Faculty: Anitha Manohar
Anitha Manohar, Ph.D.
Title(s):
Associate Professor of Finance,
Finance and Economics Department Chair
School(s):
Business
Dr. Anitha Manohar received her PhD in Finance from the University of South Carolina
in 2009. Before joining Golden Gate University, she was an Assistant Professor of
Finance at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut for four years and at Mercer University
in Georgia for eight years. She has taught finance courses in Investments, Derivative
Securities, Security Analysis, Corporate Finance, International Finance, Portfolio
Theory and Financial Planning. She has worked with students on several service learning
projects in the area of Financial Education. Her research area focuses on the behavior
of option markets and she has published her research in the journal of Banking and
Finance Review. She also completed a research project with the Urban League of Southern
Connecticut which examined the impact of education, employment, income inequality,
affordable housing and health disparities on the quality of life for urban residents
of Connecticut.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. in Finance, University of South Carolina
- Bachelor of Arts, Agnes Scott College
PROFESSIONAL & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- 2015 – Present: Assistant Teaching Professor of Finance, Quinnipiac University
- 2009 – 2015: Assistant Professor of Finance, Mercer University
- 2007 – 2009: Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance, Mercer University
- 2002 – 2006: Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of South Carolina
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Option Market Behavior around the Stocks’ 52-Week Highs and Lows, Banking and Finance Review, Volume 10, No 2. (2018), Co-authored with Geoffrey Ngene, Mercer University
- Put-Call Parity Violations Around Earnings Announcements, Banking and Finance Review, Volume 5, No 2. (2013)