Ann Marie Hibbert, Ph.D.

Expertise

Dr. Hibbert is a Professor of Finance and the Interim Chair of the Finance Department. She also currently leads the Center for Financial Literacy and Education (CFLE).

Dr. Hibbert's research is primarily in the area of behavioral finance. She has published articles in top finance journals, including the Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, and others. She was an elected member of the Board of the Eastern Finance Association from 2017-2020 and is currently an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Finance and Economics (an A-level journal on the College journal list). She also regularly serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for a large number of high-quality finance and economics journals. 

Dr. Hibbert has taught courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and in a variety of modality including synchronous and asynchronous online as well as Hyflex. Her teaching portfolio includes courses on business finance, securities analysis, portfolio management, derivative securities, intermediate and advanced corporate finance and personal finance. Dr. Hibbert earned the Certificate in Effective Instruction, Association of College and University Educators (2022). 

In addition to serving on multiple departmental and college committees, some of which she chaired, Dr. Hibbert served as the coordinator for the Finance Ph.D. program from 2019-2022. She also served two consecutive three-year terms as an elected member of the WVU faculty senate from 2016-2022. During that time, she served on multiple committees, including being a member of the WVU Faculty Senate's executive committee from 2020-2022, and is a past chair of the Faculty Senate's Research Integrity Committee and Committee on Committees, Membership, and Constituencies. Dr. Hibbert was the recipient of the John Chambers College of Business & Economics Dean’s Award of Distinction in Service in 2019 and 2022.

Since 2017, Dr. Hibbert has been a faculty coach for the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity’s Faculty Success Program (FSP) and was a recipient of their inaugural coaching excellence award in 2021.

Prior to academia, Dr. Hibbert was a successful corporate finance executive for close to ten years. 

Education

• Ph.D., Finance, Florida International University, 2008
• MBA, Florida International University, 2003
• B. S., (Honours) Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of the West Indies, 1995