Stuart Michelson

Biography

Stuart Michelson has been at Stetson University as the Roland and Sarah George Professor of Finance since 2001. He was recently dean of the School of Business Administration for three years and director of the executive M.B.A. program for four years. He is editor of the refereed academic journal Financial Services Review. He is a member of the editorial board of several scholarly journals, a board member of Financial Executives International and a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors. He is a past president of the Academy of Financial Services, Financial Executives International (Central Florida) and the Academy of Business Education. Michelson has published more than 100 refereed academic journal research articles. He received the School of Business Administration's Professor of the Year Award in 2009, Researcher of the Year for several years (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007) and Outstanding Service Award in 2008 and 2015. He received the Stetson University Hand Award for Outstanding Research in 2008, and the Stetson University Hand Award for Community Impact in 2015.

Research Interest

Tax efficiency in retirement accounts, Use of alpha to increase portfolio returns, Use of technology in education, Mutual funds, Portfolio risk budgeting, Academic honesty, Behavioral finance, Risk tolerance and personality type, Social Security, Retirement decision, Tax efficiency in portfolio performance