Faculty Profile for Dr. Ha-Chin Yi

Biography Section

Biography and Education

Ha-Chin Yi is a professor of finance at McCoy College of Business. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky in 2002 and joined the faculty at Texas State University in the same year. He is also the President-Elect of the Korea-America Finance Association (KAFA). Dr. Yi’sresearch agenda includes initial public offerings (IPOs), bank loan financing, and other corporate finance issues. Internally, he has received several research and teaching awards and was designated as Professor of Tom Roddy Professorship by McCoy Foundation. His IPO paper won the Best Paper Award from the Journal of Financial Research. His bank loan paper was awarded “Outstanding Paper” by Samsung Securities at the International Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets. Cambridge University invited his real estate paper in the past. A former software engineer, Dr. Yi actively integrates technology in both teaching and research activities and is currently developing FinTech and data analytics courses.

Teaching Interests

I believe that by empowering students and providing them with the resources and opportunities they need to succeed, I can help them achieve their full potential academically. My genuine, honest, and passionate approach with dedication has touched students in many ways. A former student said, “You inspired me to take my finance career to another level.” Another student stated that “I feel like this was my most influential class, and possibly one of the top classes that will help me out in life.” I am the President-Elect of the Korea-America Finance Association (KAFA), and I believe my colleagues elected me for being a good communicator with a genuine attitude toward people. I was invited to the National University of Singapore and the University of South Florida for the same reason. I will continue to exercise the same approach in my future classes.