Joel N. Morse, Ph.D.

professor of finance

Education Background

Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, School of Business Administration, Financial Economics and Operations Research, 1978
B.B.A. University of Massachusetts, Business Administration and Economics, 1972
B.A. Williams College, Political Economy, 1972

Honors/Awards

List of Top Ten Teachers in the Merrick School of Business, 2007
The T. Rowe Price Teaching Award, 2002
Member, Beta Gamma Sigma, the honor society for business students.
Who's Who in Finance and Industry, 29th and 30th Editions.
Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 3rd, 4th Editions.
International Directory of Management Scholars, published 1995 by Harvard Business School.

Publications:

Recent PAPERS IN ACADEMIC REFEREED JOURNALS:

"Valuing Private Equity-The Case of Huntsman Chemical," Academy of Taiwan Business Management Review, Vol. 3, No.2, August, 2007 (with Susanne Wagner).
"The Rate Decision: Adjustable vs Fixed Rate Mortgages," Journal of Business & Economics Researc, December, 2007, (co-authored with Deborah Ford, Hossein Arsham and Dennis Pitta).
"Beyond spreadsheets and silos: enriching financial planning using Hyperion Strategic Finance," Journal of Global Business Issues, Vol.1, No.2, Summer, 2007.

Papers Delivered and Conferences Attended
(papers presented are indicated with quotes)

"Changes in the Liquidity of Closed-End Country Funds after the Introduction of World Equity Benchmarks," with Honghui Chen and Hoang Nguyen, Southern Finance Association 2007 meetings, Charleston, SC, November 14-17, 2007.
RISK MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 2007,Chicago Board Options Exchange, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade, March 3-7, 2007.
HYPERION SOLUTIONS 2006, Annual Conference of Hyperion, Inc., a global business intelligence software company, Las Vegas, April, 2006.
"Ibbotson Associates Asset Allocation Conference," Orlando, FL, February 23-24, 2006.
Oracle-PeopleSoft Higher Education User's Group 2005, Las Vegas, NV, March 22, 2005.
AACSB Re-Affirmation Seminar, Phoenix, January 11-13, 2002.
AACSB Continuous Improvement Seminar, St. Louis, October 12-14, 2001.
AACSB Annual Meetings, New York, NY, April, 2001.
Financial Management Association, National Meetings, Seattle, WA, October, 2000.

Seminar, Panel, Workshop and Training Participation

Attended working on Patents, Langsdale Library, February 29, 2008
Attended workshop on Qualitymatters.org, a set of rubrics and best practices for enhancing and certifying the quality of web-based teaching, 11/9/07
“Moving Beyond Excel,” Webcast training session on advanced financial planning software, 6/29/07 presented by Business_Finance_Webcasts@nls.bfmag.com.
"Hyperion Strategic Finance, 3-day training session conducted by Hyperion, Inc., Dallas, TX, March 2006.
"Bringing Profits Home: Repatriation Incentive 965," sponsored by Business Finance Magazine, 6/30/05.
PeopleSoft training in the following modules and applications: Projects, Asset Management, Enterprise Performance Management, General Ledger, Budgets 2003-2004.
PeopleSoft-Intro to PS for Financials/SCM (Course #1961), Session 08 C (live webcast, August 18, 2003).
Chairperson's Training Session, University System of Maryland, UMBC Technology Center, Catonsville, MD, April 3, 2001.

Professional Associations

Major Recent University Committee and Service Work

Board Member and External Service Work