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Dr. Howe has been the instructor of the Educational Investment Fund since 1988 and a member of the Illinois State University faculty since 1985. His professional interests include security pricing and risk analysis. He is a member of the Midwest Finance Association, Southern Finance Association, Eastern Finance Association, Academy of Financial Services, and the Financial Managment Association.
He has published in Oil and Gas Tax Quarterly, Journal of Financial and Strategic Decisions, Journal of Economics and Finance Quarterly, Journal of Business and Economics, Engineering Economist, and Journal of Applied Business Research.
Dr. Howe received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Iowa State University, and his Ph.D. from Texas Tech University
Dr. Koppenhaver joined the Illinois State faculty as Chairperson of the Department of Finance, Insurance and Law in 2007. Before coming to Illinois State, he held a joint appointment as a Professor in the Finance Department and in the Economics Department at Iowa State University. While at Iowa State, he served (1993-1996, 2001-2002) as the Associate Dean responsible for the management and oversight of Iowa State University’s College of Business budget and accounts. He was employed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago as a senior economist prior to joining Iowa State University.
Dr. Koppenhaver's research interests include the off balance sheet activities of U.S. commercial banks, the optimal use of futures, options, and swap contracts to manage risk, and the operations of money market mutual funds. His research has appeared in publications of the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago and Dallas, edited books, and journals including: Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, Financial Education and Practice, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Research, Journal of Financial Services Research, Journal of Futures Markets, Managerial and Decision Economics, and Review of Futures Markets. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Midwest Finance Association.
At Iowa State University, Dr. Koppenhaver received the Dean's Advisory Council Citation for Teaching Excellence, the Citation for Innovation in Teaching, and the Citation for Undergraduate Teaching, and was named a Louis Thompson Distinguished Undergraduate Teacher in 2005.
Dr. Koppenhaver received his B.B.A. degree (1976) and the Ph.D. degree (1980) from the University of Iowa.
Dr. McGuire iscurrently serves as Interim Dean of the College of Business and Assistant Provost of Illinois State University. Previously he served for seventeen years as Chair of the Department of Finance, Insurance and Law in the College of Business, beginning in 1988.
Dr. McGuire joined the Illinois State faculty in 1980. He is the author of a textbook, The Legal Environment of Business, and numerous articles appearing in the American Business Law Journal, the Journal of Legislation, the Journal of Risk Management and Insurance, Tulsa University Journal of Comparative and International Law, Southern Illinois Law Journal, and others, primarily in the area of insurance law, ethics and regulation. McGuire was also instrumental in establishing the Katie School of Insurance and Financial Services and the Institute for Insurance Ethics and played a key role in the construction of the new College of Business Building.
McGuire holds a B.A. and J. D. from the University of Illinois.
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