My work focuses on the intersection of policy, natural resource uncertainty (climate, environmental conditions, stock health), and asset pricing to support sustainability.
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Water Resources, Water Rights Valuation, Energy Transition, Behavioral Health, Mergers and Acquisition, Succession Planning
Teaching
courses taught
BADM 1260 - First-Year Global Experience
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Spring 2026
In today's world of increased mobility, globally aware students have more choices for employment upon graduation and are immediately ready to contribute in global environments. They are aware of global issues and cultural differences, and their global mindset allows them to recognize good ideas from whenever they might come and new market/product opportunities wherever they might exist. This course is the first step toward the development of a global mindset. It provides a meaningful global experience to first-year business students through an in-depth perspective of a specific country or region outside the United States and a short academic trip to the region.
ESBM 4570 - Entrepreneurial Finance
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Fall 2022 / Fall 2024 / Fall 2025
Focuses on the financial concepts, issues, methods and industry practices relevant to entrepreneurial decision makers. Addresses a variety of topics including financial valuation, various sources of funds, structures and legal issues in arranging financing, the private and public venture capital markets, and preparation for, and execution of, an initial public securities offering. Provides an understanding of the segments of the capital markets specializing in start-ups and growth financing.
FNCE 2010 - Quantitative Methods for Finance
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Summer 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024 / Fall 2025
Study of quantitative approaches to finance. Covers mathematical and statistical topics required for such analysis, including derivatives, optimization, integration, probability, inference, and regression. Students will become proficient in using the tools and applying them to various financial contexts using analytics Excel.
FNCE 2280 - Investing in Sustainability
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Spring 2025
This course will provide students with a core understanding of sustainable systems and the application of sustainability to businesses and investments. As part of the class, students will learn basic fundamentals of economic systems, business models, and investment principles both from a traditional and sustainability lens. With this primary comprehension of sustainable finance, students will gain valuable frameworks and insights that can be broadly applied towards the growing sustainability practices among a variety of industries. Counts as a business elective for Business students.
FNCE 3010 - Corporate Finance
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Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2025 / Spring 2026
Covers the theory and practices governing the management of capital in a business firm. Examines the determinants of capital requirements, methods of obtaining capital, problems of internal financial management, implications of risk, and methods of financial analysis and valuations.
FNCE 3030 - Investment and Portfolio Management
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Fall 2022 / Summer 2023 / Fall 2023
Develops modern portfolio theory and applies it to pricing both individual assets and portfolios of assets. Topics include Markowitz portfolio selection model, capital asset pricing model, arbitrage pricing theory, bonds, portfolio performance measurement, and issues of market efficiency. Formerly FNCE 4030. Degree credit not granted for this course and FNCE 3035.
MBAX 6110 - Entrepreneurial Finance
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Spring 2023 / Fall 2024 / Fall 2025
Addresses a variety of topics including financial valuation, various sources of funds, structures and legal issues in arranging financing, the private and public venture capital markets, and preparation for, and execution of, an initial public securities offering.
MBAX 6111 - Entrepreneurial Finance
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Spring 2025 / Spring 2026
Addresses a variety of topics including financial valuation, various sources of funds, structures and legal issues in arranging financing, the private and public venture capital markets, and preparation for, and execution of, an initial public securities offering.
MBAX 6211 - Applied Financial Management
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Spring 2024
Focuses on how to apply key concepts in finance to real-world situations. Topics include valuation, capital structure, highly leveraged transactions, and financial distress and bankruptcy. Heavy emphasis on how to perform various kinds of valuations. Mixture of lectures and case discussions.
