Dr. Ronnie Clayton

Glenn Huie Chair & Eminent Scholar
257 Merrill Hall
256-782-5715
rclayton@jsu.edu   

Professor Clayton joined the faculty of the Department of Finance, Economics and Accounting in June 2000.  His teaching and research interest are in the areas of U.S. and international investing, asset valuation and financial issues in bank management.  Among the journals in which he has published articles are the Journal of Financial Research, Decision Sciences, the Financial Review, the Financial Management Journal, the Journal of Portfolio Management, the Journal of Personal Finance and Advances in Financial Planning and Forecasting.    During his career Dr. Clayton has served on the faculty of the University of Georgia, the University of Kentucky, the University of Tennessee, the University of Central Florida and the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College.  Dr. Clayton earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration at the University of Georgia in 1982.  His BSBA and MA degrees were earned at the University of Alabama in 1976 and 1978, respectively.  Dr. Clayton regularly provides expert analysis and testimony for cases involving mortgage derivatives, mortgage valuation and the valuation of financial institutions.  His recent consulting activities involved the valuation of approximately 6,000 mortgages in the bankruptcy proceedings for a very large Home Mortgage firm.  He also advised the creditors valuation of collateralized debt obligations in the bankruptcy proceedings of Lehman Brothers Holding, Inc.   Dr. Clayton is also involved with the development and strengthening of partnerships between JSU and universities in China.  He teaches the equivalent of FIN 301 Financial Management at Lishui University in Lishui City, China each May.