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Tracie Woidtke

Tracie Woidtke

David E. Sharp-Home Federal Bank of Tennessee Professor in Banking and Finance

Email twoidtke@utk.edu

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Location Room - 431B, Stokely Management Center , United States

Department:

Finance

Center:

Neel Corporate Governance Center

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Biography

Tracie Woidtke, Ph.D., is the David E. Sharp-Home Federal Bank of Tennessee Professor in the Department of Finance, Haslam College of Business, at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Woidtke’s primary teaching interests are in corporate finance and corporate governance. She has taught undergraduate, MBA, Executive MBA and Ph.D. courses. Her research focuses on issues related to corporate governance and public policy and has been published in leading journals, including the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Financial Intermediation, the Journal of Banking and Finance and the Journal of Corporate Finance. Dr. Woidtke’s research has been presented at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and referenced in numerous reports and articles on corporate governance, and she has been invited to speak at the Proxy Monitor Conference, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Special Sessions on Corporate Governance at the Financial Management Association Meetings in Chicago and New York. Prior to joining the University of Tennessee, Dr. Woidtke served on the faculty of Texas A&M University.

Dr. Woidtke serves on the Board of Trustees, Governance Committee and Grounds and Facilities Committee at Christian Academy of Knoxville. She has also served on stewardship committees for churches both in Tennessee and in Texas, and has served in Nicaragua, Belize and Quebec through Partners in Christ, the Praying Pelican Ministries and Christian Academy of Knoxville.

Expertise:

Board of Directors, Compensation, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Institutional Investors, Labor and Finance, Ownership Structure & Investors, Shareholder Activism, Shareholder Voting and Proxy Advisors

Education:

1997 Tulane University, Ph.D., Finance

1994 Tulane University, M.A., Economics

1992 Millsaps College, M.B.A.,

1988 Millsaps College, B.S., Mathematics and Computer Science

Awards/Honors
  • Guest Contributor, Columbia Blue Sky Blog, 2022
  • Newcomer Research Scholar, 2017
  • Charles and Dorothy Duggan Faculty Research Fellow, 2015
  • Kinney Research Fellow, 2014
  • Summer Research Grant, 2003 - 2008, 2012, 2013
  • University of Tennessee Neel Corporate Governance Fellow, 2003 to present
  • Drexel University Corporate Governance Fellow, 2009 to present
  • Guest Contributor, Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog, 2008
  • College of Business Administration Outstanding Scholarship for Teaching, Research, and Service Award Finalist, 2009 to 2011, 2013, 2015
  • College of Business Administration Southern-Peters Outstanding Researcher Award, 2008
  • College of Business Administration Allen H. Keally Outstanding Teacher Award, 2007
  • College of Business Administration Southern-Peters Outstanding Researcher Award Finalist, 2007
  • College of Business Administration Allen H. Keally Outstanding Teacher Award Finalist, 2006
  • Reagan Scholar, 2007-2008
  • A.B. Freeman School Fellowship, 1992 - 1996
  • Summer Symposium Participant at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 1993
  • Else Scholar, 1990 - 1992
  • Millsaps MBA Honors Scholar, 1990 - 1992
  • Merill Lynch Award, 1992
  • Rotary Foundation Scholar, 1988 - 1989
  • J. B. Price Chemistry Award, 1985
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