Jan 24, 2026  
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

Finance


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Andy Puckett, Head
Craig Ruff, Assistant Department Head
Matthew Serfling and Tingting Liu, PhD Program Directors

Professors
Fauver, L.A. (James F. Smith, Jr., Professor), PhD – Florida
Kelley, E.K. (Goodner Professor of Banking), PhD – Texas A&M
Liu, T., PhD – Georgia
Puckett, W.A. (Paul and Beverly Castagna Professor in Investments), PhD – Georgia
Serfling, M.A, (Clayton Chair of Excellence in Finance) PhD – Arizona
Woidtke, T.M. (David E. Sharp/Home Federal Bank Professor), PhD – Tulane

Associate Professors
Daves, P.R. (Voigt Scholar), PhD – North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Weagley, D., PhD – Michigan

Assistant Professors
Eldemire, A., PhD – South Carolina
Guernsey, S.B., PhD – Oklahoma
Henriksson, M., PhD – Southern Florida
Starkweather, G.A., PhD – Maryland
Ye, Z., PhD – Penn State

Professor of Practice
Ruff, C., PhD – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Teaching Professors
Lenn, L.S. (Distinguished Lecturer and Sharon Pryse/Trust Company Director of the Masters Investment Learning Center), PhD – Tennessee
Roark, R.S., PhD – Connecticut​
Yates, M.C., PhD – Texas

Associate Professor of Practice
Farley, R.Z, PhD – Tennessee

Teaching Associate Professors
Ammerman, D.A., PhD – Kansas State
Maslar, D.A, PhD – Missouri
Via, M.A., PhD – Alabama

Teaching Assistant Professor
Anderson, K.B, DBA – Memphis
Fabrizio, V., PhD – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
O’Brien, S., PhD – University of Missouri

Majors, Degrees
Business Administration Major, Full-Time, MBA    
    Finance Concentration
Business Administration Major, PhD    
  Finance Concentration

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