EDUCATION
Ph.D.
The University of Alabama, 1985 Major
fields of study: Economics &
Finance Minor fields
of study: Econometrics & Monetary theory and policy
Dissertation Title: "Futures
Trading and Cash Market Rates Variability: An Empirical Study of The Treasury
Bill Market"
M.A. The University of Alabama, 1981 Major field of study: Finance
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Texas A&M International University, Laredo, Texas.
Associate Professor of Finance in the Department of
Economics and Finance of the College
of Business Administration
and Graduate School of Business Administration and International
Trade, September 1993 - present.
Instituto Centroamericano de
Administracion de Empresas,
INCAE, Graduate Business
School, Alajuela, Costa Rica.
Associate Professor of Finance
from January 1991 to
August 1993.
The University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, Michigan.
Assistant Professor of Finance
in the School
of
Management,
September 1984 to December 1990.
COURSES TAUGHT
Texas A&M International University.
Undergraduate: Introduction to
Corporate Finance,
Intermediate Corporate Finance, Investments, Managerial
Economics, and Business Statistics.
Graduate: Business Finance
Concepts, Financial
Management, International Financial Management, International
Finance, Management Science, Managerial economics, and
International Investments.
Instituto Centroamericano de Administracion de
Empresas,
INCAE.
Graduate: Financial Management,
Money and Capital
Markets, and Seminar in Banking and Finance.
University of Michigan - Flint
Undergraduate: Financial
Principles, Investments, Portfolio
Theory, Options and Futures, and Business Statistics.
Graduate: Financial Management, and Business Economics.
OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Texas A&M International University
Taught International Finance and
International Financial
Management in the joint MBA program of Universidad
de las
Americas (Costa Rica) - TAMIU
(USA) in the Spring of 1994.
Taught Financial Management in the MBA
program of
Tecnologico de Monterreyin
the Summer of 1997 under an
agreement between Tecnologico and TAMIU.
Instructor in the Agricultural Bank of
Greece - TAMIU
International Banking Program, 1997 - Present.
Taught International Finance in the
TAMIU - Tecnologico de
Monterrey Diplomado Program, Summer 1998.
Instituto Centroamericano de Administracion de
Empresas,
INCAE.
Taught Financial Management, Risk
Analysis, and Banking in
executive business seminars and in executive MBA programs
throughout Mexico, Central and South America, 1991-1993.
The University of Michigan - Flint
Taught Finance in the Operations
Management Skills Program
through the Office of Extension and Continuing Education, 1985.
The University of Alabama
Taught Business Finance Principles,
Financial Institutions,
Intermediate Corporate Finance, and Introduction to Micro
Economics while in the Masters and Ph.D. programs, 1980-1984.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Texas A&M International University
Associate Dean, College of Business, 2001-Present
Chair, Department of Economics and Finance, 1999-Present