
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Boston College
Ayla Kayhan
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Teaching Interests: Corporate Finance
Research Interests: Corporate Finance, Capital Structure, Corporate Governance, Managerial Entrenchment, Financing Decisions
William R. Lane, CFA
Professor
John L. Davidson Teaching Endowed Professor
Charles Clifford Cameron Professorship in Finance #2
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Teaching Interests: Financial statement analysis, Financial management
Research Interests: Dividend Policy, Mergers and Acquisitions
Wei Li
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Research Interests: Asset Pricing
Ji-Chai Lin
Professor
Lloyd F. Collette Endowed Chair of Insurance and Financial Services
PhD Advisor for the Department of Finance
PHD, University of Iowa
Research Interests: Investments, Corporate Finance, Market Microstructure, Investor Behavior, Market Efficiency
Joseph 'Joe' Mason
Associate Professor
Hermann Moyse, Jr./Louisiana Bankers Association Endowed Chair of Banking
Rajesh Narayanan
Visiting Associate Professor
R. Kelley Pace
Professor
Louisiana Real Estate Commission Chair of Real Estate
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Gary C. Sanger, CFA
Professor
Distinguished Chair in Finance
Ph.D., Purdue University
Teaching Interests: Investments, Finance Theory, Corporate Finance, Quantitative methods in finance
Research Interests: Investments, Market Structure, Corporate Finance
V. Carlos Slawson
Associate Professor & Department Chair
Latter & Blum Inc. Distinguished Professor in Business Administration
Masters Advisor for the Department of Finance
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Research Interests: Real Estate Finance, Mortgage Modeling and Pricing, Real Estate Derivative Securities
Wei-Ling Song
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Teaching Interests: Financial Markets and Institutions, Risk Management, Corporate Finance
Research Interests: Financial Intermediation, Financial Institutions, Corporate Governance, Econometrics
Clifford 'Cliff' P. Stephens
Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Arizona
Teaching Interests: Corporate Finance, Investments, Financial Institutions
Research Interests: Corporate Finance, Dividend and payout policy, IPO - lockup provisions, Managerial incentives
Hsiao-Fen Yang
Visiting Assistant Professor


INSTRUCTORS
Michael Allen Blue
Instructor
M.S., Louisiana State University
P. 'Phil' Philip Breaux
Instructor
J.D., LSU Law School
Barbara G. Danos
Instructor
J. D., University of North Carolina
Teaching Interests: Law, Negotiation, Ethics
Research Interests: Tax, Employment Law, Ethics, Negotiation
Scott J. Fargason
Instructor
Lee D. and Cynthia C. Bloch Distinguished Professorship of Business Law
L.L.M., Tulane University
Teaching Interests: Comparative Law, International Business, Advanced Cost Accounting, Commercial Transactions
Research Interests: Comparative Law, Auditing, The Uniform Commercial Code
Robert 'Rob' Wiltz Hines
Instructor
Undergraduate & Internship Advisor for the Department of Finance
M. S., Louisiana State University
Teaching Interests: Corporate Finance, Human Resource Management
Wesley Moore
Instructor
Walter Alexis Morales, CFA
Instructor
M.B.A., Louisiana State University
Teaching Interests: Investments, Fixed Income, Portfolio Management
Research Interests: Pensions and Retirement Plans, Index Construction, Equity Valuation, Fixed Income Pricing
Letitia 'Tish' T. O'Connor, CFA
Instructor
M.B.A., University of Alabama


ADJUNCT FACULTY
Brian S. Andrews, CMB
Instructor
MBA, Tulane University
Edward 'Ed' C. Blomeyer
Adjunct Assistant Professor
D.B.A., Indiana University
James 'Jim' Cleveland Boyd
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Mark William Fry
Instructor
J.D., Louisiana State University
Michael 'Mike' P. Kirby
Instructor
MBA, Tulane University
Richard A. Rachal
Instructor
MS Finance, Louisiana State University
Lindsay E. Simar Sanders
Instructor
MS Finance, Louisiana State University
Troy B. Searles, CFA
Instructor
MS Finance, Louisiana State University