Dr. Dorla Evans

Professor Emerita, College of Business

Contact

301 Sparkman Drive
Huntsville, AL 35899
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evansd@uah.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Finance, University of Arkansas, 1985
  • M.B.A., Finance, University of Houston at Clear Lake City, 1978
  • B.S., Speech, University of Texas at Austin, 1975

Honors & Awards

  • 2013 Outstanding Student Organization Advisor, The University of Alabama in Huntsville.
  • 2012 Distinguished Teaching Award, The University of Alabama in Huntsville.
  • 2011-2012 Undergraduate Outstanding Teaching Award, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, College of Business Administration.
  • 1999 - 2000 Outstanding Service Award, College of Business Administration, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
  • 1999 C. David Billings Faculty Fellowship, College of Business Administration, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
  • 1999 Distinguished Faculty Award from The University of Alabama in Huntsville Alumni Association
  • 1998 Outstanding Research Award, College of Business Administration, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
  • 1998 Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Business Administration, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
  • Integrated engineering and finance students to design a multi-purpose missile system and to develop the relevant costing and business plans. Students won a national AIAA competition for their efforts.
  • 1995 Southern Business Administration Association, Teaching Innovation Award, Honorable Mention. Integrated engineering and finance student teams.

Recent Publications

  • “Regulation Fair Disclosure’s Effect on the Information Content of Bond Rating Changes” with Winnie Poon, European Financial Management, forthcoming. (D)

  • Published a Letter to the Editor in The Wall Street Journal, “Ratings Shopping Won’t Help Much,” June 1, 2010.

  • Published a Letter to the Editor in The Wall Street Journal, “What Globalization of Education?” May 20, 2011. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703315404575250210797557650

  • “The Change in the Informational Impact of Bond Rating Changes on Bond Yield Premia due to Regulation Fair Disclosure” with Winnie Poon, presented at the Infiniti Conference on International Finance in Dublin, Ireland, June 2009. (D)

  • “Impact of Bond Rating Changes on Bond Market Yield Premia in the Post-Regulation Fair Disclosure Period,” presented at the Association for Chinese Management Education, 18th International Conference on Pacific Rim Management in Toronto, July 2008. (D)

  • Dorla A. Evans, “Subjects’ Perceptions of Confidence and Predictive Validity in Financial Information Cues,” Journal of Behavioral Finance, 7(1), 2006, 12-28. (D)

  • W. David Allen and Dorla A. Evans, "Bidding and Overconfidence in Experimental Financial Markets," Journal of Behavioral Finance , 6(3) Summer 2005, 108-120.

  • Kenneth E. Scislaw and Dorla A. Evans, "Structural Imperfections in the Algorithm of Certain Equity Style Indexes," The Journal of Investment Consulting, 6(2), Winter 2003/2004, 58-68

  • Jayen B. Patel and Dorla A. Evans, "Seasonal Stock Return Patterns in the Seven Industrialized Nations," forthcoming Journal of Applied Business Research , Spring 2003.