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Assistant Professor of Finance Wright School of Business Dalton State College Email: cshank@daltonstate.edu |
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Dr. Shank is an Assistant Professor of Finance in the C. Lamar and Ann Wright School of Business at Dalton State College’s (DSC). At DSC he teaches principles of finance, investments, risk management, applied portfolio management, intermediate corporate finance, case studies, and behavioral finance.
Dr. Shank's research focuses on behavioral finance and determinants of financial decision making. He has co-authored 1 scholarly book on the impact of physiology on investing decisions and published 10 papers in prestigious scholarly journals such as the Journal of Behavioral Finance, Review of Behavioral Finance, and Journal of Economics and Human Biology. His reseach has been covered in financial press including MarketWatch, Morningstar, and the Institutional Investor. Finally, his book was a 2020 American Book Fest Best Book Award Finalist.
Outside of the classroom Dr. Shank enjoys the outdoors, traveling, and working out. Prior to a career in academia, he pole vaulted throughout high school and college and broke the freshman national record and the Indiana state record in high school. Additionally, he was a 6 time Indiana State Champion, won a high school National Championship, was ranked #2 on the IAAF World Junior rankings in 2007, and holds the 6 year old world record.
Dr. Shank earned his Ph.D. in finance from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He recieved his MBA from the University of Findlay and a B.S. in Finance from Virginia Tech
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