Those interested in becoming involved in research on financial fraud are encouraged to apply for the following research assistant position.
Leading Finance Researcher Seeking Highly Qualified Undergraduate Research Assistant:
Looking for exceptional students to assist in academic research mostly related to uncovering Financial Fraud. We prefer Juniors (or Sophomores) that are honors students and with a high GPA. Must be extremely bright, self-motivated, diligent, and with a quantitative background, but need not be a finance major. It is preferable to have at least some programming experience. An excellent opportunity to learn about research for those intellectually curious students possibly interested in later pursuing a PHD. Professor Griffin is nationally recognized and has won the research award for top McCombs researcher (See http://www.jgriffin.info/papers.htm for background.) His past Research assistants are a select group that went to prestigious PHD programs and very top finance jobs. Must have at least 8-10 hours per week. Please write a brief email as to how you meet the requirements and what you hope to gain from the experience along with your resume to: Mr. Shams shams@utexas.edu and cc Professor Griffin john.griffin@utexas.edu