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William
Sterk,
Ph.D.
Professor, Finance
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
bank’s 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 Sterk’s 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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