Exchange Magazine, Fall 2003 - Duke University's Fuqua School of ...

FINANCE (CONTINUED)
Ron Kaniel
Title: Assistant Professor of Finance
Education: Ph.D. in finance,
The Wharton School, University
of Pennsylvania
Most recent employment:
University of Texas at Austin
Research interests: Investments,
mutual funds, asset pricing,
asset allocation
Hobbies: Skiing
Ron Kaniel
Favorite book: Red Storm Rising
Most important factor in teaching: Helping students
assimilate new material, in an enjoyable environment
Richmond D. Mathews
Title: Assistant Professor of Finance
Education: Ph.D. in business
administration, University of
Rochester
Most recent employment:
University of Rochester
Research interests: Corporate finance,
applied game theory,
industrial organization
Hobbies: Golf, reading, fishing,
the outdoors
Favorite book: The Hobbit
Most important factor in teaching:
To be an effective communicator
Richmond D. Mathews
Manju Puri
Title: Associate Professor of Finance
Education: Ph.D. in finance,
New York University
Most recent employment:
Graduate School of Business,
Stanford University
Research interests: Financial
intermediation in particular
issues dealing with commercial
banks, investment banks and
Manju Puri
venture capital
Hobbies: Reading sci-fi, traveling, interesting
family activities
Most important factor in teaching: That it brings
discipline and structure to your thinking that stays with
you and helps in approaching and solving problems
The Fuqua School of Business
David T. Robinson
Title: Assistant Professor of Finance
Education: Ph.D. and MBA in finance
from the University of Chicago
Most recent employment:
Graduate School of Business
at Columbia University
Research interests: How financial
considerations affect the organization
of corporate investment, mergers
and acquisitions, strategic alliances,
David T. Robinson
joint ventures and the interaction
between law and corporate finance
Hobbies: Cycling (but my newborn son may have something
else in mind)
Favorite books: The Sound and the Fury; The Sun Also Rises
Most important factor in teaching: That students come away
with a body of knowledge that sticks with them through their
career. My goal is to bump into a student in ten years who
says, “I still use what I learned in your class.”
Rebecca Zarutskie
Title: Assistant Professor of Finance
Education: Ph.D. in economics, MIT
Most recent employment: MIT
Research interests: Corporate finance,
banking, taxes, venture capital
Hobbies: Independent films,
bluegrass, travel (in particular
visiting my widely-dispersed friends)
Favorite book: The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn
Rebecca Zarutskie
Most important factor in teaching:
Learning who the students are and using their experiences
and backgrounds to make class discussions more interesting
and relevant
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