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Professor, Finance and Business Law
semaanej@jmu.edu
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Areas of Expertise
  • Risk management
  • Regulatory impacts
  • Idosyncratic volatility dynamics
Education
  • Ph.D. George Washington University
  • B.S. MBA Lebanese American University
Select Publications

Elias Semaan and Pamela Peterson Drake, (July 2016), "TARP and the long-term perception of risk", Journal of Banking & Finance Volume 68, pp. 216-235

Elias Semaan and Pamela Peterson Drake, (SUMMER 2011),  "Deregulation and Risk", Financial Management, Vol. 40, No. 2,  pp. 295-329

Kathryn F. Schumann, Elias Semaan and Hui Sono, (May 2019), "The local market perception of firm risks during cross-listing events," Financial Review, accepted

Pamela Drake, Faith Neale, Patrick Schorno and Elias Semaan, (2017), “Risk During the Financial Crisis: The Role of the Insurance Industry,”  Journal of Insurance Issues, Vol. 40 Issue 2: 181-214.

Awards and Recognitions
  • Dr. Otto C. Brenner Memorial Award for teaching excellence - 2007, 2011, 2013, 2018
  • Poets and Quants' Favorite Professors in the Nation - 2017
  •  Hall Outstanding Faculty Achievement Award - 2016
  • Best Graduate Teacher Award - 2014
  • CoB Distinguished Teacher Award - 2011
Service
  • Advisor, Madison Investment Fund (MIF)
  • Advisor, Financial Management Association (2007-2009)

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College of Business
College of Business Learning Complex
MSC 0207
421 Bluestone Drive
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807

Hours of operation:
Mon - Fri: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.