Murad Antia is a senior instructor at the Muma College of Business at the University of South Florida, Tampa. He teaches financial statement analysis and works with some of the college's top scholars. He has received the Outstanding Research Award for Instructors for five consecutive years. He has published articles in the Financial Analysts Journal, the Journal of Investing, the Journal of Financial Research, the Journal of Corporate Finance and the Journal of Multinational Financial Management, among others. He has also reviewed books for the Financial Analyst Journal. Prior to his academic career, Mr. Antia was a Senior V.P. at Amsouth Bank (now Regions Bank) and Barnett Bank (now Bank of America) where he was an investment manager for the banks’ investment clients. Dr. Antia earned a PhD from the University of Houston, an MBA from Duke University and a B.S. from the Elphinstone College at the University of Bombay.