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Vanderbilt MAcc Valuation Faculty

Vanderbilt business professors bring expert insight and instruction to the classroom. They draw upon extensive experience as well as insights afforded by their innovative and enlightening research. Our professors are known for easy accessibility and their collaborative approach to teaching, you’ll gain cutting-edge knowledge of how business theory and practice come together.

 

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Cliff Ball

Professor of Finance and Statistics; Faculty Director, PhD Program

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Cliff Ball has taught Owen students statistical analysis and the intricacies of equities, bonds, options, and futures contracts since 1990. He recently co-authored the paper, “True Spreads and Equilibrium Price,” which was published in The Journal of Finance. Cliff also serves as referee for numerous research journals and is an associate editor of The Journal of Empirical Finance. Before coming to Owen, he taught at the University of Michigan and London Business School in the 1980s and worked in New York at Shearson Lehman, specializing in options and fixed income research.
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Kate Barraclough

Program Director, MS Finance Program; Senior Lecturer in Finance

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Kathryn Barraclough comes to Owen with a PhD from Australian National University. Kathryn has written papers including: "A State-Contingent Claim Approach to Asset Pricing” and “Scaling Regression Equations: Solution or Problem?” Previously she was a manager at KPMG Canberra as a Financial Consultant to the Australian government.
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Germain Boer

Professor of Accounting; Director of Owen Entrepreneurship Center

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Germain Böer has initiated numerous innovative entrepreneurship activities at Owen, including an annual conference and student sessions with venture capitalists. Germain currently serves as an advisor to startup companies in the Nashville area and is a member of the editorial boards of Journal of Accounting and Public Policy and Strategic Finance.
Video: The Owen Entrepreneurship Center
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Nicolas Bollen

E. Bronson Ingram Research Professor of Finance

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Nicolas Bollen has had more than a dozen research papers accepted for publication since joining Owen's faculty in 2001, including eight in the top finance journals. His current research agenda is focused on hedge funds. Two of his recent papers have been accepted for publication in the Journal of Finance. Nick’s co-authored paper, “Do Hedge Fund Managers Misreport Returns? Evidence from the Pooled Distribution” was highlighted in the Wall Street Journal and has been downloaded over 1,000 times since it was made publicly available in October 2007.

Video: The Study of Hedge Funds
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Karl Hackenbrack

Associate Professor of Accounting; Faculty Director, MAcc Program; Associate Dean of Evaluation and Program Development

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Karl Hackenbrack’s writings and teachings address corporate governance issues associated with external financial reporting, including fraudulent financial reporting, the structure of accounting standards, the public accounting industry, corporate valuation, and the regulation of professional services. Karl has been an editorial board member of Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory since 1996, an editorial board member of The Accounting Review from 1996 to 1999, and an ad hoc reviewer for many journals.
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Debra Jeter, CPA

Associate Professor of Accounting

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Debra Jeter is a certified public accountant with a distinguished record of professional achievement and participation in the activities of the American Accounting Association (AAA). She has also won numerous accolades for her teaching excellence. Debra is currently serving on the Editorial Advisory and Review Board of The Accounting Review. She has served as an ad hoc Associate Editor of a second AAA publication, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory and Issues in Accounting Education. The fourth edition of her textbook, Advanced Accounting, coauthored with Paul Chaney, was released in 2009.
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Kimberly Pace

Professor for the Practice of Communication

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Kimberly Pace teaches courses in leadership communications and public relations at Owen and uses her formal training in the performing arts to bring a unique perspective to business education and practice. Before joining Vanderbilt, she served in marketing and communications roles for two international faith-based non-profit agencies located in Nashville, served as a communications consultant and has taught branding and public relation seminars for professional communicators.
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Miguel Palacios

Assistant Professor of Finance

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Miguel Palacios’ primary research interests are in the areas of asset pricing and labor economics, particularly as they relate to human capital. Miguel is an instrument-rated pilot, and has been a member of Colombia’s water skiing team. He recently ranked third (2006) and fourth (2008) on the West Coast in men’s II Trick Water Skiing.
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Gary Scudder

Justin Potter Professor of Operations Management; Faculty Director, International Programs

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Gary Scudder earned the Dean's Teaching Award in 1994 and the James E. Webb Teaching Award in 1999. Through the course of his career, he has consulted with a number of large corporations including United Airlines, 3M, IDS, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Teledyne Brown Engineering, Philips Corporation, Motorola, Novartis, RR Donnelly, Air Products, the Methodist General Board of Discipleship, and Bridgestone/Firestone primarily in the areas of managing new product development and strategic planning.

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William Henderson

Professor for the Practice of Tax Accounting; KPMG Partner, Tax (Retired)

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William Henderson’s experience spans 37 years providing a full range of tax services for a wide variety of clients ranging. By the time of his retirement as a Partner at KPMG, he had combined his expertise as an educator and tax professional, teaching the firm's "Advanced Taxation of Partnerships" seminar for tax partners and managers. As a tax professional, William provided services to a wide range of industries including oil and gas; real estate; manufacturing; public utilities; banking; savings and loan; insurance; and financial services.
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Mark Schmadtke

Adjunct Professor of Management; Partner, Dixon Hughes PLLC

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Mark serves as Director of the Dixon Hughes Risk Services Group. He focuses on providing outsourced and co-sourced internal audit service, business risk identification and management and strategic change development. Mark is experienced in the areas of financial and operational controls, having directed the outsourced internal audit function of three public registrants, led multiple Sarbanes-Oxley - Section 404 compliance implementations and designed multiple compliance risk management functions. In addition, Mark has served as partner-in-charge of external audit services on multiple public company engagements.
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Philip K. Woodlief

Adjunct Professor of Management

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Phil has been Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer for Doane Pet Care since June 2000 and served as Vice President, Finance for Doane from February 1999 to June 2000. Prior to joining us, Phil was Vice President and Corporate Controller of Insilco Corporation, a diversified consumer and industrial products manufacturing company. Phil joined Insilco as the Corporate Controller in 1989 and prior to that was a senior manager at KPMG.