WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY ECONOMICS PROFESSOR NAMED FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR

Dr. Francis Cai of Wayne, a William Paterson University professor of economics, finance and global business, has been named a Fulbright Exchange Scholar and will spend the spring 2002 semester conducting research and teaching in China. Cai is one of approximately 800 U.S. Fulbright scholars who will travel abroad during this academic year.

A specialist in investment and financial market analysis, Cai will be a Fulbright lecturer at Fudan University in Shanghai, where he will conduct research on foreign direct investment and economic growth in China. He will also teach courses in managerial finance and capital budgeting, and will supervise graduate thesis students.
William Paterson University is particularly proud of its participation in the Fulbright program, the U.S. government’s flagship international exchange program for scholars. With this award, Cai becomes the 26th Fulbright scholar on the University’s faculty

Cai has been a member of the William Paterson faculty since 1993. Previously, he held positions as a staff economist and finance manager for AT&T Global Finance Group and as an assistant professor at the College of Staten Island. A graduate of Shanghai Jiao Tong University with a bachelor of science degree in automation control and a master of science degree in management, Cai holds a doctorate in financial economics from The City University of New York.

The author of numerous publications in scholarly business journals, Cai has also served as a financial consultant for AT&T Consumer Finance Group and as a system analyst for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection.

William Paterson University, one of the nine state colleges and universities in New Jersey, offers 30 undergraduate and 18 graduate programs through five colleges: Arts and Communication, Business, Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Science and Health. Located on 370 hilltop acres in Wayne, the University enrolls approximately 10,500 students and provides housing for nearly 2,300 students. The institution’s 363 full-time faculty are highly distinguished and diverse scholars and teachers, many of whom are recipients of prestigious awards and grants from the Fulbright Program (26 scholars), the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and the American Philosophical Society.

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2/26/02
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