Faculty Media Mentions

Sean Spence, adjunct professor of finance, states there are several factors that go into why auto insurance prices are going up.

With technology changing how we shop, Gautham Vadakkepatt, director of the Center for Retail Transformation, notes that companies should utilize automation “and use our talented workforce in a context that actually adds value to the company.”

Our Honey Bee Initiative and Mason’s new Forensic Science Research and Training Laboratory are partnering together “to see if the honey produced by bees after feeding on flowers can help them better locate missing persons.”

Senior finance students Ying Liu and Amber Wilkins, along with finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer wrote an article for the CFA Institute on the validity of the Fama-French 5 factors over time.

Alumnus John Sabo, an associate broker at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realty recently closed the sale of a building off of Jermantown Road in Fairfax, Virginia.

Working for a smaller company allows you to make “decisions with the company management on business strategy.

Kevin Mocknick, who is the student vice president of the Risk Committee for the Montano Student Investment Fund, and Derek Horstmeyer, professor of finance, wrote an article for The Wall Street Journal on how the January effect has completely reversed in stock markets, but is still present in the bond market.

“It’s going to be a challenge because there’s a lot of people who have a lot of affinity for the previous name, before the Washington Football Team,” notes George Perry, business foundations instructor, in an interview with the Washington Times.

Professor Derek Horstmeyer and senior finance student Cade Irwin wrote an article for ETF Trends on how buffered ETFS can affect your portfolio.

Roderick Maribojoc, executive director for the Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship, shared his insight on workforce housing and why developers in this market segment should focus on areas where rent growth is outpacing wage growth.

“The pandemic gave rise to a huge increase in both the price of for-sale housing and rents of rental housing,” says Eric Maribojoc, executive director of the Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship, in an interview with Washington Business Journal.

David Miller, director for the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, director of Mason Innovation Lab, and assistant professor of management, recently spoke to Ad Age about the recent Peloton controversy. Miller is the author of upcoming  “Sweating Together,” a book about Peloton’s rise.