Dr. Nacasius U. Ujah received his Ph.D. in International Business and Finance from Texas A&M International University. He joined South Dakota State University in 2016. Before SDSU, he was on faculty at the University of Nebraska at Kearney for two years. He has worked at Arvest Bank, ECOWAS, and on consulting projects. Dr. Ujah's research interest encompasses the following areas of Corporate Finance: Corporate Bankruptcy Risk, Dividend Policy, Capital Structure & Cost of Capital, Executive Compensation, Earnings Management, Corporate Governance, and CSR. His research interest also includes financial statement analysis and security valuation.