Representative Publications

"How well did the Fed manage this financial crisis? An empirical assessment of the Fed's early response to the financial crisis," co-authored with Abdullah Al-Mamun and M. Kabir Hassan. Forthcoming 2010 - Applied Financial Economics (Special Issue on the Global Financial Crisis)

Awards and Honors

Outstanding Teaching Award (Honorable Mention) - Award voted on by students of the College of Business at the University of New Orleans.

Toussaint Hocevar Memorial Award - Award given to the Financial Economics Ph.D. student with the highest grade point average after completion of all coursework.

Marcus B. Christian Scholar - Four-year scholarship awarded by the University of New Orleans to African- American graduate students who maintain an overall GPA of 3.25 or better.

Tutor of the Year - Award given by the graduating Executive MBA cohort to the university tutor who students felt was vital to their success throughout the graduate program.

Professional Memberships

American Finance Association, Southern Finance Association, Southwestern Finance Association, Financial Management Association, Decision Sciences Institute.