Recent PhD Graduates

Paul Johnson
Paul will receive his doctorate this Spring. Paul has accepted an assistant professor position at the University of Illinois.

Jie Gao
Jie received her doctorate in 2007. She is working as a research analyst at Liberty Mutual in Boston.

Yayuan Ren
Yayuan received her doctorate in 2006. She is an assistant professor at Illinois State

Ping Wang (wangp1@stjohns.edu)
Ping received his doctorate in 2005. He accepted an academic position with the St. John's University in New York.

Yu Lei (lei@hartford.com)
Yu received her doctorate in 2004. She accepted an academic position with the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Yanyun (Judy) Zhu (yanyun_zhu@yahoo.com)
Judy received her doctorate in 2003. She accepted an academic position with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Dana Kerr (dkerr@stmarytx.edu)
Dana received his doctorate in 2002. Dana is an assistant professor with the Department of Finance and Insurance at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. 

Wenjiu (Jerry) Liu (wliu2@nd.edu)
Jerry received his doctorate in 2001. Recently, he accepted an academic position with the University of Notre Dame. 

Hsiu-An (Shawn) Lin (hlin@sscinc.com)
After receiving his doctorate in 2000, Shawn accepted a position with SS&C Technologies Inc. in Windsor, Connecticut.

Yu (Jack) Luo (yu.luo@milliman.com)
After receiving his doctorate in 2000, Jack accepted a position at Milliman & Robertson, Inc. in Seattle, Washington.

Jia-Hsing (Jason) Yeh (jasonyeh@baf.msmail.cuhk.edu.hk)
After receiving his doctorate in 2000, Jason accepted an academic position with The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Yu Luen Ma (yma@ilstu.edu)
Yu Luen received her doctorate in 1999. Recently, Yu Luen accepted an academic position with Illinois State University.

Nat Pope (npope@bumail.bradley.edu)
Nat received his doctorate in 1999. Recently, Nat accepted an academic position with Bradley University.

Emil Valdez (evaldez@uwalumni.com)
Emil received his doctorate in 1998. Emil accepted an academic position with the University of Connecticut.

James Kallman (KallmanConsultingServices@earthlink.net)
Upon receipt of his doctorate in 1998, James accepted a position with The College of Insurance, now called St. John's University.  James has since moved on starting his own business, Kallman Consulting Services, in Austin, Texas.

Jaewook Chung (jwchung@sun.kif.re.kr)
After receiving his doctorate in 1997, Jaewook Chung accepted an academic position with the Korea Institute of Finance in Seoul Korea.

Our Ph.D. program is described here.