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EDUCATION

      Ph.D.         Finance (Aug 2007), Mays Business School, Texas A&M University

      M.S.           Finance (2003), Texas A&M University

      M.S.           Sociology (2002), Texas A&M University

      B.A.           International Finance and English (1997), Xi’an Foreign Language University, China

MAJOR FIELDS OF INTEREST

      Research:   Empirical Asset Pricing and Market Microstructure

Current projects involve the informational content of securities prices, investor behavior, equity trading, market design of financial exchanges, and closed-end funds.

      Teaching:    Investments, Microstructure, Corporate Finance, and International Finance

RESEARCH PAPERS

“Short selling and the informational efficiency of prices”

An earlier draft titled “Uptick Rule, short  selling and price efficiency” was discussed at the SEC Roundtable on Reg SHO and is cited by the SEC in its final rule on Reg SHO and Rule 10a-1 (Release No. 34-55970; File No. S7-21-06).

“Order flow and prices” (with Ekkehart Boehmer)

“Demutualization and stock exchange performance” (with Ekkehart Boehmer)

“Commercial bank participations in leveraged buyouts: some evidence on wealth effects and wealth

transfers” (with Ekkehart Boehmer)

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

      “Trading in closed-end funds” (with Ekkehart Boehmer and Charles Jones)

PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

      2007 American Finance Association, Chicago

            “Order flow and prices”

      2007 Q-Group Fall Seminar (presented by co-author), Scottsdale

             “Order flow and prices”

2007 Financial Management Association Special PhD Student Paper Presentation Sessions, Orlando

 “Short selling and the informational efficiency of prices”

      2006 Workshop on the Microstructure of Foreign Exchange and Equity Markets, Ottawa, Canada

            “Order flow and prices”

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor, Boot Camp for Incoming Finance PhD Students, Summer 2007

§         SAS programming for financial research

§         Databases: CRSP, COMPUSTAT, I/B/E/S, ISSM/TAQ, CDA/SPECTRUM, SDC

Instructor, Managerial Finance I (Undergraduate core course)

§         Full responsibility for two sections of approximately 35 students each

§         Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Doctoral Student

§         Teaching evaluations: Fall 2004, 4.05 / 5.00; Spring 2006, 4.46 / 5.00

Teaching assistant for courses:

§         Trading and Markets, Investment Management, Money and Capital Markets

Instructor, Xi’an Foreign Language University, 1997-1999

SPECIAL HONORS AND AWARDS

      Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, 2007- 2008

This college-level fellowship represents the most competitive type of fifth-year funding at Mays Business School.

      Doctoral Student Consortium, Financial Management Association, 2007

      Student Travel Award, American Finance Association, 2007

      Dean’s Award for Outstanding Research by a Doctoral Student, Mays Business School, 2006-2007

      Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Doctoral Student, Mays Business School, 2004-2005

      PhD student scholarship, Mays Business School, 2003-2007

      Honored graduate, Xi’an Foreign Language University, 1997

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Member of Program Committee (Investment Track), 2008 Midwest Finance Association, San Antonio

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