Christopher T. Stivers

Christopher T. Stivers is a Lecturer in the Department of Finance at the University of Georgia, with a PhD in Finance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has received multiple teaching awards, including the Finance Department Instructor of the Year and Alpha Kappa Psi Outstanding Teacher Award.

• PhD (Finance), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• MS (Operations Management), University of Arkansas
• BS (Chemical Engineering), University of Louisville

His research focuses on financial markets, equity premiums, bond risk, and behavioral finance. Recent work examines market volatility (VIX thresholds), risk-return tradeoffs, inflation shocks during economic weakness, and price anchoring effects.

Key trends in his publications include: modeling equity premiums under market stress, integrating bond risk into equity analysis, behavioral finance anomalies like short-term reversals, and macroeconomic impacts on asset pricing.

• Finance Department Instructor of the Year, University of Georgia (2003-04)
• Alpha Kappa Psi Outstanding Teacher Award (2002, 2017)
• University of Georgia Finalist, Outstanding Business School Instructor (2002, 2017)