Last year, my dissertation chair, Dr. Benjamin Cummings, called to ask if I would assist him in a project on affinity fraud. That's the...

Later this month, I'll be presenting my research affirming the Five Fraud Languages I originally espoused in my paper (co-authored with...

I have been offered a lecturer position at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona or CPP). I will be teaching...

Recently, we received notification from the journal's editor that our paper, "Crime in the New U.S. Epicenter of COVID-19" will be...

This morning, I successfully defended my dissertation, "Fraud in Financial Services and Its Impact on Retirement Portfolios"! I'm very...

Last week, journalist Robert Powell interviewed me regarding my latest SSRN article, "Rational Agents in an Irrational World: The Effect...

Recently, I found out that our paper, "Do CFP(r) professionals engage in less misconduct? Exploring the importance of job classification...

Today, I launched my first ever crowdfunding campaign to solicit donations for my dissertation research. My research questions whether...

This blog mini-series demonstrates the impact of fraud on retirement. Studying (and planning for) retirement is complex because it...

Some good news in the midst of this global pandemic: My paper, "Rational Agents in an Irrational World: The Impact of Fraud Shocks on...

Like many large-scale hardships thrust upon society, Covid-19 has resulted in turbulent stock markets for the better part of 2020. ...

Many critics of higher education in America denounce the increasing cost to students who are often forced to take out loans at high...

One of my research groups wrote a paper titled, "Are CFP® Professionals Less Likely to Engage in Misconduct? Exploring the Importance of...

This is the final piece of a four-part blog mini-series where I discuss the current and future status of financial services (and...

This post is the third part of my four-part blog on the status of financial services when it comes to qualifying as a profession....

In Part I of this mini-series of blog posts, I argued that financial services, broadly construed, fails to meet the definition of...

Several years ago in my MBA program, I came across an article citing a study that found Americans trust Uber drivers more than financial...

After a few weeks' delay due to a cyber attack on the journal's website (yes, really), my first peer-reviewed publication, co-authored...

You have put-in close to 100 hours on your current project--a paper for a blog, a conference, Even though you've done all this before,...

I am pleased to announce that our paper, "The Forced Registration of Hedge Funds in the United States" will be published in the October,...