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John Lewis

Asst Professor of Instruction

Current Positions

  • Asst Professor of Instruction, Finance

Education

  • PhD in Finance, University of Paris Dauphine
  • MS in Financial Economics, Boston University
  • BA in Computer Science, University of Georgia

Research Interests

  • Venture Capital
  • Asset Allocation
  • Portfolio Construction
  • Quantitative Finance
  • High Performance Computing

Selected Awards & Honors

  • Master of Finance Instructor of the Year: Elective - Tippie College of Business, 2024
  • Faculty/Staff Member Making Positive Difference in the Life of a Graduating Senior - University of Iowa, 2024
  • Faculty/Staff Member Making Positive Difference in the Life of a Graduating Senior - University of Iowa, 2023
  • Undergraduate Student Organization Advisor of the Year - Tippie College of Business, 2022
  • SMBG Teaching Award - University of East Paris-Creteil, IAE Gustave Eiffel, 2018
  • Medal of the City - Calais, France, 2015
  • SMBG Teaching Award - University of East Paris-Creteil, IAE Gustave Eiffel, 2013
  • Faculty/Staff Member Making Positive Difference in the Life of a Graduating Senior - University of Iowa, 2022

Selected Presentations

Selected Grants & Contracts

  • Lewis Jr, J. (Principal Investigator), Principal Investigator(s): John Lewis. OpenHawks Grant to create an open source book on quantitative finance. University of Iowa. Funded. August 2023 - August 2024.

Working Papers

  • Lewis Jr, J. (2023). Are bridge loans a bridge to nowhere?
  • Fairchild, R., Liu, W., Lewis Jr, J., & Wang, Y. (2022). Financing entrepreneurship: Venture studios funding versus venture capital? - Theoretical model.
  • Lewis Jr, J. (2022). Naive entrepreneurs and their single fund vanture capital investors.

Employment History

  • Faculty Director, Master of Finance, Finance, University of Iowa, 2022 - 2024