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Haejung Na, Ph.D., appointed professor at California State University, LA
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Haejung Na, Ph.D., appointed professor at California State University, LA
Korea’s first appointment as U.S. university professor in Finance area
Korea’s first appointment as U.S. university professor in Finance area
Haejung Na, who earned her Ph.D. in Finance at Korea University Business School (advisor=Dongcheol Kim), has been appointed as a full-time assistant professor at California State University, Los Angeles in the United States. She will be joining the Department of Business in August 2016. The number of Ph.D. holders in finance has been appointed as an assistant professor in foreign countries, such as Southeast Asia, Australia, and Europe. However, for the first time in Korea, Haejung received her appointment as an assistant professor in an American university. Her outstanding achievement is an unusual case in Social Sciences area.
California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) was established in 1947 located in the heart of Los Angeles. Cal State LA has a student body of more than 20,000 students, as well as 230,000 alumni. In addition, the university has been named one of the nation’s best MBA programs by “The Princeton Review.”
After receiving a bachelor’s degree in Economics (Business Administration as second major), Haejung completed her master degree in Finance with a thesis entitled “A Study on Heterogeneity in Institutional Investor Activism: Difference in Market Reactions.” She will be attaining her Ph.D. degree in Finance with a dissertation entitled “Three Essays in Market Anomalies in Asset Pricing” in February 2016. Moreover, Haejung received numerous research paper awards from worldwide finance conferences, recognizing her excellence.
List of Research Paper Award
• The 27th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference
- Winner of the CFA® Institute Asia-Pacific Capital Markets Research Award
- Title: Cross-sectional and Intertemporal Forecast Dispersions, Risk, and Returns
• 2015 Financial Management Association Conference, U.S.A.
- Semifinalist for the 2015 FMA Best Paper Award
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