teaching
I teach at the doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate levels. I teach the "introductory" finance course, occasionally other classes (e.g. commercial banking), and supervise the student managed investment fund at the undergraduate level. You can see recent holdings and statistics for the SMIF here. I teach corporate finance and investments, advanced financial data analytics, and oversee MBA and doctoral programs at the graduate level. In the doctoral program I greatly enjoy helping aspiring academics become competent teachers and researchers.
I have been fortunate to have been recognized with several awards, including the Teacher of the Year and an Innovation in Teaching award by the College of Business at Louisiana Tech University. I have also received the Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honors Society Professor of the Year medal.
These particular goobers are the analysts for the College of Business Student Managed Investment Fund. They are responsible for managing a real portfolio of endowment funds. The funds are invested in a global asset allocation portfolio comprised of global equity, debt, and alternative assets.
A few quick testimonials, just for fun:
"Dr. McCumber,
I have spent the better part of this afternoon going through this course on Canvas, and I just wanted to reach out and tell you how impressed I am with your course. I have been doing some form of online schooling for probably 10 years now, on and off, and I have never seen a course so well organized. Not only is the course well organized, the content that you have personally spent time putting together for us is the best I've ever seen. I can truly tell that you are excited to teach, willing to help, and sincerely care about your students learning from your course. So many online courses are: pay the money, teach yourself, get the credit. As a working professional, those can be very frustrating.
I am truly excited to take this class, and I haven't felt that way about education in a long time.
Thank you, and again, I'm looking forward to it." (graduate)
"Dr. McCumber hands down is one of the most knowledgeable professors I have met. He makes complicated subject matter come to life. He is the number one reason I would come back to get a doctorate." (undergraduate)
"Best professor at Tech! We are so lucky to have him!" (undergraduate)
"He's very enthusiastic about the subject and I greatly appreciate the real world examples. They really helped me understand some of the concepts that I'm new to. Overall, one of the best instructors I've ever had." (undergraduate)
"Weakness? It wasn't long enough. This was such an informative and inspirational class that I was always wanting more. The professor goes out of his way to engage the students in and out of the classroom. The content was always clear and explained well. It is very apparent the professor if passionate about finance." (graduate)
A word for Bulldogs during the COVID-19 quarantine: