Sharada Alampalli
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MBA in Management & Technology (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), M.S. in Computer Science (University at Albany)
Lecturer
Ms. Alampalli teaches the introductory finance course to several hundred students per semester, and also participates in grant writing related to technology transfer. She has worked as a software engineer and business analyst in both private and government sectors. She serves on the Business Plan Evaluation Panel of the Albany Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneurial Assistance Program.
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Rita Biswas
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Ph.D. (Texas A&M)
Associate Professor
Professor Biswas conducts research in the areas of international finance, banking, and financial information systems. Her experience includes two years spent training bank managers in Germany and Austria. Professor Biswas received the School of Business Undergraduate Teaching Award in 1996 and Graduate Teaching Award in 2008. She served as Finance Department Chair from 2002-08.
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Na Dai
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Ph.D. (Kansas)
Assistant Professor
Professor Dai join the University at Albany in 2009. Her primary areas of research interest are venture capital, private equity, and hedge funds. She has published articles in Journal of Corporate Finance and Financial Management. |
Christophe Faugère
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Ph.D. (University of Rochester)
Associate Professor and current Finance Department Chair
Professor Faugère’s research focuses on securities pricing models, institutional investors’ impact on stock markets and information economics. He has consulted on accounting for not-for-profit organizations and economic development for rural areas. He received the School of Business Undergraduate Teaching Award (2006).
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Ross M. Miller
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Ph.D. (Harvard University)
Clinical Professor
Professor Miller founded General Electric's quantitative finance research group, and has published actively in the areas of portfolio and risk management and experimental markets. Recently he developed a method to determine the “active investment share” and “active expense ratio” for mutual fund portfolios. He is also co-author of the bestselling book, What Went Wrong at Enron (John Wiley & Sons, 2002).
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Hany A. Shawky
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Ph.D. (Ohio State)
Professor
Professor Shawky served as Director for the first five years of CIIM’s existence. He has published over 40 refereed scholarly articles, and was recipient of the School of Business Research Award in 1996 and 2001. His research has been in the area of market volatility, portfolio strategy, mutual funds, and hedge funds. Professor Shawky has consulted in the areas of banking and mergers & acquisitions with corporate and government clients worldwide.
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David M. Smith
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Ph.D. (Virginia Tech)
Associate Professor and current CIIM Director
Professor Smith, a CFA charterholder and Certified Management Accountant, presently conducts research in the areas of mutual funds and corporate dividend policy. He received various School of Business Teaching Awards, the President’s and Chancellor’s Awards for Teaching Excellence (2004), and the Financial Frontiers Award for Research Excellence (2006) from Janus and the Financial Planning Association. |
Yvonne Wang
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Ph.D. (Penn State)
Assistant Professor
Professor Wang has passed the three CFA exams and is awaiting receipt of her charter. She conducts research on mutual funds, and recently published in the Journal of Banking and Finance. |
