Nancy R. Jay, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Finance
Business & Education Academic Building, Office 210
(678) 547-6297, Fax (678) 547-6160
jay_nr@mercer.edu

Period – Fall 2003-Fall 2008

EDUCATION:

·         Ph.D. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL Spring 1992

·         M.B.A. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL Fall 1987

·         B.S. Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL Spring 1983

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

·         Mercer University Atlanta, tenured associate professor

·         Gannon University, tenure-track Assistant Professor

·         University of Central Florida, Graduate and Teaching Assistant

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE:

·        Red Lobster – Manager of Employee Information Services:  human resource information system support, personnel records, relocation/real estate assistance; project management; change management; productivity issues

·        Orange County Commissioners

·        Martin Marietta (now Lockheed Martin)

PUBLISHED RESEARCH:  PEER REVIEWED

Bayless, M., and Jay, Nancy R., “A Multiperiod Evaluation of Returns Following Seasoned Equity Offerings,” Journal of Economics and Business, Volume 60, Issue 4, July-August 2008, Pages 291-311.

 

Jay, Nancy R, Saxena, Atul, Subrahmanyam, Vijaya, and Best, Ronald, “Is Accounting Fraud Predictable?”, Review of Business Research, Volume VII, Number 4, 2007, pp. 1-5.

Jay, Nancy, Instructor’s Manual for “Financial Analysis with Microsoft Excel 2002” by Mayes and Shank, 3rd edition, 2004, Thomson/Southwestern

Bayless, M., and Jay, Nancy R., “Is the Performance of Firms Following Seasoned Equity Issues Anomalous?”, Journal of Banking & Finance, 27 (2003) 1273-1296.

PUBLISHED RESEARCH:  PROCEEDINGS:

 

Jay, Nancy R. “Is That Dream Feasible?”, International College Teaching Methods and Styles Proceedings (blind refereed), 2004

 

PRESENTATIONS:

 

10/2003, Financial Management Association, “Why New Issues are Still Puzzling”

 

4/2004, Eastern Finance Association, “Why New Issues are Still Puzzling”

 

9/2004, International College Teaching Methods and Styles Conference, “Is That Dream Feasible?”

 

4/2005, Eastern Finance Association, “Is That Dream Feasible?”

 

4/2006, Eastern Finance Association, “Is Accounting Fraud Predictable”

 

10/2007, International Academy of Business and Economics,  “Is Accounting Fraud Predicatable”

 

11/2008 Southern Finance Association, “Operating Performance Surrounding Seasoned Equity Offerings” forthcoming

 

11/2008 Southern Finance Association, “Real World Project for Finance Courses; A New Startup” forthcoming

 

 

Community

Evaluator for college level course credit for Loma

Evaluator for Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission for GA

HONORS & AWARDS:

·         Participation in 1990 FMA Doctoral Student Seminar

·         1985-86 President of Integral Systems Southeast user’s organization

·         1984-86 awards for operation support service excellence

·         Beta Gamma Sigma

·         Sigma Beta Delta