Earl Benson
Professor of Finance, Department of Finance and Marketing, Western Washington University, USA
mail: earl.benson@wwu.edu
Education
Ph.D. - New York University's Stern School of Business, New York, NY, 1996
Major Area: Accounting
Minor Area: Finance
M.B.A. - Marketing and Finance, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India, 1983
B.A. of Technology. - Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 1981
Professor of Finance
Department of Finance and Marketing
Parks Hall 433, (360) 650-3375
Academic Preparation
University of Oregon, 1972-1976 (Ph.D. in Finance, 1978)
The Pennsylvania State University, 1967-1969 (M.A. in Economics)
University of Idaho, 1963-1967 (B.S. in Business, marketing major)
Professional Experience Professor of Finance, Western Washington University, 1987-present
Chairman, Department of Finance, Marketing, and Decision Sciences, Western Washington University, 1988-2000
MBA Program Director, College of Business and Economics, Western Washington University, May 1984-December 1988
Acting Chairman, Department of Business Administration, Western Washington University, January 1983-February 1984
Associate Professor of Finance, Western Washington University, 1980-1987
Assistant Professor of Finance, New Mexico State University, 1976-1980
Research and Teaching Assistant, Center for Capital Market Research and the Department of Finance, University of Oregon, 1973-1976
Instructor of Economics, Radford College, Radford, Virginia, 1969-1972
Grants, Awards, Honors, Other Professional Distinctions College of Business and Economics Faculty Research Award, Western Washington University, 1985, 1988, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Summer 1999 Research Grant Award, Department of Finance, Marketing, and Decision Sciences, College of Business and Economics, Western Washington University
Summer 1997 Research Grant Award, Center for Economic and Business Research, College of Business and Economics, Western Washington University
Summer 1995 Research Grant Award, College of Business and Economics, Western Washington University
Summer Research Grant Award, Bureau for Faculty Research, Western Washington University, 1982, 1986, and 1993
Merit Step Award, Western Washington University, 1982, 1984, 1989, and 1991
