Jim Turner
Associate Professor of Finance
Contact
Phone: 801-626-7357
Email: jamesturner@weber.edu
Office: Wattis Business Building, Room 281
About
Jim Turner joined the faculty of Weber State University in 2005 and is currently an associate professor of finance in the School of Accounting & Taxation at the Goddard School of Business & Economics.
He has been a member of the Weber State University Faculty Senate and the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, along with serving on various department and college committees.
Turner holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Utah and a master's degree in economics from the University of Michigan. He earned a PhD in finance from the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. He teaches upper-division undergraduate corporate finance classes and the financial management class in the Goddard School’s Master of Business Administration program.
Turner conducts research on asset pricing and stock price prediction and has published in nationally and internationally recognized journals. He has also published research on pedagogical methods in finance and presented his research at various national conferences.
Education
PhD, Finance, University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business, 2007
MA, Economics, University of Michigan, 1987
BA, Economics, University of Utah, 1985