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Wendy Pirie

Associate Professor of Finance

Wendy L. Pirie is Associate Professor of Finance at Valparaiso University located in NW Indiana. She received her Ph.D. in Finance and Accounting from Queen's University at Kingston in 1995. Earlier she completed MBA degrees in Finance, and Marketing and Distribution Systems from Universities of Toronto and Calgary respectively. Her undergraduate degrees are in accounting and economics. A Chartered Accountant, she worked at Deloitte and Touche for five years.

Dr. Pirie has taught at a broad range of institutions; large public universities; small, private, religiously affiliated colleges; and a military academy. Currently, she is exclusively teaching finance courses; derivatives, financial analysis, financial management, investment management, international finance, management of financial institutions, financial strategy and policy; but in the past, she has taught accounting (financial, managerial and intermediate), business law, international taxation, management, marketing, policy and strategy, and statistics. She has taught both mature and traditional students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Her varied experiences allow her to offer multiple perspectives in her teaching.

Dr. Pirie's research interests include microstructure issues in finance and issues in business education, curriculum design, assessment, and pedagogical approaches. She has published in Journal of Financial Research, Journal of Economics and Finance, and Educational Innovation in Economics and Business. She has presented at numerous conferences including those of American Finance Association, Financial Management Association, Multinational Financial Issues Association, and Decision Sciences Institute. She has presented at numerous AACSB seminars and symposia including the Undergraduate Program Seminar and the AACSB Continuous Improvement Symposium.