Stephen Park, an assistant professor of business law, was recently honored by the MS in Financial Risk Management Program for outstanding teaching. This past December, Park was awarded the Outstanding Faculty Award by the graduating class for the second consecutive academic year. Park teaches a course on Legal and Ethical Issues in Financial Risk Management. His innovative teaching emphasizes qualitative risk analysis and writing skills, and incorporates role-based simulation exercises.
Stephen Park (UConn School of Business)“Financial regulation and other legal concerns are impacting risk management more than ever, and ethical and professional responsibility standards are becoming more and more important,” Park said. “The FRM Program combines academic theory and practical applications, and I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to contribute to its growth and success.”
Park’s research focuses on international financial regulation, international trade law, the intersection of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility, and corporate compliance. He is co-director of the Corporate and Regulatory Compliance Certificate Program at UConn, and a staff editor for the American Business Law Journal, the flagship journal in the business law discipline.
The Business Law group, consisting of six full-time faculty in the Marketing Department, is widely recognized for its research, teaching, and professional service. The Business Law group offers law and ethics courses in the School of Business undergraduate, MBA, and specialized masters degree programs, and has been ranked tenth-best nationwide in teaching (out of 124 surveyed undergraduate business law programs) by Businessweek.