
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.

Hui He Sono, Ph.D, CFA
Academic Unit Head & Professor, Finance; Professor, International Business; J. Gray Ferguson Eminent Professor

Elias J. Semaan, Ph.D
Professor and Assistant AUH, Finance and Business Law; MBA Program

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

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

Carl Ullrich, Ph.D
Professor, Finance & MBA Program

Adam Usman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Finance

Weiwei Zhang, Ph.D, CFA
Associate Professor, Finance and Business Law

William Brack Collier, J.D.
Lecturer, Business Law

Eugene McCarthy, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Business Law

David Parker, L.L.M.
Senior Lecturer, Business Law, International Business & MBA Program

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
- Tara Senn (senntm@jmu.edu), Part-time Instructor
- Angela Shipp (shipp3am@jmu.edu), Administrative Support Staff
- Caitlyn Witt (wittcd@jmu.edu), Visiting Assistant Professor