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Jason P. Berkowitz serves as Associate Professor and Associate Academic Dean in the Department of Economics and Finance at The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, St. John's University, where he has been a faculty member since fall 2012. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, complemented by an MS and BBA in Finance from The George Washington University.
His educational background includes:
- Ph.D., Finance, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- MS, Finance, The George Washington University
- BBA, Finance and Sports Management, The George Washington University
Dr. Berkowitz specializes in investments and behavioral finance, with distinctive research applying sports betting markets (particularly college basketball and football) as proxies for financial market analysis where real-world data is scarce. His work examines market anomalies like point shaving, favorite-longshot bias, and volatility trading using sports contexts to model financial phenomena.
Analysis of his 2011-2018 publications reveals consistent focus on sports betting markets as laboratories for financial behavior. Key trends include exploiting college sports data to study market inefficiencies, news reaction asymmetries, and asset class applications—demonstrating how sports contexts illuminate broader financial principles.
Prior to academia, Dr. Berkowitz gained industry experience as Director of Finance for the Wilmington Blue Rocks and stadium concessions manager at major venues including Lincoln Financial Field and RFK Stadium. His administrative role as Associate Academic Dean indicates significant institutional responsibilities beyond teaching core finance courses like Derivatives and Investments.
