Finance Faculty Associate Professor Director, Center for Financial Services 314-c Joseph Greene Hall 601.266.5766 john.clark@usm.edu

Specialty Fields
Investments, Financial Planning, Derivative Securities, and Risk Management.

Education
University of Alabama (B.S., M.A., Ph.D), Charted Financial Analyst (C.F.A.) (1999), Certified Financial Planner (C.F.P.) 2002

Academic and Professional Interests
His research activities involve developing applied models in portfolio management, financial planning, financial risk management, and structured debt instruments. Dr. Clark has also served as a financial consultant for several firms. He is a member of the USM Foundation Investment Committee and on the Board of Experts for PassPro for the CFA. He has taught exam prep courses for the CFA and CFP exams and continuing education seminars for the USM Foundation, the Southeast Mississippi Rural Health Initiative, the Kansas City Board of Trade, the Missouri Society of Enrolled Agents, the Missouri Society of CPA's, the Kansas Society of CPA's, the Garrett Financial Planning Network, and Financial Planning Workshops, Inc.

Courses Taught
Clark teaches undergraduate courses in investments and financial planning and an MBA course in investment analysis.

Professional Honors and Achievements
In 2004, Clark was named to the editorial review board of the Journal of Financial Planning. He has published articles in academic and practitioner journals such as the Journal of Financial Planning, The Financial Review, Institutional Investor's Guide to ETF's II, Journal of Advertising Research, Quarterly Journal of Economics and Finance, International Journal of Electronic Commerce, Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, Managerial Finance, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, the Journal of Business Ethics, Global Business and Economics Review, and Advances in Futures and Options Research.