NEW FACULTY 2012-2013 Yasin Alan
Assistant Professor of Operations Management Professor Yasin Alan joined the Operations Management group at Owen in 2012 after completing his Ph.D. at Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management. Alan’s research interests lie at the intersection of operations management and corporate finance, conducting theoretical research on the relationship between operational decisions and financial considerations such as capital structure, growth and bankruptcy risk. Alan also performs empirical research to link operations to stock performance and financial distress.
Jesse A. Blocher
Assistant Professor of Finance Professor Jesse A. Blocher joined the Finance group at Owen in 2012 after completing his Ph.D. at The University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. His study “Contagious Collateral: A Network Analysis of Interconnected Intermediaries” (2011) won the Financial Research Association’s Michael J. Barclay Award for best solo-authored paper by a young scholar. Another paper, “The Long and the Short of It: Evidence of Year-End Price Manipulation by Short Sellers” (2011), won the BNP Paribas Hedge Fund Center at Singapore Management University research award.
Tae-Youn Park
Assistant Professor of Management Professor Tae-Youn Park joined the Organization Studies group at Owen in 2012 after completing his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. His research interests include the individual and organizational consequences of compensation, and voluntary and involuntary turnover. His work has been accepted for publication in outlets including the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Applied Psychology and the Strategic Management Journal. He is also the recipient of the 2011 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship and the 2009 winner of the Excellence in Teaching Award, both from the University of Minnesota. 40