• Associate Professor, Georgetown University, 2005-present
• Assistant Professor, Georgetown University, 1999-2005
• Instructor, Ohio State University, 1998
• Webmaster, The Journal of Finance and OSU Department of Finance, 1995-1999
• Copy Editor, The Journal of Finance, 1995-1998
• Teaching Assistant, The Ohio State University, 1994-1995
• Research Assistant, The Ohio State University, 1994

PUBLICATIONS:

• What is the Market Value of a Dollar of Corporate Cash, with Rohan Williamson, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Volume 19 No. 3, 74-81.


• Cash, Holdings, Dividend Policy, and Corporate Governance: A Cross-Country Analysis, with René M. Stulz, and Rohan Williamson, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Volume 19 No. 1, 81-87.


• Does the Contribution of Corporate Cash Holdings and Dividends to Firm Value Depend on Governance? A cross-country analysis, with René M. Stulz, and Rohan Williamson, Journal of Finance 61, 2725-2751


• Corporate Governance and the Home Bias, with Magnus Dahlquist, René M. Stulz, and Rohan Williamson,  Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 38, 87-110.
  Winner of the 2003 William F. Sharpe Best Paper Award


• Research Dissemination and Impact: Evidence from Web Site Downloads, Journal of Finance 57, 485-499.
  


• Corporate Cash Holdings, with Tim Opler, René M. Stulz, and Rohan Williamson, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 14, 55-66
  


• Bank Power and Cash Holdings: Evidence from Japan, with Rohan Williamson, Review of Financial Studies 14, 1059-1082.
  


• The Determinants and Implications of Corporate Cash Holdings, with Tim Opler, René M. Stulz, and Rohan Williamson, Journal of Financial Economics 51, 3-46.
  Winner of the 1999 Jensen Prize for Best Paper in Corporate Finance and Organizations

• What is a Dollar Worth? The Market Value of Cash Holdings, with Rohan Williamson
• The Market for Corporate Control and Corporate Cash Holdings
• Monitoring by Transient Investors? Institutions and Corporate Control

COURSES TAUGHT

• Finance 551 - Finance I
• Finance 557 - Finance II
• Finance 211 - Business Financial Management
• Finance 902 - Tutorial in Finance

HONORS AND AWARDS:

• MBA Distinguished Teaching Award, 2005
• Nominee MBA teaching award, 2003 and 2004
• William F. Sharpe Best Paper Award, JFQA, 2003
• Steers Faculty Research Fellowship through the McDonough School of Business, 2002
• Junior Faculty Research Fellowship, 2002
• Jensen Prize for Best Corporate Finance Paper Published in JFE, 1999
• Dice Center Dissertation Fellowship, 1998-1999
• Finalist, Graduate Research Forum, 1998
• Max M. Fisher College of Business Travel Award, 1996 and 1997
• Graduated Cum Laude, Miami University, 1993

PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES: (Not including those given by co-authors)

• "The Market for Corporate Control and Corporate Cash Holdings"
        Financial Management Association Meetings, October 1999
  
• "Bank Power and Cash Holdings: Evidence from Japan"
        Eastern Finance Association Meetings, April 1999
        Georgia Tech International Finance Conference, May 1998
  
• "The Determinants and Implications of Corporate Cash Holdings"
        American Finance Association Meeting, January 1998
        Financial Management Association Meeting, October 1997

OTHER PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

• Program Committee, Financial Management Association Meeting, October 2003
• Session Chair, Financial Management Association Meeting, October 2002
• Program Committee, Financial Management Association Meeting, October 2002
• Editorial Search Committee, FMA Online
• Program Committee, Financial Management Association European Meeting, 2000
• Member, FMA Web development committee, 1999-Present
• Discussant, Financial Management Association Meeting, October 1999
• Discussant, Eastern Finance Association Meeting, April 1999
• Session Chair, Financial Management Association Meeting, October 1997
• Discussant, Financial Management Association Meeting, October 1996

EDITORIAL WORK FOR ACADEMIC JOURNALS:

• Ad Hoc Referee
  Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies
  Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Corporate Finance, Financial Management
  Financial Review, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, European Economic Review, Review of Financial Economics
  International Review of Economics and Finance, Journal of Economics and Business, Global Finance Journal
  Journal of Applied Economics, The Manchester School
  
• Copy Editor, Journal of Finance, 1995-1998