Clinical Associate Professor
Finance and Economics Department, Robert B. Willumstad School of Business
Hagedorn Hall of Enterprise 323
516.877.3736
ckaratas@adelphi.edu
Doctor of Business Administration in Finance, Sacred Heart University (2018)
Master of Science in Quantitative Finance and Risk Analytics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2017)
Master of Science in Economics and Finance, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (2009)
Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering, Istanbul Technical University (2006)
Corporate Finance I
International Financial Management
Managerial Finance
GRADUATE LEVEL
Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance II (Advanced Corporate Finance)
Financial Concepts
Financial Policy
International Financial Management
Investment Analysis
Managerial Finance
Portfolio Management
Securities Markets
UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL
• Investment Analysis
• International Finance
• Principles of Finance
Behavioral Finance
Açıkgöz, Ş., & Karatas, C. O. (2024). Economic Policy Uncertainty and Fluctuations in Monthly IPO Volume: Evidence from the US. Business & Economics Research Journal, 15(4).
Acikgoz, S. and Karatas, C.O., 2023. Do psychological factors exert greater influence on investment decisions than physiological factors? Evidence from Borsa Istanbul. Borsa Istanbul Review, 23, pp.S66-S74.Academy of Sustainable Finance, Accounting, Accountability & Governance Annual Conference (ASFAAG), July 1-2, 2024, Athens, Greece, “Do Investors Price Physical Climate Risk? An Analysis of Weather-Related Power Outages across the United States” (received the Best Paper Award)
Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference (DSI), November 18-20, 2023, Atlanta, GA, “Prediction of Mergers and Acquisitions in US Banking: A Data Analytics Framework” by Z. S. Maman.
Middle East Economic Association (MEEA), January 5-8, 2017, Chicago, IL, “The Global Recession and Bank Efficiency: Case of Turkey”
Financial Management Association Annual Meeting (FMA), October 19-22, 2016, Las Vegas, NV, “Unconventional Monetary Policy Tools and Bank Efficiency”
Economic Research Forum (ERF), March 22-24, 2014, Cairo, EGYPT, “Macroprudential Policies and Bank Efficiency: Case of Turkey”
Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES), May 23-25, 2013, Istanbul, TURKEY, “CBRT's New Monetary Policy and Bank Efficiency in Turkey”
TD Bank, 2019: $15,000 grant from TD Charitable Foundation in support of a new financial literacy program for local high school students (with Dr. Ganesh Pandit)
Director for AACSB Accreditation for the Willumstad School of Business: (2024-2025 & 2023-2024)
Chair of Continuous Improvement Committee: (2024-2025 & 2023-2024)
Faculty advisor of the Student Finance Club: (2025-2026 & 2024-2025)
Facilitator/coach for Willumstad Leadership Scholars (Internal Team): This is a team of six (the number can change year to year) high achieving senior students from all majors in the business school. They work on an internal project and at the end of the year they present their work to President Riordan, the Provost, Mr. Willumstad, and some other executives/officers in the University. I meet the students every week for one hour. I guide them and encourage them to engage in critical thinking with regard to their project. I also make meetings with faculty and staff to support the project. I interview the candidates with Dr. Hyland and Lori Cary. (2023-2024, 2022-2023, 2021-2022, 2020-2021, 2019-2020 & 2018-2019)
Facilitator/coach of Willumstad Leadership Scholars (External Team): The team has 6 (the number can change year to year) high achieving senior students from all majors in the business school. The team works on an external project and at the end of the year they present their work to President Riordan, the Provost, Mr. Willumstad, and some other executives/officers in the University. I meet the students every other week for one hour. I guide them and encourage them to engage in critical thinking with regard to their project. I also make meetings with faculty and staff to support the project. I interview the candidates with Dr. Hyland and Lori Cary. Also, I previously got support from the Innovation Center, one professor in nursing, and one adjunct professor for the project. (2021-2022 & 2020-2021)
Faculty advisor, Nobias Intercollegiate Investing Challenge: I built a team of three graduate students and trained them. We are attended a three-month investing challenge. (2021-2022)
Faculty advisor, Quinnipiac University’s Global Asset Management Education Forum: I build a team of four students, support them and attend a three-day event in Manhattan with the students. We participate in a portfolio management competition (online). (2022-2023, 2019-2020 & 2018-2019)
Faculty advisor, University Trading Challenge at Bentley University Waltham, MA: I build a team of three students, train them and attend a one-day event at Bentley University Waltham, MA. Last year, one of my students won the best trader award. (2019-2020 & 2018-2019)
Faculty advisor, Bloomberg Trading Challenge: I build a team of four students and support them. (2025-2026, 2024-2025 & 2019-2020)
Corporate Partner Relations: I worked with Citrin Cooperman to create a Long Island, NY Economic Survey. (2024-2025)
Alumni and Donor Relations: I made meetings with our alum and donor Mr. Bharat Bhise, the owner of Bravia Capital, including visiting him in Manhattan and having two lunches, one in campus and one in Manhattan. He offered two lectures to my students. I had our alum Cristofer Damianos, the owner of Damianos Realty Group, as a guest lecturer. I attended a cocktail with our alumni at Morgan Stanley (2024-2025, 2023-2024 & 2022-2023)
Accelerated MBA Program - Economics Module: I incorporate a required learning module in economics for students entering the Accelerated MBA Program from Fall 2019 onward. Develop the content of a four-hour module in economics. Teach the module to the students. Create a data bank of questions to assess student learning of the taught material. Organize for students to take a test online. Liaise closely with the School’s Graduate Studies Office to carry out these responsibilities, including communicating student success on the test. Develop the content of a four-hour module in economics. Teach the module to the students. Create a data bank of questions to assess student learning of the taught material. Organize for students to take a test online. Liaise closely with the School’s Graduate Studies Office to carry out these responsibilities, including communicating student success on the test. (2023-2024, 2022-2023, 2021-2022, 2020-2021 & 2019-2020)
Problem-Solving Day: I facilitated the problem-solving day with another professor. Our MBA students worked on a case study for the entire day. (2024-2025)
LAC Committee Member: Attending biweekly meetings. (2022-2023 & 2021-2022)
AACSB Committee Member: (2022-2023)
Accreditation Committee AACSB/CIRC: Attended one meeting as a guest. (2021-2022)
Graduate Program Review: I read all of the syllabi used in the last four years for graduate level finance courses and prepared an excel spreadsheet showing the overlaps between different courses and highlighting differences between different professors teaching the same courses. (2021-2022)
AACSB Vision, Mission, Values Statements: I prepared the Vision, Mission, Values Statements for the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business with the other committee members. (2020-2021)
Capstone Assessor: I served as a capstone assessor. (2021-2022)
NASDAQ Visit: I visited NASDAQ with 12 students and we attended the closing bell ceremony. (2023-2024)
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Visit: I visited Federal Reserve Bank of New York with 20 students. (2024-2025)
Business Plan Competition Evaluation: I evaluated all of the proposals. (2024-2025, 2023-2024 & 2022-2023)
Business Plan Competition Lecture: I develop the content of a one-hour lecture about small business finance fundamentals and teach to the finalists at the Business Plan Competition. Also, I meet each finalist one by one and check their work and give advice to them. (2019-2020)
TD Bank/AU Financial Literacy Academy for the Bridges to Adelphi Program: Teaching financial literacy to the students in the Bridges to Adelphi Program with Prof. Robert Goldberg, Prof. Rakesh Gupta, and Prof. Ganesh Pandit. I developed the course material and taught for two weeks in the Fall 2021 semester and for another two weeks in the Spring 2022 semester. (2021-2022)
TD Bank, 2019: $15,000 grant from TD Charitable Foundation in support of a new financial literacy program for local high school students (with Dr. Ganesh Pandit). (2019)
Jovia Financial Credit Union (Formerly NEFCU) grant: I attend all of the meetings with Jovia officials and Adelphi staff (with Dr. Pandit and Dr. Johnson). (2019-2020)
Manhattan Center Focus Group: I joined the discussion group about changing the location of our Manhattan Center. (2021-2022)
Media: I was a featured expert on WalletHub, offering advice to consumers seeking to invest in certificates of deposit (CDs). I was a featured expert on WalletHub, offering guidance to consumers on debt consolidation loans. I wrote about how to evaluate the potential of a private company before investing for CreditDonkey. (2024-2025, 2023-2024 & 2022-2023)
Accelerated MBA Partnership with Wiley Educational Services: I attended the meetings with the Wiley representatives to establish a fully online program. (2021-2022)
Equity Markets Trading Seminar – Teaching Trading, Liquidity and Market Structure: An Experiential Learning Conference: I attend a one-day conference and one separate meeting at Baruch College in Manhattan. (2024-2025, 2023-2024 & 2018-2019)
Bloomberg for Education: New York Symposium: I attend a one-day event at headquarter of Bloomberg. In 2025, the new name was “Bloomberg 2025 Academic Symposium - New York”. (2024-2025 & 2018-2019)
Bloomberg Green Summit: I attend a one-day event with four students in Manhattan. (2022-2023)
Bloomberg Green Summit, Virtual: I attend a virtual event with three students. (2022-2023)
Online Education Workshops at Adelphi: I attended three workshops about online education and course development organized by the FCPE. (2020-2021 & 2019-2020)
Honors and Awards Ceremony: I make a short speech at Honors and Awards Ceremony and introduce the WLS students. (2023-2024, 2022-2023, 2021-2022 & 2020-2021)
Accepted Students Day: I made a presentation to the accepted students and their families. (2018-2019)
Admissions Event - Scholarship Dinner: I engage with the students and family members and speak about highlights of our school. (2018-2019)
Financial Management Association’s Annual Meeting at New Orleans: (2019-2020)
Financial Management Association’s Annual Meeting at San Diego: (2018-2019)
AACSB Americas Accreditation Conference: I attended a two-day conference in Indianapolis, IN. (2023-2024)
Advising 26 students: I advise undergraduate and graduate students. The number of students I advise change from semester to semester. (2024-2025, 2023-2024, 2022-2023, 2021-2022, 2020-2021, 2019-2020 & 2018-2019)