Department Chair and Professor
Joe Ruhland is an Professor of risk management and insurance at Georgia Southern University. He received his BBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his Ph.D. in risk management and insurance from The University of Georgia. His research areas of interest include asymmetric information, political risk, corporate governance and financial planning. Prior to returning to academics, Ruhland lived in Chicago and worked as an employee benefits consultant for Hewitt Associates, Aon Consulting and in private practice. Among others, outlets for his published research include Journal of Risk and Insurance, Journal of Insurance Issues, and Journal of Insurance Regulation.
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About Joseph Ruhland
Joe Ruhland is an Professor of risk management and insurance at Georgia Southern University. He received his BBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his Ph.D. in risk management and insurance from The University of Georgia. His research areas of interest include asymmetric information, political risk, corporate governance and financial planning. Prior to returning to academics, Ruhland lived in Chicago and worked as an employee benefits consultant for Hewitt Associates, Aon Consulting and in private practice. Among others, outlets for his published research include Journal of Risk and Insurance, Journal of Insurance Issues, and Journal of Insurance Regulation.
| Present | Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Finance | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2012 | Faculty Development Summer Award |
| Center for Teaching, Learning and Scholarship, Georgia Southern University | |
| $3,000 | |
| 2011 | Travel Grant |
| Center for Teaching, Learning and Scholarship, Georgia Southern University | |
| $498 | |
| 2010 | Summer Research Grant |
| Department of Finance and Quantitative Analysis, Georgia Southern University | |
| 2008 | Faculty Service Grant |
| Georgia Southern University | |
| $1,633 | |
| 2007 | Travel Grant |
| Center for Excellence in Teaching, Georgia Southern University | |
| $568 | |
| 2006 | Faculty Development Grant |
| Center for Excellence in Teaching, Georgia Southern University | |
| Gambling with Your Financial Future: Does Scratch-Off Retirement Planning Work? | |
| Colleague(s): Karen Hamilton and Chris W. Paul | |
| $1,590 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2015 - Present | Member, Governance Committee, GSU | 2014 - Present | Member, Educational Outcomes and Assessment Committee, GSU | 2012 - Present | Member, Teaching Committee, American Risk and Insurance Association | 2008 - Present | Chair, Insurance Scholarship, GSU | 2007 - Present | Member, Risk Management and Insurance Curriculum Review, GSU | 2015 - 2016 | Member, General Education Curriculum Committee, GSU | 2013 - 2016 | Member, Faculty Senate, GSU | 2013 - 2015 | Member, Undergraduate Committee, GSU | 2012 - 2014 | Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, GSU | 2012 | Member, Hagan Family Foundation Travel Award Committee, American Risk and Insurance Association | 2012 | Member, Search Committee - Assistant Professor of Finance, GSU | 2011 - 2012 | Member, Faculty Senate, GSU | 2011 - 2012 | Member, Faculty Welfare Committee, GSU | 2010 - 2011 | Chair, Faculty Welfare Committee, GSU | 2009 - 2011 | Alternate, Faculty Senate, GSU | 2009 - 2011 | Member, Governance Committee, GSU | 2009 - 2010 | Member, Faculty Welfare Committee, GSU | 2008 | Member, Lecturer Search in Quantitative Analysis, GSU | 2006 - 2008 | Member, Insurance Scholarship, GSU | 2007 | Member, Department Chair Search - Finance and Quantitative Analysis, GSU |
Honors and Awards
- University-Wide Assistantship (2002-2004)
- Insurance, Legal Studies and Real Estate Departmental Assistantship (2002-2006)
- Comer Fellowship (2002-2006)
- Spencer Educational Foundation Pre-Dissertation Scholarship (2003)
- State Farm Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Award (2005)
- Judge Elliott Scholarship (2005)
- Knox Scholarship (2005)
- Dean’s Citation for Student Engagement (2009)
- Journal of Insurance Issues Distinguished Reviewer Award (2010)
- Recipient, M. Albert Burke Faculty Fellowship Award, Georgia Southern University (2010)
- Recipient, Bank of America Faculty Development Endowment Award, Georgia Southern University (2013)
- Recipient, M. Albert Burke Faculty Fellowship Award, Georgia Southern University (2014)
Courses
- Personal Insurance Planning
- Principles of Risk Management and Insurance
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Investments
- Principles of Corporate Finance
- Eagles on Wall Street
- Principles of Real Estate
- Business Statistics
- Life, Health and Retirement (FINC 4532)
- Personal Financial Planning (FINC 4231)
| 2006 | Ph.D. in Risk Management and Insurance, University of Georgia | |
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| 1997 | B.B.A. in Risk Management and Insurance/Finance, Investment and Banking, University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
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Contact Information
P.O. Box 8152
Statesboro, GA 30460
Phone: (912) 478-0591
Office: COBA 3302
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