Assistant Professor, Department of Finance

Education:
Ph.D., University of South Carolina
M.S., Texas A&M University
B.B.A., Kookmin University

Research Interests: Fixed income valuation, international corporate governance, Japanese capital markets

Teaching Interests: International finance, fixed income securities

Professionally speaking: “Loyola students learn how to apply financial theory to ‘real life’ so that they can fully understand today’s global markets and compete effectively.”

Personally speaking: “Our students work very hard to achieve their goals and consistently rise to meet the challenge of their own expectations.”

Spotlight
Yoon S. Shin’s experiences as a consultant, analyst and journalist allow him to bring a diverse perspective to his classes – one that is optimally suited to the work he engages in with his students.

“Without practical knowledge, financial theory is not valuable,” he explains. “My students need to know how to apply the theories they learn in class to the practical world and I have very practical experience that I can share with them.”

Shin also shares in his students successes, appreciating how they are challenged by the demands of the program and learn to grow and accomplish their goals, “rising to the level of their own expectations” and making sacrifices along the way.

Along with adopting a global perspective in business, Shin encourages his students to develop as professionals with competence and character – accommodating new challenges but holding fast to long-standing values.

Paraphrasing President Jimmy Carter, he says “As business professionals with integrity, we must adjust to changing times and cling to unchanging principles.”

It is Shin’s belief that these elements of integrity, righteousness, and diligence help to transform and complete an individual, echoing the Jesuit tradition of cura personalis, care of the whole person.

In fact, Shin’s personal experience as a Loyola faculty member is evidence of this tradition, as he explains, “Loyola is very supportive of its faculty members and its community is welcoming, congenial, and always willing to help.”