Steven Beach

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Beach is Professor of Practice in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech. Steve came to Virginia Tech after serving for six years as the Dean of the College of Business at the University of Texas Permian Basin.  He has joined the finance faculty to teach corporate finance, financial planning, and to guide students in managing a global investment portfolio.

Prior to teaching at Virginia Tech, Dr. Beach served on the finance faculty at Loyola Marymount University, Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University), and Radford University, where he progressed to Professor of Finance and served as Associate Dean of the College of Business and Economics.

Dr. Beach’s research has focused on applied and practitioner topics in investment risk and financial planning. His research has been published in respected journals such as the International Review of Economics & Finance, Financial Markets and Portfolio Management, and the Journal of Investing. He has several articles on personal financial planning topics and in leading practitioner journals in those areas.

Dr. Beach’s primary teaching area is Investments and Portfolio Management, and he has experience teaching across topics in the finance discipline.

Steve has been honored with multiple teaching awards, twice being selected by students as the Beta Gamma Sigma Professor of the Year and earning the Outstanding Faculty Award in Radford University’s College of Business and Economics.  At Radford, he founded and was co-advisor of the Student Managed Investment Portfolio Organization, which twice won international competitions for investment performance.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

Ph.D., Finance, Washington State University, Pullman

MBA, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville

BSBA (Finance), Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville

Certificate in Investment Performance Measurement (CFA Institute)