Jennifer Foo

Biography

Jennifer Foo, a full professor in the finance department, has been with Stetson University since 1990. Foo serves as chair of the department. Foo was a visiting professor of finance teaching at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand in 2011, at Vilnius University, Lithuania in 2006 and at Beijing Union University, China in 1998 and 2000. Foo has traveled extensively to different countries presenting papers in international conferences on international banking and financial systems and transitional countries. She has published numerous research papers and was twice recognized with the School of Business Researcher of the Year Award. She received the Stetson University Hand Award for Research and Creative and Professional Activity in 2003, the Hand Grant Award for Professional Development in 2005 and the School of Business Administration Service Award for 2009. Other honors include the Fulbright Senior Specialist award at Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland in 2008; the Fulbright Lecturer Scholar award at Leon Kominsky Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management, Warsaw, Poland in 2004; Best Author Award 2003 in the Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge; and Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society 2001.

Research Interest

International financial and banking systems, particularly in developing and emerging countries and in transitional financial development.