Teaching

I teach risk management and insurance courses across the undergraduate, master’s, and Ph.D. programs at FSU. For current schedules, see the FSU Department of Risk Management/Insurance.

Florida State University

RMI 3011 — Risk Management/Insurance
Undergraduate.
Introduction to the principles of risk management and insurance and their application to personal and business pure risk problems.
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RMI 4115 — Life/Health Insurance
Undergraduate.
Personal and business life and health insurance needs, plan characteristics, rating, underwriting, and financial analysis.
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RMI 4292 — Property and Casualty Insurer Operations
Undergraduate.
The composition, financial structure, and operations of the property-casualty insurance industry, with special consideration of consumer problems and regulatory responses.
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RMI 5710 — Insurance Company Operations
Master’s (online).
Fundamentals of risk, the management of pure risk, insurance mechanisms, insurer operations, and the evolution of enterprise risk management.
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RMI 6395 — Seminar on the Theory of Risk and Insurance
Ph.D.
Review of the theoretical foundations of risk and insurance: the concept of risk, contributions from related disciplines, determinants of insurance consumption and risk management decisions, and industry dynamics.
[Catalog]

University of Georgia

RMIN 4000 — Risk Management and Insurance
Undergraduate (Summer 2014 – Spring 2017).
Risk identification, risk evaluation, and risk treatment methods, with emphasis on insurance as a risk management tool. Designed for non-majors as well as a foundation for advanced RMI coursework.

Doctoral Mentoring

Committee member, Florida State University:

  • Gabriel Carrillo (Risk Management and Insurance, 2025) — University of Central Florida.
  • William D. Cather (Accounting, 2025) — Oklahoma State University.
  • Dana Telljohann (Risk Management and Insurance, 2025) — University of Cincinnati.

External committee member:

  • Yuchen Qi (Finance, University of North Texas).
  • Dan Yang (Risk Management and Insurance, University of Georgia, 2022) — Troy University.