Associate Professor of Finance
Director of the Master of Business Administration Program
434.544.8844
bennett.se@lynchburg.edu
Elliot & Rosel Schewel Hall 317
Education
- PhD, 2012
- MBA, Augusta State University, 2005
- BBA in Accounting, Augusta State University, 2003
Experience
- 2010-2011, Visiting Instructor, Cleveland State University
- 2006-2011, Teaching Fellow, Kent State University
- 2005, Financial Analyst, Club Car
Publications, Presentations, and Research
- Pradham, Rudra P., Mak B. Arvin, Neville R. Norman, and Sara E. Bennett, 2016: “Financial Depth, Internet Penetration Rates and Economic Growth: Country-Panel Evidence,” Applied Economics 48, 331-343.
- Bennett, Sara E., and Joseph M. Prinzinger, 2014: “The myRA Program: Will Americans Save?” Journal of Business, Economics, and Finance 3, 458-470.
- “Bond Market Development and the Finance-Growth Nexus: Evidence from Thirty-Three Countries,” Rudra Pradhan, Sara E. Bennett, and Atul Gupta. Presented at the 2015 Cambridge Business & Economics Conference in Cambridge, UK.
- “An Analysis of the myRA program,” Sara E. Bennett and Joseph M. Prinzinger. Presented at the 2014 Cambridge Business & Economics Conference in Cambridge, UK.
- “An Empirical Examination of the Relationship Between Ethical Climate, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment Among Healthcare Employees,” Atul Gupta, Sara Bennett, and Angela Gupta. Presented at the 2013 ISDSI & OSCM International Conference in New Delhi, India.
- “An Empirical Analysis of Employee Attitudes in Service Sector,” with Atul Gupta, Meghan Moss, and Angela Satya Gupta, International Journal of Human Resource Studies, 28, no. 4 (2013).
- “An Empirical Analysis of the Effect of MBA Programs on Organizational Success,” with Atul Gupta, International Journal of Human Resource Studies, 28, no. 4 (April 2013).
- “Is It a Spoof? An Empirical Analysis of Possible Spoofing Orders in Equity Index Futures Contracts,” Cambridge, UK., July 2013.
- “An Empirical Analysis of Nurses Job Satisfaction in Hospital,” with Atul Gupta, Meghan Moss, Joe Turek. Cambridge, UK., July 2013.
- “Initial Intra-day Analysis of Eurex Data,” (with Mark Holder, Michael Tomas, and Shengxiong Wu), presented at Eurex, Chicago, Ill., July 2010.
- “Hedging and Firm Value for U.S. Natural Gas Distributors,” Eastern Finance Annual Meeting, St. Pete Beach, Fla., 2008.
- “Hedging and Firm Value for U.S. Natural Gas Distributors,” Finance Research Seminar Series, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, March 2008.
- Research in progress: “Intraday Futures Roll Analysis and Orderbook Dynamics,” with Mark Holder, Michael Tomas, and Shengxiong Wu.
- Research in progress: “Large Trade and Order Dynamics of Equity Index Futures,” with Mark Holder, Michael Tomas, and Shengxiong Wu.
Awards
- Dean’s Best Research Paper award in Finance, for “Hedging and Firm Value for U.S. Natural Gas Distributors,” Kent State University, 2008
- Outstanding MBA Student, Augusta State University, 2005
- Georgia Society of CPA’s Certificate of Academic Excellence, Augusta State University, 2003
Professional Associations
- Member, Financial Management Association International
- Member, Eastern Finance Association
- Member, Phi Kappa Phi national honor society
- Discussant, Cambridge Business & Economics Conference, July 2013
- Session Chair, Cambridge Business & Economics Conference, July 2013
- Discussant, Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, 2009
- Discussant, Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting, 2008
- Session Chair, Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting, 2008
- Editorial Assistant, Review of Futures Markets, 2006