2007 Phi Kappa Phi Honored Faculty Lecture and Fall Meeting

Publishing at BYU: Dr. McQueen's Power Point Presentation.

Dr. Grant McQueen was the recipient of this year's Phi Kappa Phi Honored Faculty Award. Dr. McQueen is currently the William Edwards Professor of Finance in the Marriott School of Management.

Dr. McQueen’s distinguished lecture topic, “Publishing at BYU”, is timely and of significance to all faculty.

After graduating with a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Washington in 1989 Grant joined the faculty at BYU.  He is currently the William Edwards Professor of Finance.  Grant, with his coauthors, has published research articles in a variety of academic journals including the Journal of Finance, the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Monetary Economics, the Journal of Business, and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.  He has also coauthored articles in practitioner and teaching journals such as the Financial Analysts Journal and the Journal of Financial Education.  In 1997 he received the Marriott School’s Faculty Research Award, and in 2003 the Marriott School’s Outstanding Faculty Award.

Grant teaches Corporate Finance to the Marriott School’s first-year MBA students.  His course is known for being challenging and relevant.  He is a demanding teacher who is interested in the understanding and intuition of his students, which he often gets across with stories.  He is known for his sense of humor that is occasionally colored by a bit of sarcasm and irony.  In 2002, Grant received the Marriott School’s Teaching Excellence Award and in 2006 the MBA Professor of the Year Award.

Until recently, Grant was head of the Finance and Economics Group.  Although he abhors the meetings and administrative work, he enjoys helping to develop the younger faculty members and finds their passion and enthusiasm contagious.  Grant is currently the Director of the MBA finance major, and serves the University’s Faculty Advisory Committee.  Fruits of Grant’s committee service are most evident in the undergraduate Management Core, the Finance emphasis Finance Core, the EMBA curriculum, the MBA Finance Major, and the School’s statement on diversity.

Grant and JoLene live in Mapleton with their four children.  They have a large garden and a small orchard.  The McQueens enjoy sports, reading, family outings, and each other--most of the time.