Elif Sisli Ciamarra, PhD, is a professor of finance and chair of the Finance Department in the Leo J. Meehan School of Business at Stonehill College. She is passionate about helping students and scholars understand how financial management shapes firms, markets, and society through both her research and her teaching. Her work has been published in leading finance journals, including the Review of Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking & Finance, Financial Management, Journal of Financial Stability, and Journal of Financial Research.