b'Faculty ActivitiesJournal; Journal of Business, Finance, and Accounting;International Money and Finance, Journal of Financial Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting;and Quantitative Analysis, Annals of Finance, and Accounting Horizons; Research in AccountingJournal of Risk, and has been featured in the Washington Regulation; Journal of Financial Statement Analysis;Post, Bloomberg, and other media outlets in English, Journal of Business Research; and othersHe is activelyPortuguese, German, and Russian. His solo-authored involved in committees and meetings of the Americanpaper, based on his doctoral dissertation, has been Accounting Association and the Financial Accounting andselected as a semifinalist for best paper award at the 2019 Reporting Section of the American AccountingFMA Annual Meeting. Prior to his graduate studies, Association.He is the PhD Program coordinator for theProfessor Silva worked for 5 years in the private sector, School of Accountancy. including a brief career in the aerospace sector (Embraer) and later joining the financial services industry at Ita Felipe B G Silva (PhD, CornellUnibanco (Market Risk Division) and Banco Santander University, 18) is an assistant professor(Quantitative Researcher). He was also a founding partner and CBIZ MHM Faculty Scholar,of a start-up enterprise in the telecommunications sector, teaching the accounting and businesslater sold to a major retailer. He holds a bachelors degree strategy analysis capstone coursein Aeronautical Engineering from Instituto Tecnolgico of the School of Accountancy.Hisde Aeronutica (ITA), Brazil, and an M.Eng. degree research interests revolve aroundin Financial Engineering from Cornells Operations macroeconomics, monetary policy, banking and financialResearch and Information Engineering Department. intermediation, and political economy. His work hasOutside of academia, Professor Silva enjoys spending been published in academic outlets such as the Journal oftime with his wife Anna and kids, Eric and George.Adjunct Faculty ActivitiesTim Howald CPA, CFA (MAcc,and both coasts over the course of his career. He enjoys University of Missouri-St. Louis 91),being back on campus and paying it forward to the next Adjunct Professor, has more than 30generation of Tigers.years of experience, primarily in the asset management field. He teaches FinancialChad M. John (Masters in Forensic Accounting Concepts and InvestmentsAccounting, Florida Atlantic University, at the undergraduate level and Finan- 10; BSAcc, University of Missouri 92), cial Statement Analysis in the online MSF program. HeCPA-CFF, CFE, Adjunct Professor, is currently the investment manager for a local insuranceis in his fourth year teaching Forensic company. He began his career in the institutional trustAccounting, a graduate level elective department of a large regional bank, held the CFO posi- course in the School of Accountancy. tion at the global investment management subsidiary ofChad graduated from the University of Missouri with a BS a Fortune 500 insurer, and served as an institutional assetin Accountancy. Chad brings to the classroom 22 years of management consultant. He has earned the right to use theexperience investigating complex white collar crime as a Chartered Financial Analyst designation and served as Pres- Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The ident of the Nevada Chartered Financial Analyst Society.Forensic Accounting course Chad teaches provides students He is a licensed CPA in the state of Missouri and Colorado.with not only an academic understanding of the skills He is a proud Mizzou (BSBA 84) graduate and serves onrequired and opportunities available for forensic accoun-the MU Alumni Association Finance Committee. He istants, but also real-world experiences through expert guest also Treasurer and member of the Executive Committeespeakers in the law enforcement and forensic accounting of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, Treasurer ofprofessions. The course includes a hands-on capstone the Fair Missouri Foundation, and is on the Board of thecase wherein the students perform a forensic investiga-City of Columbias New Century Fund. Professor Howaldtion, requiring an interview of an identified suspect. Chad returned to Columbia in 2016 after working in the Midwestcontinues to accept public speaking invitations throughout 8 School of Accountancy'