2025 Innovation in Teaching Award Winners

 

1st Place Winner

AI-Assisted Financial Analysis 

Kerry Back, J. Howard Creekmore Professor of Finance, Rice University

Runners-Up

Bricks and Risks: Building Blocks to Break Through Conceptual Roadblocks
Ethan Chiang, Associate Dean and Professor; Xi (Nancy) Mo, Clinical Assistant Professor, Finance, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Customized Fear and Greed Index with Generative AI
Tianyang Wang, Professor of Finance, Colorado State University

2024 Innovation in Teaching Award Winners

(Sponsored by CFA Institute)

1st Place Winner

Linking Class Material to Finance Jobs with Generative AI
    Daniel Greene, Clemson University

Runners-Up

From Blockchain to ChatGPT: A New Era in Finance Teaching
    Florent Rouxelin, Florida International University

Innovation in Teaching Quantitative Portfolio Management
    Richard Evans, University of Virginia

2023 Innovation in Teaching Award Winners

1st Place Winner

Interactive Investments Dashboard
   Kerry Back, Rice University
   Kevin Crotty, Rice University

Runners-Up

FinTech Ideas: A Beauty Contest Approach
   Filipe Correia, Univ of Georgia

2022 Innovation in Teaching Award Winners 

1st Place Winner

Deal or No Deal: Teaching the Concepts of Risk and Decision Making through an Experience Learning Activity (link to YouTube video and PowerPoint slides)
   Bo Han, Seattle University

Runners-Up

Replica Game: A Creative Pedagogy for Option Strategies (link to YouTube video and PowerPoint slides)
   Chien-Ling Lo, Yuan Ze University 

Inspire Finance Students of Machine Learning - The Visual Way (link to YouTube video and PowerPoint slides)
   Xinde (Cinder) Zhang, University of Arkansas

2021 Innovation in Teaching Award Winners

1st Place Winner

Teaching Finance through Short Humorous Videos Made in Collaboration with a ComedianDavid Stolin, TBS Education 

Runners-Up

Engaging Students with Classroom Currency in the Remote SettingRobert R Chatt, Westfield State University

Creating Authentic Assessments with Algorithms, Patrick A Lach, Indiana University Southeast

2020 Innovation In Teaching Award Winners

1st Place Winner

Teaching Algorithmic Trading as a Hands-On Robotics ClassPeter Bossaerts, University of Melbourne & Nitin Yadav, University of Melbourne

Runners-Up

Teaching Advanced Excel Skills and Analytical Techniques in an Introductory Finance CourseWilliam O'Brien, University of Illinois at Chicago

The Alumni Project: Fostering Student-Alumni Engagement in the ClassroomCarl Larsson, James Madison University

 

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