Faculty & Staff

Nishant Dass is joining the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance as the Charles M. Stone Professor of Finance. He is an empiricist by training and his field of research is Corporate Finance. He started his research career with a focus on two broad fields within Corporate Finance – Financial Intermediation and Corporate Governance. His interest in Financial Intermediaries was motivated by the important role that these entities play in capital allocation in the economy. His research in this field has highlighted both the effect that financial intermediaries have on firms as well as the internal functioning of these intermediaries, which include commercial banks, mutual funds, and venture capital firms. His interest in research on Corporate Governance is primarily driven by the fundamental role that Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and Boards of Directors play within the firm. A special focus of his research has been the advisory role of directors and the effect of CEO’s incentive contracts. Over time, his research in financial intermediation and corporate governance intersected to highlight the role of innovative firms, thus sparking a new line of research on innovation over the last few years. He continues to research the many unique aspects of innovative firms and their special role in the economy.

George Batta is an Associate Professor of Economics-Accounting, on the faculty of the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance at Claremont McKenna College. He has been a member of CMC’s faculty since 2007. Before that, he was on the faculty at the University of Southern California and served as an auditor and consultant, respectively, at Ernst & Young and NERA Economic Consulting. He holds an A.B. in political economy from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.) from Harvard University. Professor Batta’s research focuses primarily on accounting information’s role in credit markets, but he has also contributed to research on both derivative instruments and political connections’ effect on accounting quality. His research has been published in top accounting journals, such as The Accounting Review and Contemporary Accounting Research. He teaches courses in financial accounting and financial statement analysis at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Professor Murat Binay is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at CMC who has expertise in corporate finance, investments, and institutional investors.

Professor Matt Delventhal received his Ph.D. from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.His research interests are in the areas of Macroeconomics, Economic Geography and Trade.

Professor Gary Evans is the Ruth and Harvey Berry Professor of Entrepreneurial Leadership at Harvey Mudd College. He specializes in enterprise and entrepreneurship, financial institutions, and small business development.

Professor Ananda Ganguly, the Morcos Massoud Associate Professor of Accounting at CMC, has interests in behavioral accounting and economic decision-making and specializes in investors’ and accountants’ decision-making. He also specializes on the interface between individual decision-making and aggregate market outcomes.

Julio Garín received his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. His primary area of research is macroeconomics.

Professor Laura Grant is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Claremont McKenna College and specializes in environmental and public economics.

Professor Eric Helland, William F. Podlich Professor of Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College, specializes in law and economics and industrial organization.

Professor Matthew Magilke is an Associate Professor of Economics-Accounting at CMC and specializes in capital markets and empirical financial accounting research.

Professor Marc Massoud is the Robert A. Day Distinguished Professor of Accounting and Director of the Accounting Program at Claremont McKenna College, and specializes in financial accounting.

Joshua G. Rosett is the Curb Family Associate Professor of Business and Law and George R. Roberts Fellow, on the faculty of the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance at Claremont McKenna College. He has been at CMC since 2003. Before that he was on faculty at Tulane University, The University of Chicago, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He holds a B.A from the University of Chicago and both Masters and Ph.D. from Princeton University.

Professor Gary Smith is the Fletcher Jones Professor of Economics at Pomona College, and specializes in investments, financial markets, and statistics.

Professor Angela Vossmeyer joined the Robert Day School in 2015 after receiving her Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Irvine. Her research interests include: econometrics, Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC), and banking.

Thomas Willett is the Horton Professor of Economics, holding joint appointments at Claremont McKenna College and Claremont Graduate University. He specializes in international finance and public policy.

Paul Zak is Professor of Economics at the School of Politics and Economics and the Director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies, both at the Claremont Graduate University. He specializes in neuroeconomics, macroeconomics, finance and General Equilibrium Theory.