Current Faculty Titles
Director | Kays Foundation Scarlet to Black Program for Financial Independence | 2018 – Present
Arkansas State University
Director | Center for Economic Education & Financial Literacy | 2015-Present
Arkansas State University
Associate Professor of Finance | Neil Griffin College of Business | 2015-Present
Arkansas State University
Adviser | Future Business Leaders of America | 2009-Present
Arkansas State University
Education
Doctor of Philosophy | University of Mississippi | 2009
Major – Finance
Minors – Econometrics and Management Information Systems
Master of Taxation | University of Mississippi | 2003
Juris Doctorate | University of Mississippi | 1997
Master of Business Administration | University of Mississippi | 1997
Bachelor of Business Administration | University of Mississippi | 1993
Majors – Banking and Finance; Managerial Finance; General Business
Grants
$511,800.69 | Kays Foundation | 2022
Kays Foundation Scarlet to Black Program for Financial Independence
$97,537 | AccessLex Institute’s Center for Education and Financial Capability | 2021
Scarlet to Black Program
$2,000 | Organization for Autism Research | 2021
A-State Educare and Phi Beta Lambda
$70,000 | Arkansas Biosciences Institute | 2021
Improving the Health and Economic Outcomes for Arkansas Children
$8,000 | Kays Foundation | 2020
Scarlet to Black Program
$10,000 | Arvest Bank Foundation | 2019
Scarlet to Black Program
$7,723.04 | Kays Foundation | 2019
Scarlet to Black Program
$750 | National Endowment for Financial Education | 2014
Budgeting and College Students
$50,000 | TIAA-CREF Foundation | 2013
Promotion of Financial Literacy to Graduate Students
Dr. Philip Tew, PhD / JD 