James Ang is the Bank of America Eminent Scholar at the FSU College of Business. He was a former two-term editor of Financial Management and a past president of Financial Management Association International. He was a visiting professor at the London Business School (UK), Purdue University, and Concordia University (Montreal). He was also the director of graduate studies and professor of finance at Oklahoma State University. He has given lectures and presentations in Asia, Europe, Israel and Canada. His publications have appeared in Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Corporate Finance, and Financial Management. His current research interests include various new applications in corporate finance including: human capital and patents in corporate investments and M&A, the role of social status in executive compensation, IPO design, voice for small investors, and social capital in high tech firms investments.