FACULTY COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER

Dr. Thomas Hanson, CFA

Dr. Thomas Hanson, CFA, is an Associate Professor of Finance in the Lacy School of Business, where he teaches primarily quantitative courses on equity valuation, derivatives, algorithmic finance, and data analytics, in addition to core courses on corporate and international finance. He serves as the Faculty Advisor to the Financial Management Association (FMA), coordinator of the annual Wall Street Trek, and liaison for CFA education at Butler. Hanson completed his doctorate at Kent State University, an MBA at the University of St. Thomas, Master of Science in Applied Statistics at North Dakota State University, and a Bachelor of Arts at St. Olaf College. His research interests include financial literacy, high frequency trading, and quantitative research methods. He often publishes cross-disciplinary, co-authored work including the book Quantitative Research Methods in Translation and Interpreting Studies.