Finance Directory

Brian Andrews
Department:
Department of Finance
Education:
MBA, Tulane University
Teaching Interests: Commercial Banking, Real Estate Investment and Development, Real Estate Finance
Office:
2602C Business Education Complex North
Phone:
225-578-6291
Email:
andrews@lsu.edu

Joanna R Canezaro
Department:
Department of Finance
Education:
BS Agricultural Business, Louisiana State University
Office:
2900B Business Education Complex North
Phone:
225-578-6291
Email:
jcanezaro@lsu.edu

Don Chance, CFA
James C. Flores Endowed Chair of MBA Studies
Department:
Department of Finance
Education:
PhD Finance, Louisiana State University
Teaching Interests: risk management, financial derivatives, fixed income securities, corporate finance
Research Interests: risk management, financial derivatives, indexing, exchange traded funds, fixed income securities
Office:
2909 Business Education Complex North
Phone:
225-578-0372
Email:
dchance@lsu.edu

George Duplechain
Department:
Department of Finance
Education:
JD Juris Doctor, Louisiana State University
Teaching Interests: Business Law
Office:
2912 Business Education Complex North
Phone:
225-578-6291
Email:
gduplechain@lsu.edu

James Scott Fargason
Lee D. and Cynthia C. Bloch Distinguished Professorship in Business Law
Department:
Department of Finance
Education:
JD, Louisiana State University
Teaching Interests: International Law, Negotiable Instruments, the Uniform Commercial Code, Common Law, Civil Law, Securities Law, and Commercial Transactions.
Research Interests: Measuring the ROI on Legal Services, and Reducing Legal Risk.
Office:
2602D Business Education Complex North
Phone:
225-578-6220
Email:
fargason@lsu.edu

Mark W. Fry
Department:
Department of Finance
Education:
JD, Louisiana State University
Teaching Interests: Business Law, Estate Planning
Research Interests: Business Law, Taxation, Asset Protection Strategies
Office:
2912 Business Education Complex North
Phone:
225-578-6291
Email:
mfry1@lsu.edu

Lewis Buckner Kilbourne
Department:
Department of Finance
Education:
PhD Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Teaching Interests: Corporate Finance, Debt Restructuring, Strategy,Financial Analysis, Crypto-currency
Research Interests: Financial Default behavior, Bankruptcy, Allocation of corporate capital and financial engineering, Distressed Investing. Blockchain Technology
Office:
2936 Business Education Complex North
Phone:
225-578-6291
Email:
bkilbourne@lsu.edu

Michael P. Kirby
Department:
Department of Finance
Education:
MBA, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University
Teaching Interests: Venture Capital, Private Equity, Investment Banking, Financial Statement Analysis and other Corporate Finance Related Topics.
Office:
2902 Business Education Complex North
Phone:
225-578-6291
Email:
mkirby2@lsu.edu

Joseph R. Mason
Department:
Department of Finance
Education:
PhD Economics, University of Illinois
Teaching Interests: Financial Intermediation, Financial Institutions, Banking
Research Interests: Dr. Mason's research focuses on financial intermediation and economic growth, with special emphasis on financial innovation and the role it plays in economic expansions as well as financial crises.
Office:
2913 Business Education Complex North
Phone:
225-578-6255
Email:
masonj@lsu.edu

Haitao Mo
Department:
Department of Finance
Education:
PhD Business Administration / Finance, University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business
Teaching Interests: Asset Pricing, Investments, Derivatives
Research Interests: Empirical Asset Pricing, Institutional Investors, Mutual Funds, Investment-based CAPM, Options
Office:
2931 Business Education Complex North
Phone:
225-578-0648
Email:
haitaomo@lsu.edu