Atul Sheel

Education

PhD in Business Administration (Finance), University of Massachusetts-Amherst MS in Hotel, Restaurant and Travel Administration, University of Massachusetts-Amherst BSC, University of Delhi, India

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor of Finance and Graduate Faculty, 2001-Present Doctoral Student Supervisor, 2010-2012 Graduate Program Director - Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA., 2007-2012

Research Interests

• Corporate Finance
• Investments
• Hospitality Investment, Economic Impact, and Feasibility Studies
• Hospitality Financial Management
• Revenue Management
• Hospitality Managerial Accounting

Teaching Interests

• Corporate Finance

Recent Honors & Awards

TEACHnology Fellow Award - University of Massachusetts, 2004-2005 Distinguished Teaching Award Nominee, 2000-2001 Lilly Fellowship Award Nominee, 1998-1999 National Merit Award from Ministry for Tourism, Government of India for contribution to the hospitality arrangements of the 9th Asian Games Michael D. Olsen Research Achievement Award Nominee, 2012 International Recognition and Scholarly Award: ANBAR Research Scholar (2000) and Certificate for Excellence in Research from ANBAR Electronic Intelligence, a division of MCB University Press, U.K, 2000 Honorable mention for the best article for the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research Article, International CHRIE, 1998 Annals of Tourism Award, Third Annual Graduate Education and Research Conference in Hospitality & Tourism, University of Houston, TX, 1998 Ranked one of the best four research papers for the ICHRIE Best Paper VNR Research Award , 1996

Selected Publications

With Y. Zhong, Y. "Cash Dividend Announcements and Cumulative Abnormal Returns in Lodging and Restaurant Firms."Journal of Hospitality Financial Management. Volume 13, Number 1, 2006.

With A. Nagpal. "An Examination of Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities: Some Useful Insights for Borrowers,"Journal of Hospitality Financial Management, 10(1), 2002.

"The Relationship Between Dividend Yields and Common Equity Returns for Hotel and Lodging Firms in the United Kingdom, USA, and Japan: Some Empirical Evidence," Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, 22(1), 1998.

"Monte Carlo Simulations and Scenario Analysis: Decision-Making Tools for Hoteliers," Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, 36(5), 1995.

"An Empirical Analysis of Anomalies in the Relationship between Earnings' Yield and Returns of Common Stocks: The Case of Hotel and Lodging Firms," Hospitality Research Journal, 18(3) and 19(1), 1995.