Dr. Pamela Peterson Drake

Chandler/Universal Eminent Professor, Finance
Year Started at JMU: 2007
drakepp@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pameladrake/
Education
- PhD, Finance, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- B.S. Accountancy, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Professional Interests
- Valuation
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Data Science
- Financial Management
Personal Interests
- Programming
- Writing
- Dancing
- Genealogy
- remove gardening
Professional Background
- Tax Accountant, Arthur Andersen & Co., 1976-1977
- CFA Consultant, 2008 - present
Courses Taught
- FIN434 Fundamentals of Financial Data Science
- FIN360 Analytical Methods in Finance
Positions Held
- Consultant, CFA Institute
- J. Gray Ferguson Professor and Department Head, 2007-2015
- Associate Dean and Professor, College of Business, Florida Atlantic University, 2004-2007
- Professor of Finance, Department of Finance, Florida State University, 1981-2004
- Tax Accountant, Arthur Andersen & Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1976-1977
Awards and Recognitions
- College of Business Service Award, 2015
- Distinguished speaker, Morgan State University, 2009
Service
- Member, Local Advisory Board, Truist
- Board member, USA Dance Shenandoah Valley
- CFA Institute
Key Publications
Pamela Peterson Drake, Faith Neale, Theodoros Konstantopoulos, "InsurTech and the Disruption of the Insurance Industry," Journal of Insurance Issues, (forthcoming, 2020).
Pamela Peterson Drake, "Post-Mortem on Risk in the Financial Industry," Banking & Financial Services Policy Report (December 2017).
Pamela Peterson Drake, Faith Neale, Patrick Schorno, and Elias Semaan, "Risk During the Financial Crisis: The Role of the Insurance Industry," Journal of Insurance Issues, (2017) Vol. 40 Issue 2: pp. 181-214.
Pamela Peterson Drake and Elias Semaan, "TARP and the Long-term Perception of Risk," Journal of Banking and Finance, 68, (July 2016), 216-235.
Pamela Peterson Drake and Elias Semaan, "Deregulation and Risk," Financial Management, (2011), Vol. 40, Issue 2, pp. 295-329.
Pamela Peterson Drake and Faith Neale, "Financial Guarantee Insurance and Failures in Risk Management," Journal of Risk and Insurance (Winter 2011) Vol. 30, pp. 29-76.
Certifications:
- Chartered Financial Analysis (CFA)