Associate Professor, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs and Accreditation

Erin Oldford

Areas of Expertise

Finance

Personal Profile

Dr. Erin Oldford is associate professor of finance, and she currently serves as associate dean of undergraduate programs and accreditation. When she joined Memorial University in 2017, Dr. Oldford developed and launched Memorial’s student-managed investment fund, The Fund, a program where students manage an equity portfolio valued at over $350,000. Erin now manages The Fund as faculty advisor.

Dr. Oldford has taught an assortment of undergraduate and MBA courses in corporate finance, investments and portfolio management Memorial University and Carleton University. She holds a B.Comm. (finance), MBA (finance), and PhD in management from Carleton University.

Dr. Oldford’s research is in behavioural finance, corporate communications and financial education. She publishes in internationally recognized academic journals such as The Financial Review, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, and Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, amongst others. Her research has been highlighted by National Post, Word Economic Forum, Yahoo!Life and others.