Professor Wenjuan Xie joined the Paul College faculty in 2008. Her primary research interests are in Investments and Financial Markets, particularly capital market efficiency, equity offerings, returns, emerging markets and security analysts. She is also interested in corporate fraud litigation, capital structure, financial market intermediaries and regulation. Professor Xie’s research methodology connects classic finance theories with quantitative predictions and market performance data, and her findings provide insight to understand the complexity of the long-standing subject of whether stock price reflects its true value. Her expertise is on human impact and product market in the interpretation of stock valuation, highlighting the influences from stock market information users (issuers, analysts, investors) and corporate trading partners. Professor Xie’s scholarly research has been widely recognized and published in distinguished academic journals including the Journal of Corporate Finance and the Multinational Finance Journal. Professor Xie teaches Investments Analysis (undergraduate and MBA), Equity Analysis and Firm Valuations, and Introduction to Financial Management. As an accomplished scholar and teacher, Professor Xie received several university-wide and college research fellowships and nominations for teaching awards. Recently she received the Virginia Paul Dee Professorship. Professor Xie is currently the Faculty Coordinator of Finance Option. She also co-directs the Peter T. Paul Financial Policy Center. In addition, she serves as the faculty liaison at the Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research, on the University's Graduate School Part-time Scholarship Committee, and on the Paul College Undergraduate Curriculum and Assessment Committee.