Sara Easterwood has been recognized with the Pamplin College of Business Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, a testament to her outstanding academic and research contributions.  

Sara recently accepted a tenure-track position as an assistant professor of finance at the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on empirical asset pricing, institutional investors, and information economics. 

Her job market paper, "Do Investors Have Blind Spots? The Role of Data Vendors in Capital Markets," was accepted for presentation at several prestigious academic conferences. The paper also received the Best Paper in Empirical Finance award at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Southern Finance Association, underscoring the impact of her research in the field. 

In addition, Sara’s coauthored paper, "Taking Over the Size Effect: Asset Pricing Implications of Merger Activity," (with Jeffry Netter, Bradley Paye, and Michael Stegemoller) was published in 2024 in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, one of the leading academic journals in finance. 

Beyond her research, Sara has demonstrated excellence in teaching. She was honored with the Meir I. Schneller Teaching Excellence Award, recognizing her contributions to graduate student instruction. 

Sara has also been a recipient of the Pamplin Doctoral Summer Research Grant in 2022, 2023, and 2024, further supporting her scholarly endeavors. 

This marks her second time receiving the Pamplin Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, as she was also recognized in 2023.