Department of Finance
The University bestows the designation "Graduate Faculty" upon faculty following review of their credentials and recommendation by their colleagues. The University maintains three levels of graduate faculty: (1) Full, (2) Associate, and (3) External.
Only Full graduate faculty members may chair doctoral committees. Full or Associate graduate faculty may chair master's committees. Only one external graduate faculty member may serve as a voting member on any master's or doctoral committee.
FULL MEMBERS
ALLEN CARRION, Assistant Professor, PhD (2018), University of Utah [2024]
PANKAJ K. JAIN, Professor, PhD (2002), Indiana University [2025]
NAPOLEON OVERTON, Instructor, MBA (1982), University of Memphis [2023]
RONALD W. SPAHR, Professor, PhD (1976), University of Wisconsin-Madison [2024]
MARK SUNDERMAN, Morris Real Estate Chair, PhD (1986), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [2027]
VELMA ZAHIROVIC-HERBERT, Martha and Robert Fogelman Family Real Estate Chair, PhD (2007) Georgia State University [2027]
KONSTANTIN SOKOLOV, Associate Professor, PhD (2017), Wilfrid Laurier University [2030]
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
JEFFREY BLACK, Assistant Professor, PhD (2017), University of Oklahoma
VIVEK SHARMA, Instructor, PhD (2018), Indian Statistical Institute
SABATINO SILVERI, Assistant Professor, PhD (2009), Arizona State University
PEI SHAO, PhD (2007), Schulich School of Business, York University
SHAWN MCFARLAND, PhD (2020), University of Memphis
JAN HANOUSEK, PhD (2022), University of South Florida
EXTERNAL MEMBERS
FRANK ALLEN, BBA (1974), Memphis State University [2021]
BIDISHA CHAKRABARTY, PhD (2004), The State University of New York [2025]
RICHARD MARSH, MBA (1994), University of Memphis [2021]
CHRIS NEELY, PhD (1993), University of Iowa [2021]
JADE PLANCHON, PhD (2018) University of Memphis [2022]
JARED LINNA, MBA (2010) Auburn University at Montgomery [2023]
BHAVIK PARIKH, PhD (2014) University of Memphis [2025]
LAI XU, PhD (2014) Duke University [2026]
JACOB WATSON, MBA (2011) Duke University [2025]
NOTE: Expiration date of graduate faculty membership is indicated in brackets for Full and External only.