MARK JANSEN portrait
  • Assistant Professor, Finance Department

Honors & Awards

  • Best paper at the annual meeting of the Swiss Society for Financial Market Research. SIX Best Paper Award 2022, 04/2022
  • 2021 Best Proposal for Rigor in Research. Strategic Management Society, 10/2021
  • 2016 WFA Cubist Systematic Strategies Ph.D. Candidate Award for Outstanding Research. Western Finance Association, 06/22/2016
  • Best Paper in Corporate Track (Doctoral). Southwest Finance Association, 03/11/2015

In the Media

Professional Service

  • Journal of Empirical Finance. Ad Hoc Referee. 12/2022 - present
  • Financial Intermediation Research Society. Program Committee. 12/2022 - present
  • Washington University in St. Louis Annual Corporate Finance Conference. Program Committee. 06/2022 - present
  • Journal of Banking and Finance. Ad Hoc Referee. 01/2022 - present
  • Review of Corporate Finance Studies. Ad Hoc Referee. 12/2021 - present
  • Western Finance Association Conference. Program Committee. 12/2021 - present
  • Review of Finance. Ad Hoc Referee. 02/2021 - present
  • University of Utah. Role: Member. Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. 06/2020 - present
  • Management Science. Ad Hoc Referee. 11/2019 - present
  • Journal of Public Economics. Ad Hoc Referee. 12/05/2018 - present
  • Wasatch Finance Conference. Organize first joint conference with the finance department at Brigham Young University. 11/02/2018 - present
  • Utah Winter Finance Conference. Conference Reviewer. 09/2018 - present
  • Financial Management Association. FMA Annual Meeting Session Organization. 10/2017 - 10/2017
  • Utah Winter Finance Conference. Conference Reviewer. 09/2016 - present

Internal Service

  • Recruiting for Finance Department. 11/2020 - 04/2021. Department service.
  • Recruiting. Extensive involvement in connecting candidates to the local community. 11/2020 - 03/2021. Department service.
  • Recruiting Support for Business Economics Department. 11/26/2018 - 05/01/2019. Department service.
  • Recruiting for Finance Department. 11/26/2018 - 04/01/2019. Department service.
  • Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. 07/2018 - present. College service.
  • Recruiting for Business Economics Department. 12/01/2017 - 05/01/2018. Department service.
  • Recruiting for Finance Department. 08/15/2017 - 04/19/2018. Department service.

Community Partnership

  • Direct engagement with C-suite executives at four financial intermediaries in Salt Lake City who collectively affect billions of dollars in credit decisions. 11/2018 - present
  • Placement of students into finance internships and permanent positions. 03/01/2017 - present
  • Young Presidents Organization - Utah Chapter. 01/01/2017 - 06/30/2019