Welcome
to Johnny Chan's website
Gordon Ford College of Business
Western Kentucky University
Brief Bio
Johnny Chan is the Leon Page
Professor of Finance. He received his B.Soc.S degree in
economics at Chinese University of Hong Kong (1984), M.A. in economics (1987),
M.A. in finance (1989), and Ph.D. in finance (1990) at the University of
Alabama. His teaching interests are investments and international finance.
Research interests include derivative securities, mutual funds, fixed income,
and measurement of intellectual contributions. He has published more than
130 journal articles in leading finance and business journals such as Accounting
and Business Research, Accounting and Finance, Accounting, Organizations and
Society, Australian Accounting Review, Family Business Review, European
Financial Management, Financial Management, Financial Review, International
Business Review, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal
of Business Research, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Empirical
Finance, Journal of Financial Education, Journal of Financial Research, Journal
of Futures Markets, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of
Portfolio Management, Journal of Real Estate Research, Real Estate Economics,
Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, among others. He held
tenured faculty positions at the University of Dayton, the University of
Wisconsin-Parkside, and Moorhead State University before he joined WKU in 2003.
He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder and was a
director of Midwest Finance Association (2004-2007). He won the College public
service award in 2007, College research award in 2005, 2008, and 2010, and the
Vitale Award for Innovation, Initiative, and Leadership in 2008. He is currently an associate editor of Chinese Economy and Journal of Real Estate
Practice and Education, and on editorial board of several journals.
Communication
- Office:
Grise Hall 323
- Phone
number: (270) 745-2977
- e-mail:
Johnny.Chan@nospam.edu; replace "nospam"
with "wku"
- Office
hour: M/W/F 9:20 am to 10:20 am; M/W 12:30 pm to 1:50 pm or by
appointment
Class (Spring 2013)
1. Finance 330 Principles of
Finance
2. Finance 439 Portfolio Management
Recent Research (2008 to present)
Professional Services
- Member of editorial
board: Journal of Economics and Financial Education, Journal of
Business Disciplines, International Review of Accounting, Banking, and
Finance, International Journal of Economics and Business, and
Journal of Emerging Markets.
- Associate
Editor: Chinese Economy and
Journal of Financial Education
- Ad hoc referee: European
Financial Management, Financial Review, Financial Services Review,
Financial Practice and Education, International Business Review,
International Economic Review, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of
Business Ethics, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of International
Money and Finance, Journal of Financial Education, Journal of
International Business Studies, Journal of Business Research, Journal of
Financial Research, Journal of Futures Markets, Journal of Economics and
Business among others.
- Conference program
committee: Financial Management Association (92, 94, 95, 97, 2000-2010);
Midwest Finance Association (92-94, 98-2007; financial education track
chair in 2002); Eastern Finance Association (1992, 2004, 2005); Financial
Education Association (2001-2010).
- CFA exam grader
(2001-2004; 2010-12).
- Tenure/promotion
external reviewer: Fairfield University, Loyola College, Ohio University, Portland
State University, University of Idaho, University of South Florida
(twice), University of San Francisco (twice), Simmons College, Seattle
University (twice), Seton Hall University, Fairfield University, United
Arab Emirates University (twice), the University of Baltimore, Wright
State University, and University of Michigan-Dearborn (twice).