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Profiles He has received the Dean's Teaching Award each year of eligibility, the Educator of the Year Award for the College of Business, and the Ball State Outstanding Young Alumnus Circle of Achievement Award. Steve is a published researcher and the advisor to the national award-winning Gamma Iota Sigma, a professional collegiate insurance, risk management, and actuarial science fraternity. Along with John Fitzgerald, Avila was chosen to lead an eight-week executive education program at Lincoln National for executives from the People's Republic of China. John E. Foley, Ph.D., FSA Center Co-director and Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences Jack Foley, a practicing actuary for more than twenty years, came to Ball State in 1998. He uses his experience in the field to teach his students through practical applications of actuarial theory. Foley’s research includes a model on the effects of fringe benefits on worker productivity and topics in forensic economics. Jack received degrees from Gonzaga University and the University of Washington in mathematics and master’s and doctorate degrees from Washington State University in statistics and economics, respectively. He
is a member of the National Association of Forensic Economics and the
American Academy of Actuaries. John F. Fitzgerald, Ph.D., PCU, CLU, CIC Associate Dean, College of Business, and Professor of Finance and Insurance Fitzgerald has thirty-five years of education experience at the college level, teaching insurance subjects at four universities in the United States and over 250 educational seminars for insurance executives. John has taught educational programs for insurers, agents associations, claims personnel, and agency managers and conducted claims, reinsurance, underwriting, and risk management audits for insurers and managing general agents. He came to Ball State in 1984. John has been the president of his own insurance consulting firm for more than twenty-five years and is a member of the Society of Risk Management Consultants. A Ph.D. in risk and insurance and a published researcher, Fitzgerald conducted an insurance and risk management survey with Steve Avila on the current programs of the Indiana Department of Transportation Toll Road Division. He
is a recipient of the prestigious Sagamore of the Wabash Award from Indiana
Governor Evan Bayh. William B. Frye, M.A., FA Center Co-director and Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences Bart Frye received his bachelor's in math and master's in actuarial science from Ball State and a second master’s degree from Indiana University. A former high school math teacher, he was an actuarial assistant for Lincoln National Life and taught at Indiana University. Bart returned to Ball State in 1981 to teach mathematical sciences. Frye believes in providing students a balance of theory, practical applications, and exam preparation. His research interests include social security, financial economics, and risk theory. He
is the author of journal articles and a member of risk theory exam and
project oversight committees. Lijia Guo, Ph.D., ASA Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences A former assistant professor at The Ohio State University, Lijia Guo received her bachelor's from Jiangxi University, China. She earned her master's and doctorate from the University of Cincinnati. Lijia arrived at Ball State in 1996. She is a member of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematics Association of America. Dr. Guo has been engaged in research with various topics in actuarial science, including asset liability management, asset pricing, stochastic modeling, aggregate claim analysis, optimal asset allocation, volatility analysis, valuation of insurance future (CATS), and insurance and annuity pricing. Her research has been published in many actuarial, applied mathematics, and engineering journals. Guo is researching asset/liability management and has presented her findings at several actuarial and finance conferences. She was the chair of an international conference on inverse problems and the editor of the conference proceedings.
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