New Editor Announcement

• Date: 01 June 2017
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/jfir.12124
• Published date: 01 June 2017

New Editor Announcement

The Board of Directors of the Southern Finance Association and the Southwestern

Finance Association are pleased to announce the selection of the new editors of the

Journal of Financial Research. Professors Erik Devos, William B. Elliott, and Murali

Jagannathan will begin their three-year term on January 1, 2018.

Dr. Erik Devos received his Ph.D. from Binghamton University, State

University of New York, and has since been affiliated with Ohio University and is

currently Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Professor of Finance at the

University of Texas at El Paso. He holds the J.P. Morgan Chase Professorship in

Business Administration. His research interests are mainly in corporate finance and real

estate, and he has published in journals such as Review of Financial Studies, Journal of

Accounting and Economics, Journal of Corporate Finance, Financial Management, and

Real Estate Economics. He serves as an associate editor of Financial Review and is a

member of the American Finance Association, the Eastern Finance Association, the

Financial Management Association, the Southern Finance Association, the American

Accounting Association, the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association,

and the American Real Estate Society.

Dr. William B. Elliott receivedhis Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. Prior to

joining John CarrollUniversity as Professor and the Edward J. and LouiseE. Mellen Chair

in Finance, he held facultypositions at the University of Texas at El Paso, OklahomaState

University, and the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh. He has research interests in stock

splits, security issuance, capital structure, valuation, executive compensation, and

mergers. His work has been published in premier journals, such as the Journal of

Accounting and Economics, Journal of Business, Journal of Financial and Quantitative

Analysis, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Financial Management,andJournal of

Corporate Finance. He has presented his work at numerous conferences and universities.

He is a member of theAmerican Finance Association, the EasternFinance Association, the

Financial Management Association, and the Southern Finance Association.

Dr. Murali Jagannathan received his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech. He is currently

an Associate Professor at Binghamton University, State University of New York. He has

previously held faculty positions at the University of Missouri and the University of

Texas–Arlington. His research interests are primarily in the areas of payout policy and

corporate governance. His research has been published in the Journal of Finance,

Journal of Financial Economics, Financial Management, and Journal of Corporate

Finance. He currently serves as an associate editor of Financial Review.

We wish to acknowledge the outgoing editors of the journal: Professor Scott E.

Hein, Professor Jeffrey M. Mercer, and Professor Drew B. Winters. Thank you for all of

your hard work and service in making the Journal of Financial Research such a success.

Angela Morgan, President of the Southern Finance Association

Susan J. Crain, President of the Southwestern Finance Association

The Journal of Financial Research Vol. XL, No. 2 Page 145 Summer 2017

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