Matthew Whitledge PhD

Matthew Whitledge PhD

Title:

  • Associate Clinical Professor of Finance

Contacts:

mwhitledge@business.msstate.edu
Office: (662) 325-2421
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Overview

Summary:

Dr. Matthew Whitledge is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Finance. He earned his Ph.D. from Texas Tech University where he developed a research focus of community banking, bank funding, and banking regulation. His research has been published in high-quality academic journals including the Journal of Banking and Finance and the Journal of Financial Stability.

Since 2020, he has served as the faculty advisor to the student team from Mississippi State in the annual, nationwide Community Bank Case Study Competition sponsored by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors. In 2020 a team of five Mississippi State students won the competition, and were able to present their findings at the annual Community Banking in the 21st Century Conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The same conference chose him as an emerging scholar in 2015 and he has had research presented at the conference as well.

He has served as a member of the faculty at the Graduate School of Banking at LSU since 2023. His teaching responsibilities at MSU currently includes introductory finance courses and a senior-level capstone course while trying to incorporate real-life examples from his prior experience during his time as a licensed financial advisor at a community bank. Immediately prior to joining the Mississippi State faculty, he taught introductory finance and banking courses at Coastal Carolina University.

Education:

  • Ph.D., Finance, Texas Tech University, 2016
  • MBA, , Southeast Missouri State University, 2011
  • B.S., Finance, Southeast Missouri State University, 2008

Publications

Journal Article