Jesus Manuel Salas
Assistant Professor of Finance, Perella Department of Finance, Lehigh University
621 Taylor St, RBC 448 , Bethlehem, PA, 18015
e-mail:
jsalas@lehigh.edu, phone: (610) 758-3238
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Finance Price College
of Business, University of Oklahoma 2008
MA Economics Miami University of
Ohio 2003
BS Mathematics St. Mary's
University (Texas) 2000
AREAS OF INTERESTS
Research:
Dividend Policy, Corporate Governance, and Corporate Risk Management.
Teaching: Corporate Finance
VISA STATUS AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE
H-1B, born and raised in Mexico City. Traveled to more than 25 countries. Lived in Mexico, United States of America, and France. Fluent in Spanish, English, Portuguese, and French.
DISSERTATION
Three Essays in Corporate Finance.
PUBLICATIONS
WORKING PAPERS
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (Student evaluation average score: 4/5):
Lehigh University
Assistant Professor of Finance (Investments) 2008-Present
University of Oklahoma
Graduate Teaching
Assistant (Investments) 2007
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Advanced Business
Finance) 2006-2007
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Business
Finance) 2004
Miami University of Ohio
Graduate Teaching Assistant
(Spanish) 2002-2003
PROFESSIONAL
MEETINGS
Multinational Finance Society, Crete, Greece
(Presenter) 2009
American Finance Association, New Orleans
(Presenter) 2008
European Finance Association, Slovenia (Presenter &
Discussant) 2007
Financial Management Association, Orlando
(Presenter) 2007
European meeting of FMA, Barcelona
(Presenter)
2007
Financial Management Association, Salt Lake City (Presenter &
Discussant) 2006
Corporate governance course in Aarhus, Denmark (Presenter and Discussant)
2006
European Finance Association Meeting
(Discussant) 2006
Southwest Finance Association, Oklahoma City
(Presenter) 2006
Financial Management Association, Chicago (Presenter and
Discussant) 2005
Southwestern Finance Symposium, University of Tulsa
(Discussant) 2004
UNIVERSITY
SERVICE
Created and ran FSL seminar series, Lehigh University 2008 - Present
Served on recruitment committees for acct. and fin. depts, Lehigh University 2008 - 2009
Served on "Good jobs in tough times" committee, Lehigh University 2008 - 2009
Served on Price College mission
statement development committee 2007 - Present
Co-created the PhD student brown bag research seminar, U. of
Oklahoma 2004 - Present
Secretary to OU Doctoral Student
Association 2004
Served on OU Academic Appeals
Panel 2004 -
Present
PROFESSIONAL
SERVICE
Served on 2008 FMA Annual Meeting
Dissertation Award committee 2008
Served on 2007 FMA Annual Meeting
Competitive Paper Award committee 2007
Refereed for Quarterly Review of Economics and
Finance 2007
Refereed for Review of Financial
Economics 2004
AWARDS
David M. Moffett PhD fellowship recipient, U. of
Oklahoma 2007
Graduate Student Teaching Award, U. of
Oklahoma 2007
2006 PhD Student Research Paper of the Year, Southwest Finance Association 2006
Accepted to the Financial Management Association doctoral seminar, Orlando
2007
Accepted to the European Finance Association doctoral seminar,
Slovenia 2007
Recipient of American Finance Association Meeting travel
grant 2007
Selected as OU Alley/Rayonier
Scholar 2007
Price College of Business Summer Research Grant, U. of
Oklahoma 2005
Center for Financial Studies research support grant, U. of
Oklahoma 2005
Robberson Conference Presentation Travel Grant, U. of
Oklahoma 2005
Nominated, Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year, U. of
Oklahoma 2007
Nominated, Graduate Research Assistant of the Year, U. of
Oklahoma 2006
OTHER
President of nonprofit Brazilian organization "Two Brothers
Foundation"
Secretary, Lake Thunderbird Sailing Club Management Committee
REFERENCES
Chitru Fernando Louis H. Ederington
William Megginson
Michael F. Price Professor Professor
and Michael F. Professor and Rainbolt Chair
of
Finance Price Chair in Finance
in Finance
307 W. Brooks, AH 205-A 307 W. Brooks, AH 205-A 307
W. Brooks, AH 205-A
Norman, OK 73019 Norman, OK 73019 Norman,
OK 73019
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