Bradford D. "Brad" Jordan is Professor of Finance and holder of the Richard W. and Janis H. Furst Endowed Chair in Finance in the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky. He received a BSBA and PhD in Finance from the University of Florida. He joined the Gatton College in 1997 after serving on the faculties of the University of Georgia and the University of Missouri. Dr. Jordan specializes in corporate finance and financial asset valuation. He has published numerous articles in leading finance journals and has received a variety of research awards. Dr. Jordan's recent research examines the pricing of U.S. Treasury obligations, the effect of taxes on security values, the valuation of exotic options, and the pricing of IPOs. His recent publications include "The Good News in Short Interest," with E. Boehmer and Z.R. Huszar, Journal of Financial Economics, 96, 2010, 80 - 97 (winner of the 2010 Fama/DFA award); "Analyst Behavior Following IPOs: The 'Bubble Period' Evidence," with D.J. Bradley and J.R. Ritter, Review of Financial Studies, 21, 2008, 101 - 134; and "Penny Stock IPOs," with D.J. Bradley, J.W. Cooney, and S.D. Dolvin, Financial Management 35, Spring 2006, 5 - 30 (lead article). Dr. Jordan is coauthor of Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 9/e and Essentials of Corporate Finance 7/e, two of the most widely used business finance textbooks in the world, along with Fundamentals of Investments: Valuation and Management 6/e, a widely used investments text. He is an associate editor of The Journal of Financial Research and The Financial Review and a past-President of the Southern Finance Association.