Meagan McCollum is currently an Associate Professor of Finance and Director of the Center of Real Estate Studies in the Collins College of Business at the University of Tulsa. Her research interests include real estate finance, financial intermediation, and sustainability.
During her tenure at the University of Tulsa, Dr. McCollum has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in financial markets and institutions, real estate, statistics, and money and capital markets. Additionally, while at TU, she has started the student real estate club in Fall 2021, launched the undergraduate real estate minor in Fall 2022, and most recently, the Center for Real Estate Studies, established in Fall 2023. Prior to joining the University of Tulsa she was an Assistant Professor of Real Estate at Baruch College, City University of New York where she taught classes in real estate capital markets and real estate finance.
Dr. McCollum holds a Ph.D. in Finance with a minor in Economics from Louisiana State University. She earned a M.S. in finance with a concentration in real estate from the University of Alabama, a M.B.A and a B.A. in music from Samford University. She currently member of the board of the International Real Estate Society (IRES) and the co-chair of the C-WIRE2 (Connecting Women in Real Estate Together) group for the American Real Estate Society (ARES). She is a member of international professional academic organizations such as the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA), American Real Estate Society (ARES), and Financial Management Association (FMA). Locally, she is a member of the professional advisory board for OU-Tulsa's graduate program in Urban Design and a member of the Program Committee for the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Tulsa chapter.