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Rudyard B. Goode Professor in Finance

Tim Manuel holds a Ph.D. in Business from the University of South Carolina and MBA and BS degrees from Virginia Tech. His areas of expertise include asymmetric information, announcement effects, capital structure, dividend policy, international finance and ethics. His teaching interests include markets and institutions, derivative securities, valuation, international finance, ethics and investments. Dr. Manuel has been recognized with numerous teaching awards over the years for excellence in the classroom; most recently he received the 2006-07 Outstanding Faculty Award from Beta Alpha Psi. For the last two years Dr. Manuel has also engaged in executive education training at the University.

Dr. Manuel’s academic work has been published in some of the leading business journals in the country including the Journal of Business, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial Research and others. He has also authored several textbook supplements in both markets and investments and regularly engages in consulting work with textbook publishers.

Dr. Manuel has frequently served as the Chair of the Faculty Evaluation Committee for the Accounting and Finance Department and has led several national searches to hire finance faculty. He currently serves on the School of Business Administration (SoBA) Undergraduate Assessment Committee and the SoBA Scholarship Committee. He has also participated on many University committees including ASCRC, Faculty Senate, Unit Standards, General Education and Faculty Development.

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Tennis, fishing, hiking