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William
Sterk,
Ph.D. William Sterk is a Professor of Finance. Before joining the faculty at SDSU, he earned a BSE in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan and was employed with the McDonnell Douglas Corporation as an aerospace engineer. There he worked on projects including advanced spacecraft design and the DC-10 aircraft. After a number of years with McDonnell, he left to finish his MBA and went on to earn a Ph.D. in Finance at the University of Wisconsin. While a student there, besides being a teaching assistant for the finance department the College of Business, he was also a teaching assistant for the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin, and worked at a local bank as a loan analyst and a member of the banks asset and liability management committee. Since joining the faculty at SDSU, he has taught corporate finance and managerial economics at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. He has also taught Health Services Financial Management for many years for the Graduate School of Public Health at SDSU. In addition, he taught a short mini-course in finance for many years for the Executive Program for Scientists and Engineers at UCSD. In recent years he has twice received an Outstanding Faculty Award in recognition of his selection as the most influential professor in the academic career of the Outstanding Undergraduate Finance Student and received an Outstanding Faculty Contribution Award by the College in 2004. Professor Sterks research in the corporate finance and investments areas has appeared in many finance journals including the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Financial Review, Financial Management, the Journal of Bank Research, and the Journal of Financial Education among others. His work on stock options has been widely cited in many of the premier finance journals and textbooks. He has served as a reviewer for a number of finance journals. Professor Sterk has served as chair of the finance department. He also served as chair of the finance department peer review committee and as a graduate student advisor for many years.
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