Corey A. Shank

Assistant Teaching Professor of Finance

Farmer School of Business

Miami University

Email: shankc@miamioh.edu 

Dr. Shank is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Finance at the Farmer School of Business at Miami University. At Miami, he teaches introduction to business finance and international business finance.

Dr. Shank's research focuses on behavioral finance, corporate finance, and corporate governance. He has co-authored one scholarly book on the impact of biology on financial decisions and published more than ten papers in prestigious academic journals such as the International Review of Financial Analysis, Economics Letters, Finance Research Letters, Journal of Behavioral Finance, and Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance. His research has been covered in the financial press, including MarketWatch and the Institutional Investor. His book was also a 2020 American Book Fest Best Book Awards Finalist

Dr. Shank also serves on the finance and investment committee for the Greater Oxford Community Foundation (Greater than 10 million AUM). Outside of the classroom, Dr. Shank enjoys spending time with his wife and son, traveling, and sports. Some of his favorite vacations have been to: South Africa, Kenya & Tanzania, Uganda, Thailand, and Yellowstone. Prior to a career in academia, he pole vaulted throughout high school and college. A few of his accolades include breaking the freshman national record, breaking the Indiana high school state meet record, winning a high school youth national championship, being ranked #2 on the IAAF World Junior rankings in 2007, and winning the Gatorade Indiana Track & Field Athlete of the Year award. Additionally, he was a 3-time Indiana Outdoor State Champion in the pole vault, making him the 26th athlete in Indiana history to 3-peat in a single event (10th since 1950), and placed third at the Indiana State Meet in the 4x100 relay twice. Overall, he accounted for 40.5 career state meet points ranking him 9th all-time in state history. At the collegiate level, he holds the University of Findlay outdoor school record and was an NCAA indoor All-American.​ These accolades earned him an induction into the Indiana Track and Field Hall of Fame.

Dr. Shank earned his Ph.D. in finance from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He received his MBA from the University of Findlay and a B.S. in Finance from Virginia Tech with a concentration in investments. 

Updated August 2023