Department Chair

Associate Professor & Chair Department of Finance
Research Interests
Investments, Mutual Funds, Issues related to personal injury and loss

Teaching Faculty

Master Lecturer Department of Finance
Research Interests
Trading Simulation Games.Closed-End Fund valuation.Maximizing Alpha through factor selection.
University Distinguished Teacher, Entsminger Fellow, Trading Room Manager and Finance Instructor at ODU. MBA from NYU. 15 years… Read More
Associate Professor Department of Finance
Adjunct Instructional Faculty Academic Affairs
Senior Lecturer Department of Finance
Research Interests
Insurance and Risk Management

Worked in the insurance industry for over 25 years, taught at community colleges, managed and owned agencies in the community

Professor Of Practice Department of Finance
Professor Department of Finance
Research Interests
Property-Casualty Insurance, Enterprise Risk Management, Cyber Risk Management and Insurance.
Professor Department of Finance
Research Interests
Forecasting Financial Markets Volatility, Investments and Portfolio Management
Dr. Mohammad Najand joined the department of Finance in 1987. He teaches the junior/senior course in investments and Ph.D.… Read More
Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Finance
Associate Professor & Chair Department of Finance
Research Interests
Investments, Mutual Funds, Issues related to personal injury and loss
Assistant Professor Department of Finance
Research Interests
Asset Pricing, Derivatives, Volatility dynamics, Fintech, Machine Learning.
Dr. Mobina Shafaati is an assistant professor of finance at the Strome College of Business at Old Dominion University. Mobina's… Read More
Professor Department of Finance
Research Interests
Real Estate Capital Markets, REITs, Housing Economics, Real Estate Portfolio Management, International Finance, Forecasting
Professor Department of Finance
Research Interests
Professor Department of Finance
Research Interests
Professor Department of Finance
Research Interests
Real Estate and Housing Economics
Professor Department of Finance
Research Interests
Employment and civil rights, contract, intellectual property, internet and entertainment law
35 years experience teaching a variety of business law course at 4 Virginia Colleges and Universities. Tenured in 2001 and… Read More
Assistant Professor Department of Finance
Research Interests
Asset Pricing, Market Microstructure, Information Economics

Current Ph.D. Students

  • Arian Amidi
  • Andrew Cohen
  • Nariman Dehghan
  • Ahsan Habib
  • Mirarmia Jalali
  • Reza Kahibavil
  • Su Li
  • Runlin Lu
  • Hesamoddin Tahami
  • Mostafa Kanaani Torshizi