Dorla A. Evans, Ph.D.

Dorla A. Evans, Ph.D.

Professor of Finance

Chairperson, Department of Accounting and Finance

Office: Business Administration Bldg. 350E
Phone: 256.824.6764
Email: Dorla.Evans@uah.edu
Home Page: http://cba.uah.edu/evansd

Education

  • University of Arkansas, Ph.D., 1985 Major: Finance; Minors: Statistics and Economics
    • Dissertation Title: "Investment Decisions with the Social and Environmental Impacts of New Technology"
  • University of Houston at Clear Lake City, M.B.A., 1978, Finance
  • University of Texas at Austin, B.S., 1975, Speech, graduated with highest honors

Academic  Experience

  • Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville Chair of Accounting and Finance 2006-
    Interim Chair of Accounting and Information Systems 2005-2006
    Professor 1996-
    Assistant Dean 1994-1997
    Associate Professor (Tenured) 1994-1996
    Associate Professor 1991-1994
  • Mississippi State Univ. Associate Professor (Tenured) 1990-1991
    Assistant Professor 1987-1990
  • Univ. of Texas at El Paso Assistant Professor 1985-1987
  • University of Arkansas Research Assistant 1984-1985
    Part-time Instructor 1982-1984

Research Interests

Research interests include applications of the principles of behavioral finance and experimental methods to investment and corporate finance decisions.

Publications

  • Dorla A. Evans, "Subjects' Perceptions of Confidence and Predictive Validity in Financial Information Cues," Journal of Behavioral Finance , 7(1), 2006, 12-28.
  • 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.
  • Jayen B. Patel, Dorla A. Evans, and John E. Burnett, "Junk Bond Behavior with Daily Returns and Business Cycles," Journal of Financial Research , 21(4), Winter 1998, 407-418.
  • Dorla A. Evans, "The Role of Markets in Reducing Expected Utility and Violations," Journal of Political Economy , 105(3), June 1997, 622-636. Abstracted in the December 1997 issue of Journal of Economic Literature
  • Farzad Moussavi, Samia Sahia, and Dorla A. Evans, "Explaining Strategic Managers' Choice of Decision Tools: Cognitive Style-Representation Method Compatibility," International Journal of Management , September 1995, 305-314.
  • Dorla A. Evans and Shawn M. Forbes, "Decision Making and Display Method: The Case of Prescription and Practice in Capital Budgeting," The Engineering Economist , 39(1), Fall 1993, 87-92.
  • Farzad Moussavi and Dorla A. Evans, "Emergence of Organizational Attributions: The Role of a Shared Cognitive Schema," Journal of Management , 19(1), Spring 1993, 79-95.
  • Dorla A. Evans, "Risk and Information Preferences in the Screening Stage of Experimental Capital Budgeting Decisions," Financial Practice and Education , Spring/Summer 1993, 29-37.
  • Dorla A. Evans, Farzad Moussavi, and Barry E. Langford, "Integrating Social and Financial Goals: Toward More Balanced New Technology Decisions," Journal of Technological Forecasting and Social Change , 41(1), February 1992, 29-40.
  • Dorla A. Evans, Michael D. Phillips, and James H. Holcomb, "Tests of the Betweenness Property in Experimental Financial Choices," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization , 15, March 1991, 279-295.
  • McRae C. Banks, Barbara Spencer, and Dorla A. Evans, "fisCAL Business Analysis Software," a software review, Journal of Management Education , 15(3), August 1991, 368-373.
  • Dorla A. Evans and Farzad Moussavi, "Measuring Corporate Social Orientation: The Decision Process Approach," Journal of Socio-Economics, formerly Journal of Behavioral Economics , 20(1), Spring 1991, 19-36.
  • Larry G. Perry, Dorla A. Evans, and Pu Liu, "Bond Rating Discrepancies and the Effect on Municipal Bond Yields," Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics , 30(1), Winter 1991, 110-127.
  • Dorla A. Evans and Farzad Moussavi, "Social Responsibility in New Technology Firms: The Executive View," Journal of Applied Business Research , 5(2), Spring 1989, 42-47.
  • Dorla A. Evans, James H. Holcomb, and William Chittenden, "The Relationship Between Risk Taking Preference and Knowledge in Experimental Financial Markets," Journal of Behavioral Economics , 18(1) Spring 1989, 19-40.
  • Larry G. Perry, Pu Liu, and Dorla A. Evans, "Modified Bond Ratings and the Effect of Split Ratings on Corporate Bond Yields," Journal of Business Finance and Accounting , 15(2), Summer 1988, 231-241.
  • James H. Holcomb and Dorla A. Evans, "The Effect of Sunk Costs On Uncertain Decisions in Experimental Markets," Journal of Behavioral Economics , 16(3), Fall/Winter 1987, 59-66.
  • Dorla A. Evans, "Investment Decision Making Under Uncertainty: Potential Environmental/Social Impacts of New Products," The Engineering Economist , 32(4), Summer 1987, 263-280.
  • Dorla A. Evans, "A Reply to 'A Less Taxing Way to Pay Uncle Sam,'" by Alan Kay, Harvard Business Review , July-August 1980, 188.

Teaching Interests

Corporate finance at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Awards

  • 2004-2005 Student Government Association's Outstanding Faculty Award for the College of Business Administration, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
  • 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
  • 1995 Southwestern Business Deans' Association Innovation Achievement Award for Curriculum Innovation
  • 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.

Industry Experience

  • Superior Oil Company, Houston, Texas; Controller's Department, 1981-1982
  • Coastal Corporation, Houston, Texas; 1978-1981

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