Dr. Uppal's teaching interests are in the area of international corporate financial management, derivatives, and financial institutions and markets. His research interests cover areas of emerging capital markets, valuation and risk models and stock price behavior. His publications have appeared in the Journal of Emerging Markets, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Journal of Academy of Finance, Thunderbird International Business Review, the Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, and the Financial Review. Dr. Uppal tends to be demanding of the students. In a globalized world students need to build professional competencies and skills to a level which would provide them with a competitive advantage not only across US campuses, but also across countries. Believing that feel all students are capable of achieving excellence, Dr. Uppal provides continuous feedback to students encouraging wide participation in class discussions and projects. He also makes an extra effort to bring in students which might otherwise feel held back by making himself available to students. I am fully committed to student success.