Nonna Y Sorokina

Department of Finance

Kent State University

Education:

Ø  2010-present

PhD in Finance and Applied Statistics (ABD, expected graduation: May 2014)

Kent State University, Kent, OH

Ø  2005-2007

MBA, concentration in Finance

Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH

Ø  1993-1998

Diploma of Specialist in Finance and Banking (with Honors)

Donetsk State University, Donetsk, Ukraine

Research:

Ø  Cross-Industry and Cross-Country Reactions of Equity Markets to Recent Financial Reforms. Nonna Y. Sorokina , John H. Thornton, Jr., 2013

Presented at MFA, 2012. KSU School of Business Dean’s best paper 2012, 3^rd place. Working paper.

Ø  Robust Methods in Event Studies: empirical evidence and theoretical implications. Nonna Y. Sorokina, David E. Booth and John H. Thornton, Jr., 2013

Presented at EFA 2012, FMA 2012. Journal of Data Sciences, forthcoming

Ø  Long-term impact of Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act on the financial industry. Nonna Y. Sorokina, 2012

Accepted at EFA 2013. Working paper.

Ø  MBS prepayment speed and more: forecasting model based on pure rational behavior, quasi-simulation and empirical restrictions. Nonna Y. Sorokina, 2012

Accepted at EFA 2013. Working paper.

Ø  Price discovery for major equity indices: study of DAX and its futures liquidity. Nonna Y. Sorokina, David E. Booth, 2013

Working paper.

Ø  Analyst Optimism in the Automotive Industry: A post-bailout boost and methodological insights. Barry Hettler, Yertai Tanai, Nonna Sorokina, David Booth, 2012

Working paper.

Ø  Chasing systematic risk, Term paper, KSU, 2012

Ø  Asset Bubbles, Term paper, KSU, 2011

Ø  The impact of the major U.S. financial legislation on equity indices, Term paper, KSU, 2010

Ø  The impact of the U.S. mortgage market innovations on banking industry, Independent Study, CSU, 2007

Ø  Currency conversion operations of Ukrainian commercial banks, Thesis, DSU, 1998

Ø  Inflation in Foreign countries, Term paper, DSU, 1996

Ø  The implications of Ukrainian government budget structure and size dynamics, Term paper, DSU, 1995

Ø  Inflation in Ukraine in early 1990s – Presentation at the Student Conference, DSU, 1993

Conferences:

Ø  2013 FMA European Doctoral Student Consortium, Luxembourg

Ø  2013 FMA European Annual Meeting, Luxembourg (presenter, discussant)

Ø  2013 EFA Annual Meeting, St. Pete Beach, FL (presenter, discussant)

Ø  2012 FMA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA (presenter, discussant)

Ø  2012 Dean’s Best Paper Finalists, Kent, OH (presenter)

Ø  2012 EFA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA (presenter, discussant)

Ø  Capital Requirements for Financial Firms, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, 2012 (attendee)

Ø  2012 MFA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (presenter, discussant)

Ø  2011 MFA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL (discussant)

Ø  2011 Policy Summit on Housing, Human Capital, and Inequality, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH (attendee)

Ø  Resolving Insolvent Large & Complex Financial Institutions, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, 2011(attendee)

Ø  Countercyclical Capital Requirements, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, 2010 (attendee)

Ø  Cross-Industry and Cross-Country Reactions of Equity Markets to Recent Financial Reforms.

April 2013, Department of Finance, KSU, Kent, OH

Ø  Analyst Optimism in the Automotive Industry: A post-bailout boost and methodological insights.

December, 2012, Department of Management and Information Systems, KSU, Kent, OH

TeachinG:

Ø  Individual Investment Analysis, Fall, 2013, independent instructor

Ø  Business Finance, Summer 2013, independent instructor

Ø  Business Finance, Spring 2013, independent instructor

Ø  Business Finance, Fall 2012, independent instructor

Ø  Business Finance, Spring 2012, independent instructor

Ø  Business Finance, Fall 2011, independent instructor

HoNORS:

Ø  2012 KSU School of Business Dean’s Best Paper 2012, 3^rd place

Ø  1998 Diploma of Specialist in Finance and Banking with Honors

Professional experience:

Ø  15+ years of industry experience in Finance, Banking and IT including Project Management, Business Analysis, Business Process Development and Optimization; Financial Analysis; Quantitative Analysis; Software Development and Support, Testing and Implementation; Database Design and Maintenance; Documentation for Software Projects and Business Processes; Training