Bill M. Brister
Assistant Professor of Finance
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OFFICE:
Murrah Hall 110
EDUCATION:
BS, MBA | University of Southern Mississippi
Ph.D. | University of Arkansas
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES:
FINC 3000 – Principles of Corporate Finance
FINC 4000 – Advanced Finance
GRADUATE COURSES:
FINC 562 – Survey of Finance
FINC 662 – Financial Management
FINC 664 – Financial Institutions
EXECUTIVE MBA COURSES:
FINC 706 – Financial Management I
FINC 709 – Financial Management II
BIO:
Hello. I’m Bill Brister and I teach finance here at Millsaps.
Right after I received my MBA at USM, the Dean there asked if I would teach a class in Business Statistics. Having no other job at the time, I agreed. From the first class I taught, I knew that I had found by vocational passion. I continued on with my education and earned a Ph.D. and started teaching at Millsaps in 1989. I love the classroom and teaching, particularly here at Millsaps.
In my finance classes, we talk about a host of interesting topics, such as money, personal investment, interest rates, the stock market, the bond market, and dividend policy. Okay, okay, maybe most of these topics do not sound very interesting, but MONEY is interesting.
I also do a good bit of consulting in the area of litigation support. Like the classroom, I like testifying in court as an expert witness. Sometimes it is nerve-racking, and I must be on my toes at all times, but the competitive nature of the courtroom is very exciting.