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Personal Statement:

I strive to connect theory to practice through integrating current events, consulting experiences, and timely cases and debates to the course material. Ultimately I wish to move students from warehouses of information to stores of knowledge.

Instructional Responsibilities:

• Graduate & undergraduate Speculative Markets
• Graduate Global Finance
• Graduate & undergraduate Portfolio Management
• Graduate & undergraduate Markets and Financial Institutions

Research Activities:

My research activities allow me to connect academic theory with business practice as seen below through recent publications dealing with stock options. My current research is focused on the impact of Sovereign Equity & Hedge Funds.

• Equity-Based Compensation, Journal of Leadership Accountability and Ethics (Forthcoming), with Les Barenbaum.
• Real Options and Public Sector Capital project Decision-Making, Public Budgeting Accounting & Financial Management, Vol. 19 No.2 Summer 2007 , with Les Barenbaum.
• The Family Lawyer’s Guide to Stock Options, The American Bar Association, 2007. Monograph with Les Barenbaum and Robert Feder
• New Securities Exchange Commission Act SHO, Rule 203; Issues and Process with Respect to Naked Short Sales and the Small Cap Market, Journal of Applied Business and Economics Vol. 6, No.1, 2006.

Consultative Activities:

I publish an annual economic forecast for the Practitioners Publishing Company that is distributed to valuation professionals.

I provide analytical assistance to consulting firms dealing with complex stock option issues.