Corey A. Shank

I teach Business Finance, Intermediate Financial Management, and International Business Finance at the Farmer School of Business at Miami University, emphasizing active learning, the importance of assumptions, and decision-making under uncertainty in real-world applications. I became a professor because I believe education can meaningfully improve people’s lives by building confidence and strengthening critical thinking. My goal is to create a supportive and engaging learning environment where students are both challenged and equipped to apply finance concepts to real personal and professional decisions. 

My research aims to improve understanding of why markets deviate from efficiency. I study how biological factors, cognitive biases, and social influences shape belief formation, risk perception, and trading behavior, with a particular emphasis on identifying the mechanisms behind the behavior rather than simply documenting anomalies. In addition to traditional financial markets, I use sports betting markets as a clean laboratory to test theories of efficiency and mispricing. I have published over 25 peer-reviewed articles that have attracted more than 400 citations. I am co-author of The Biology of Investing: Nature, Nurture, Physiology, & Cognition and contributed a chapter on corporate psychopaths in the financial industry to the Research Handbook on Corporate Psychopaths. My research has been featured in financial media outlets. I serve on the editorial board of the International Journal of Corporate Governance. I also serve on the Investment Committee of the Greater Oxford Community Foundation, where I help oversee portfolio strategy and long-term asset allocation decisions.

Prior to academia, I was a nationally accomplished pole vaulter. I was named Gatorade Indiana High School Track & Field Athlete of the Year and inducted into the Indiana Track & Field Hall of Fame. My athletic achievements include breaking the high school freshman national record, winning the Indiana State Championship three times, setting the Indiana high school state meet record, winning a high school national championship, and ranking second in the IAAF World Junior rankings in 2007. In college, I was an NCAA All-American and broke the outdoor school record at the University of Findlay.

Outside of academia, I enjoy spending time with my wife, son, daughter, and dog, traveling, watching sports and golfing. My favorite travel experiences include Africa, Thailand, and Yellowstone.