Fatma Sonmez-Leopold

Associate Teaching Professor of Finance
Fatma
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Dr. Fatma Sonmez-Leopold is an award-winning Associate Teaching Professor of Finance known for her distinguished academic background and extensive teaching experience. She teaches a variety of courses, including Investments, Fixed Income Securities, Principles of Finance, and Finance for Non-Finance Managers.
In 2020, Dr. Sonmez-Leopold was honored as one of the "Best Undergraduate Business Professors" by Poets & Quants. She earned degrees in Mathematics and Engineering, double majoring in both fields, and holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Toronto with her Ph.D. thesis in empirical asset pricing field.
Dr. Sonmez-Leopold’s teaching expertise and unwavering dedication to student success have garnered widespread recognition, solidifying her reputation as a leading educator in finance.
Ph.D., Finance, University of Toronto M.S., Engineering Management, Middle East Technical University M.S., Mathematics, Middle East Technical University B.S., Mathematics, Hacettepe University
Fixed Income Securities;
Investments;
Corporate Finance
Her research interests include empirical asset pricing, behavioral finance.

Publications

  • The Cash Effect in Stock Returns: Now You See It, Now You Don’t

    2016 Journal of Accounting and Finance,16,8,93-115, Cleary, S.

  • Rethinking Idiosyncratic Volatility: Is It Really a Puzzle?

    2013 Frontiers in Finance and Economics,10,1,1-29,

  • An Institutional Trading, Momentum, and Idiosyncratic Volatility

    2013 Investment Management and Financial Innovations,10,2,55-63,

  • Oscillation of Second Order Nonlinear Impulsive Delay Differential Equations

    2009 Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems Series A: Mathematical Analysis,16,221-231, Zafer, A.

  • Does Inflation Have an Impact on Stock Market Volatility: Evidence from Turkey and Canada

    2008 International Research Journal of Finance and Economics,11,122-132,

  • Apr 04, 2021

    Annual Faculty and Staff Recognition

    the Center for Disability Resources (CDR)
  • Jul 01, 2020

    Received - 2019-2020 Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Teaching Recognition Award for Early Career Performance

    Syracuse University
  • Jul 01, 2020

    The Top 50 Business Undergraduate Professor

    Poets and Quants
  • May 01, 2019

    Whitman Teaching Fellowship Award

  • Sep 01, 2014

    Canadian Securities Institute Research Foundation Grant

  • May 01, 2013

    SSHRC 4A Research Award

  • Jan 01, 2009

    Southwestern Finance Association Best Paper Award in Investments for PhD Students

  • Jan 01, 2009

    Midwest Finance Association Best Paper Award for PhD Students

  • Jan 01, 2006

    Pacific Institute Mathematical Sciences, Travel and Accommodation Grant

    UBC
  • Jan 01, 2005

    Received - Capital Market Graduate Fellowship

    Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

  • Received - Oberwager Award for Contributions to Student Life

    Whitman School of Management

  • Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposes protections for student loan borrowers

    March 04, 2019 Daily Orange