Curriculum Vitae
Tracie Woidtke
| 425 Stokely Management Center The University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996-0540 |
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EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Finance, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1997
M.A., Economics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1994
M.B.A., Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, 1992
B.S., Mathematics and Computer Science (magna cum laude), Millsaps College,
Jackson, Mississippi, 1988
"Do Boards Pay Attention when Institutional Investor Activists 'Just Vote No'?",
with Diane Del Guercio and Laura Seery, 2008, forthcoming Journal of Financial
Economics
(Earlier version recorded as part of public comment by the SEC regarding SEC
proposed rule 14a-11)
(Cited in the Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2007, R4, "Stiffed Board –
Shareholders angry about executive pay are targeting the people responsible:
directors", by Kaja Whitehouse.)
(Featured on the The Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog)
"Can Adverse Effects of Poor Investor Protection Be Mitigated by Incoming
Foreign Investment?", with Eric Kelley, 2007, Journal of Institutional
Comparisons, CESifo DICE Report, Volume 5, pp. 28-32.
(Nontechnical version of "Investor Protection and Real Investment by U.S.
Multinationals", with Eric Kelley, 2006,
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Volume 41, pp. 541-572.)
"Investor Protection and Real Investment by U.S. Multinationals", with Eric Kelley, 2006, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Volume 41, pp. 541-572.
"Commitment or Entrenchment?: Controlling Shareholders and Board Composition",
2005, with Yin-Hua Yeh, Journal of Banking and Finance. Volume 29, pp. 1857-1885.
(Recipient of Taiwan's National Securities and Futures Institute's Best Paper
Award - second place)
"Does Investor Identity Matter in Equity Issues?: Evidence from Private Placements," 2005, with Srini Krishnamurthy, Paul Spindt and Venkat Subramaniam, Journal of Financial Intermediation. Volume 14, pp. 210-238.
"Reining in Activist Funds," with Len Bierman and Chris Tuggle, Harvard Business
Review (included in the forethought section), March 2003.
(Excerpted in The American Enterprise: Politics, Business, and Culture,
September 2003, 57-58; and in CFA Magazine, Jan-Feb 2004, "A passion for good
corporate governance: Pension funds exercise their influence in actively shaping
policies," by J. Rubino.)
"Agents Watching Agents?: Evidence from Pension Fund Ownership and Firm Value," 2002, Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 63, pp. 99-131.
"Family Control and Corporate Governance: Evidence from Taiwan," 2001,with Yin-Hua
Yeh and Tsun-Siou Lee, International Review of Finance, Volume 2, pp. 21-48.
(Reprinted in Governance and Expropriation, 2005, Edited by Larry H.P. Lang,
Edward Elgar Publishing.)
"Corporate Governance and the Informativeness of Accounting Earnings: The Role of the Audit Committee", with Yin-Hua Yeh (revision requested by Financial Management)
EXPERIENCE:
Academic:
David E. Sharp/Home Federal Bank Professor of Banking and Finance, University of Tennessee, 2008 to present
Associate Professor of Finance and Research Fellow of the Corporate
Governance Center: University of Tennessee, 2006 to present
Assistant Professor of Finance and Research Fellow of the Corporate Governance
Center: University of Tennessee, August 2003 to 2006
Assistant Professor of Finance: Texas A&M University, 1997 to 2003
Research Areas: Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Institutional
Investors, International Finance
Teaching Areas: Corporate Finance (Undergraduate, Graduate, and Executive Levels), Corporate Governance (Ph.D. Level), Honors Finance, Directed Study for the UMCA Case Competition, Developed an Online Course for Principles of Finance for both Graduate Students and Executives
Ph.D. Committee Member: Tammy Berry, Spencer Case, Scott Bronson, Brian Carver,
Mark Pate, Min Zhao, and Laura Seery
Instructor: Tulane University, Fall 1995 and Spring 1996
Courses Taught: Business Statistics and Corporate Finance
Professional:
Hall Corporate Office, Canton, Mississippi, Assistant Office Manager, 1989-1990
IBM, Jackson, Mississippi, Marketing Support Assistant, 1986-1988
SERVICE:
University Level: Review Committee for Department of Economics Academic
Program Review at University of Tennessee, Vision 2020 Committee at Texas A&M
College Level: Dean's Faculty Advisory Council, UMCA Case Competition Faculty
Advisor, Honors Committee, Online Learning Committee, and Fellows Selection
Committee
Department Level: Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Ph.D. Program
Committee, Grading Policy Review Committee, Department Head Search Committee,
Faculty Recruiting Committee, Seminar Series Coordinator, and Strategic
Committee
HONORS AND AWARDS:
College of Business Administration Southern-Peters Outstanding Researcher Award,
2008
College of Business Administration Allen H. Keally Outstanding Teacher Award,
2007
Reagan Scholar, 2007-2008
A.B. Freeman School Fellowship, 1992-1996
Summer Symposium Participant at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,
1993
Else Scholar, 1990-1992
Millsaps MBA Honors Scholar, 1990-1992
Merill Lynch Award, 1992
Rotary Foundation Scholar, 1988-1989
Phi Beta Kappa
J. B. Price Chemistry Award, 1985
PAPERS PRESENTED:
Southeastern Meeting of the Institute of Management Sciences, 1992
Tulane University, 1997
Northeast Louisiana University, 1997
Texas A&M University, 1997
FMA conference, Hawaii, 1997
AFA conference, New York, 1999
Texas Finance Festival, Texas, 1999
EFMA conference, Greece, 2000
EFA conference, London, 2000
Texas A&M University, 2002
University of Tennessee, 2003
FMA conference, Colorado, 2003
SFA conference, South Carolina, 2003
FMA conference, New Orleans, 2004
Pacific Northwest Conference, Seattle, 2004
University of Tennessee Corporate Governance Center, 2005
10th Mitsui Life Symposium on Institutional Investors: Issues in Asset
Management and Governance, at the University of Michigan, 2005
FMA conference, Chicago, 2005
University of Washington, 2006
WFA conference, Keystone, Colorado, 2006
EFMA conference, Stockholm, 2006
Vanderbilt Law School Conference on Corporate Governance, 2006
OTHER SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
Panelist for Women's Networking Breakfast
FMA conference, 2006
Panelist for University of Washington CFO Forum on Shareholder Activism, 2006
Special Session on Shareholder Activism Organizer and Moderator
FMA conference, 2005
Member of the Program Committee
FMA conference, 2005
EFMA conference, 2006
Discussant
FMA conference, 2000
FMA conference, 2002
SFA conference, 2003
AFA conference, 2006
Drexel University First Corporate Governance Conference, 2008
Ad hoc Referee
Journal of Finance
Review of Financial Studies
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Financial Management
The Financial Review
Journal of Corporate Finance
International Review of Finance
Journal of Legal Studies
Journal of Economics and Finance
Review of Financial Economics
Hong Kong Research Grants Council
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Finance Association; Financial Management Association; Society for
Financial Studies
RESEARCH GRANTS:
Texas A&M Faculty Mini-Grant, 2000
Texas A&M Center for International Business Studies Travel Grant, 2000
Texas A&M Summer Research Grant, 2001, 2002
University of Tennessee Summer Research Grant, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008