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Scott Guernsey

Scott Guernsey

Assistant Professor, Neel Corporate Governance Center Research Fellow, Acree Family Faculty Fellow

Location Room - 428B, Stokely Management Center , United States

Department:

Finance

Center:

Neel Corporate Governance Center

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Biography

Scott Guernsey is the Acree Family Faculty Fellow and an assistant professor in the Department of Finance at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Haslam College of Business. He is also a research fellow with Haslam’s Neel Corporate Governance Center. Before joining Haslam, Guernsey was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Cambridge and served as an advisory editor for the Review of Financial Studies.

Guernsey’s research centers on empirical corporate finance, with particular emphasis on corporate governance, innovation, law and finance, capital structure and labor finance. His work has appeared in leading finance journals, including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Guernsey has also presented at prominent conferences, such as the American Finance Association Meeting, NBER Law and Economics Meeting, North American SFS Cavalcade Meeting and Paris December Finance Meeting, and he has received awards at other major conferences.

Education:

2018 University of Oklahoma, Ph.D., Finance

2014 University of New Mexico, B.S., Mathematics

2012 University of New Mexico, M.B.A., Finance

2010 University of New Mexico, B.A., Economics

Awards/Honors
  • WRDS Outstanding Paper in Corporate Finance (Eastern FA Conference), 2026
  • Rising Star Research Award Finalist (Haslam College of Business), 2022, 2023, 2026
  • Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance (SFA Conference), 2025
  • Best Corporate Finance Paper Semi-Finalist (FMA Conference), 2018, 2023 (x2)
  • Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance/Financial Institutions (FMA European Conference), 2019
  • Best Paper of the Conference Award (AEFIN - Spanish Finance Association Conference), 2018
  • Best Corporate Finance Paper Semi-Finalist (FMA Conference), 2018
  • Best PhD Paper Award Finalist (European Financial Management Association Conference), 2017
  • Mark J. Bertus Prize Finalist (Journal of Undergraduate Research in Finance), 2014