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First Name
Uliana

Last Name
Filatova

Email
[email protected]

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Title
Assistant Professor

Office
SCB 3151

Phone
(616) 331-7344

Department
Finance

Expertise
• Investments • Corporate Governance • Private Firms' Valuation

Biography
Uliana Filatova earned her Ph.D. in Finance from Florida Atlantic University and joined Grand Valley State University in 2025, where she teaches introductory managerial finance. Her primary research interests include corporate finance, corporate governance, financial institutions, and investments. Her co-authored paper, Analyst Institutional Client Catering and Reputation Tradeoff: Analysts' Strategic Timing of Recommendations, was published in the Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance. In 2024, she received the Institute for Humane Studies ESG Paper Incubator Grant for her project Positive versus Negative ESG Portfolio Screening and Investors' Preferences. That same year, she was recognized with the College of Business Excellence in Ph.D. Student Teaching Award from Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Filatova also holds an MBA from Florida Atlantic University, an International Certificate of Valuation Specialist – Advanced (ICVS-A) from the CFIBV Center for International Business Valuation, and an Advanced ACUE Certificate in Effective College Instruction.

Education
Ph.D. In Finance, Florida Atlantic University (2025) MBA, Florida Atlantic University (2019) MS in Finance and Credit, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (2005)

Teaching Areas
Corporate Finance Investments

Publications
Analyst Institutional Client Catering and Reputation Tradeoff: Analysts' Strategic Timing of Recommendations, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, 2023

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