Focused on creating an integrated instructional approach, we are here to raise your expectations and aspirations. We will both challenge and support you throughout your educational experience and provide opportunities to network and engage with alumni and employers frequently. You’ll gain a comprehensive educational, cultural and social experience from us.
As professors, we are versatile and enthusiastic, bringing a variety of academic credentials and unique combinations of disciplines and experience in government and industry into the classroom. Most of us hold doctoral degrees in the field and are engaged in both consulting activities and research which has appeared in nationally recognized publications.
Elias J. Semaan, Ph.D
Academic Unit Head and Professor, Finance and Business Law; MBA Program
Weiwei Zhang, Ph.D, CFA
Assistant AUH and Associate Professor, Finance and Business Law
Jaideep Chowdhury, Ph.D
Professor, Finance and Business Law
Jason D. Fink, Ph.D
Professor, Finance; Wallace Chandler/Universal Corporation Eminent Scholars Professorship in Banking
Kristin Fink, Ph.D
Professor, Finance
Carl Larsson, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Finance; Blue Ridge Bank Faculty Fellow
Danmo Lin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Finance
Wilson Liu, Ph.D
Professor, Finance and Business Law & MBA Program
Xu Niu, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Finance
Eliz Ozcan, MBA
Lecturer, Finance
Ron Rubin
Senior Lecturer, Finance
Hui He Sono, Ph.D, CFA
Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Jackson E. Ramsey Eminent Scholars Centennial Chair
Carl Ullrich, Ph.D
Professor, Finance & MBA Program
Adam Usman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Finance
William Brack Collier, J.D.
Senior Lecturer, Business Law
David Parker, L.L.M.
Senior Lecturer, Business Law, International Business & MBA Program
Robert Richardson
Lecturer, Business Law
Mary Domzalski
Senior Administrative Support Staff
Additional Instructors and Staff
- Kevin Flint (flintkm@jmu.edu), Part-time Instructor
- Kemper Funkhouser (funkhojk@jmu.edu), Part-time Instructor
- Jeff Hulett (hulettjx@jmu.edu), Part-time Instructor
- Vanessa Palmer (palmervr@jmu.edu), Administrative Support Staff
- Michael Parker (mzqn3g@jmu.edu), Adjunct
- Tara Senn (senntm@jmu.edu), Part-time Instructor
- Angela Shipp (shipp3am@jmu.edu), Administrative Support Staff
- Hanzhi (Frank) Xu (wy6mzv@jmu.edu), Visiting Assistant Professor