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Finance

Located at one of the top STEM-focused universities in the country, the Finance area at the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business is powered by a team of faculty at the top of their field, with abundant experience in industry and academia alike. Their combined expertise covers many financial areas, including corporate financial management, investment management, security analysis, mergers & acquisitions, financial risk management, international financial management, and others.

Centers and Initiatives

The Finance area offers many opportunities for students to pursue learning outside of the classroom, including research challenges, financial firm visits, and national conferences.

Research

Our Finance faculty consistently contribute to top research journals including the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Review of Financial Studies, and more.

Read more about our research

Charlene Sullivan

Charlene Sullivan

Professor Emerita of Management

Education

Ph.D., Management, Purdue University, 1978
M.S., Management, Purdue University, 1975
B.S., Home Economics, University of Kentucky, 1971

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Professor Sullivan joined the Krannert faculty in 1978. Her main teaching interests are corporate financial management, financial institutions and markets, and financial and managerial accounting.

She was honored in 1993-94 and 1987-88 with the Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher Award, and in fall 1993 she received the Most Effective Master's Program Teacher Award, all from within the Krannert School. In 1988-89 she received the Purdue University Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award. She is a two-time winner of the Salgo-Noren Award and received a Teaching for Tomorrow Award from Purdue. She has taught in numerous programs offered through the Krannert Executive Education Programs and by the Center for Agri-Business.

Her current research interests are personal bankruptcy, the evolution of cost management systems in manufacturing firms, and capital budgeting processes.

Professor Sullivan serves on the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. She also serves on the boards of the Academy of Financial Services, the Midwest Finance Association, Lafayette Family Services, Inc., Home Hospital, Oak Ridge Mutual Fund, and the Lafayette Consumer Credit Counseling Services. Professor Sullivan has authored numerous publications dealing with credit quality, tax reform, deregulation, credit cards, and the structure of consumer credit markets.

  • Market Volatility

    Purdue University Professor of Management, Charlene Sullivan, talks about how the Greek debt crisis and other market events can cause investors to question their investment strategy.

  • Greece: Economic Crisis is Personal

    Purdue Professor of Management, Charlene Sullivan, on the personal impact the Greek debt crisis has on the individual citizens. Far from a political or idealistic feud, Greek citizens are without benefits and income they either earned or were entitled to only months ago.

  • Soft Labor Market Globally

    Purdue University Professor of Management, Charlene Sullivan, talks about the global impact of the soft labor market - a condition that has changed little in three years. Sullivan also describes the fragile nature of the U.S. economy, where any shift could mean economic growth or peril.

  • Housing market represents crisis, opportunity

    A Purdue University economist says the U.S. housing market is bucking conventional wisdom this year.

Contact

sullivaa@purdue.edu

Job Market Candidates

Daniels School of Business PhD students are leading members of the next generation of innovative researchers, scholars and teachers. We are proud to support the next phase of their academic and professional lives.

To obtain additional information on job market candidates, please reach out to the Finance area contact below, or contact candidates directly.

PhD Academic Director
Adem Atmaz
aatmaz@purdue.edu
(746) 494-6725

Daniels School of Business Finance Area, Management Department

Krannert Building
403 Mitch Daniels Blvd.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2076
(765) 494-8503

Department Head in Management: Lin Nan

Finance Area Coordinator: Huseyin Gulen

Finance Faculty Assistant: Janet Yoakum