Faculty

Education 
Ph.D. in Finance, Mississippi State University
M.S. in Finance, Seattle University
B.A. in Accounting, University of Washington

Teaching Experience 
• Financial Statement Analysis
• Money and Banking 
• International Finance 
• Equity Investments 
• Finance
• Microeconomics 
• Equity Investments 
• Financial System, online 
• Finance, Hybrid & Asy. online

Academic Appointment 
Ithaca College
Assistant Professor of Finance July 2025 - Present 
• Department of Finance and International Business
• School of Business
University of West Alabama
Assistant Professor of Finance August 2022 - May 2025 
• Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics
• College of Business

Research Interests
Corporate Finance
Insider Trading
Innovation
Political Uncertainty

Affiliations
Financial Management Association
Midwest Financial Association
Southern Finance Association
Southwest Finance Association
 

• Blank, D. B., Chen, J., & Posylnaya, V. (2025). Insider trading restriction enforcement,
  investor protection, and innovation. Journal of Financial Research, 48, 431-472. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfir.12426 

• He, W., Chen, J., & Xiong, H. (2025). Value creation in Chinese equity transfers.
  Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1080/14765284.2025.2499782   

• Chen, J ., Houston, C. M., & Jansen, B. (2025). Insider Trading as a Compensation Mechanism. Journal of Financial Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfir.70024

• Houston, C., Chen, J ., Xiong, H., & Zhang, Y. (2025). Auditor’s Reporting Change and Insider Trading Behavior: Evidence from Critical Audit Matters as an Exogenous Shock. Applied Finance Letters , 14 , 80-104. https://doi.org/10.24135/afl.v14i.932