Florida State University

The College of Business

Department of Finance

Rovetta Business Bldg. #522

821 Academic Way

Tallahassee, FL 32306-1110

Phone: (850) 645-1521

E-mail: gcolak@cob.fsu.edu
SSRN Author ID = 329865

• Education

Ph.D. in Finance, The University of Iowa, May 2004
M.S. in Economics, The University of Iowa, 2001
B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Turkey, 1998

• Areas of Interest

Corporate Restructuring, Initial Public Offerings, Financial Econometrics, Investments, Liquidity Demand.

• Experience

Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, Florida State University, August 2007-present.
Assistant Professor, FREDS Departments, Wichita State University, August 2004-May2007.
Instructor, Department of Finance, The University of Iowa, August 2003-July 2004.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Finance, The University of Iowa, 2001-2003.
Research Assistant, Department of Finance, The University of Iowa, 1999-2000.             
Research Assistant, Department of Economics, The University of Iowa, 1998-1999.

• Professional Affiliation

Member of American Finance Association (AFA)
Member of Financial Management Association (FMA)
The Society for Financial Studies (SFS)

• Presentations
• "Cycles in the IPO Market."
  • SUNY Buffalo, February 2007.
  • Florida State University, January 2007.
  • George Mason University, January 2007.
  • "Top-Ten Percent" session, FMA Conference in Salt Lake City, October 2006.
  • University of Kansas, September 2006.
  • FMA Europe Conference in Stockholm, June 2006.
  • University of Nebraska, February 2006.
• "Spin-offs, Divestitures, and Conglomerate Investment."
• Wichita State University, April 2004. 
• York University, February 2004.
• Virginia Tech, January 2004.
• University of Iowa, November 2003.
• "Diversification, Refocusing, and Firm Value."
  • FMA Europe Conference in Stockholm, June 2006.
  • Wichita State University, April 2005.
  • University of Iowa, April 2003.
• "The Preferred Habitat Patterns in the Holdings of Canadian and U.S. Sub-National Debt."
  • Western Social Sciences Association, Calgary, Canada, April 2007.
• The Effect of Measurement Error in q on Cash Flow Sensitivity of Cash." 
  • International Conference on Business Management and Economics, Çesme, Izmir, Turkey, June 2006.