Teaching and Supervision

Crowdfunding (undergraduate and MBA)

Please see the textbook for my course here, along with instructional materials (PPT files, syllabus, assignments, exams) here

Venture Capital and Private Equity (undergraduate and MBA)

Please see the textbook for my course here; for instruction materials, please email me cummingd [at] fau.edu 

FinTech: Digital Disruption (undergraduate and MBA)

Corporate Finance (MBA)

Corporate Valuation (MBA)

PhD Seminars in Entrepreneurial Finance, Capital Markets, Investments

Record of Graduates: RePEc/Ideas lists me among the top 5% of economists worldwide for the record of PhD graduates.

PhD Student Supervision as Primary Supervisor Date

Yuan Li, Florida Atlantic University College of Business (Main Supervisor) 2018 – current

·   Initial Placement: Millersville University of Pennsylvania

Zachary Glatzer, Florida Atlantic University College of Business (Main Supervisor) 2021 – current

Robert Reardon, Florida Atlantic University College of Business (Main Supervisor) 2020 – current

Robert Buehler, Florida Atlantic University College of Business (Main Supervisor) 2020 – 2023

·   Executive PhD in Business 

Maimuna Akter, Florida Atlantic University College of Business (Main Supervisor) 2018 – 2022

·   Initial Placement: Gonzaga University School of Business Administration 

Masim Suleymanov, Florida Atlantic University College of Business (Co-Supervisor) 2018 – 2022

·   Initial Placement: University of Houston C.T. Bauer College of Business 

Yelin Zhang, York University Schulich School of Business (Main Supervisor) 2014 – 2018

·   Initial Placement: Gonzaga University School of Business Administration 

Rejo Peter, York University Schulich School of Business (Main Supervisor) 2014 – 2018

·   Initial Placement: DeepR Analytics (founder)                                           

Minjie Zhang, York University Schulich School of Business (Main Supervisor)   2013 - 2017

·   Initial Placement: University of Windsor Odette School of Business

Feng Zhan, York University Schulich School of Business (Main Supervisor) 2010 - 2014

·   Initial Placement: John Carroll University Boler School of Business

·   Current: Western University

Dan Li, York University Schulich School of Business, (Main Supervisor)  2007 - 2011

·   Initial Placement: Hong Kong University School of Economics and Finance

·   Current: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

PhD Student Supervision as Committee Member or External Examiner                  Date

Pedro Monteiro, Florida Atlantic University College of Business (Committee Member)  2020-2022

·               Initial Placement: University of Scranton

Jason Damm, Florida Atlantic University College of Business (Committee Member)                   2020-2022

·               Initial Placement: University of Miami

Le Zhao, Florida International University (Committee Member)               2020-2022

·               Initial Placement: California State University, Fresno

Dongfu Li, University of Macau (External Examiner)                                          2021

·               Initial Placement: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

Yik Au, York University Schulich School of Business (Committee Member) 2016 - 2018

·   Initial Placement: University of Manitoba

Jürgen Hanssens, University of Ghent (External Examiner) 2017

Anantha Krishna Divakaruni, University of Ghent (Committee Member) 2017

Grace Lepone, Macquarie University (External Examiner) 2016

Gael Leboeuf, SKEMA Business School (External Examiner) 2016

Yu Liu, Aalto University Business School (External Examiner) 2016

Jisok Kang, York University Schulich School of Business (Committee Member) 2014 - 2016

·   Initial Placement: Cambridge University Post-Doc

·   Current: John Carroll University Boler College of Business 

Ali Mohammadi, Politecnico di Milano (Committee Adviser)   2015

·   Initial Placement: University of Gothenburg

·   Current: Copenhagen Business School

Chen Liu, Queen’s University School of Business (External Examiner) 2014

·   Initial Placement: Trinity Western University

Alan Carrouthers, McMaster University DeGroote School of Business (External Examiner) 2014

·     Initial Placement: University of Prince Edward Island

Nina Yin, University of Toulouse (External Examiner) 2013

·   Initial Placement: Tulane University

Randy Priem, University of Leuven, Belgium (External Examiner) 2013

·       Initial Placement: FSMA, Belgium

·       University of Antwerp, UBI Business School

Vanina Forget, Ecole Polytechnique de Paris (External Examiner) 2012

·       Initial Placement: OECD, Paris

Stefano Lugo, Politecnico di Milano (External Examiner)   2012

·   Initial Placement: University of Utrecht

Meyyappan Narayanan, University of Waterloo (Committee Member) 2011

·       Initial Placement: Fairleigh Dickinson University

Hsiao-Chan (Tina) Wang, York University Economics Dept (Internal/External Examiner) 2011

·       Initial Placement: HsiaoPhotography

Simiao Zhou, University of Toronto (External Examiner) 2009

·   Initial Placement: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

Keith Rogers, Queen’s University (External Examiner) 2008

·   Initial Placement: Queen’s University

Audris Siow, University of New South Wales (External Examiner) 2005

·   Initial Placement: SMARTS, Inc.

Jaeho Lee, University of Cambridge Judge Institute for Management (External Examiner) 2004

·   Initial Placement: Kyung Hee University (Korea)

Georg Rindermann, Universitaet Münster Department of International Business 2003

(External Examiner)

·   Initial Placement: Alliance, Munich