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Abena Owusu

Assistant Professor, Accounting and Finance, Feliciano School of Business

Office:
Feliciano School of Business 361
Email:
owusua@montclair.edu
Degrees:
BS, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
MS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Bio

Dr. Abena Owusu holds a PhD in Finance from the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Before joining RPI, she got her BS in Actuarial Science with a minor in Statistics from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana. Her primary research interests are in fintech, risk governance, big data and application of machine learning in Finance.

Expertise

Fintech
Corporate Governance
Risk Management
Big Data Analytics
Machine Learning in Finance

Research

  • The Role of Gender in Fintech Innovation
  • From Wall Street to underwriting: comparing risk culture in banks and insurance companies
  • Pension Fund Portfolio Allocations in GASB 67/68 Era
  • Corporate Culture and Firm Productivity
  • Blue Carbon Finance: Navigating Governance, Measurement and Innovation Challenges

Professional Experience

  • Teaching Assistant, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2016 - 2020)
  • Assistant Professor of Finance, Montclair State University (2020 - Present)

Honors & Awards

  • Masters’ Scholars Research Program Award, Lally School of Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (August 2013)
  • Best Paper Award, 17th Finance, Risk and Accounting Perspectives (FRAP) Conference (September 2019)
  • Spring 2014 GARP Research Fellowship, Global Association of Risk Professionals (May 2014)

Refereed Published Articles

  • A. Owusu, A. Gupta (2024). Identifying the risk culture of banks using machine learning. International Journal of Managerial Finance
  • A. Gupta, A. Owusu, L. Zou (2021). Identifying board of director network influence for firm characteristics. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
  • S. Bhattacharya, A. Gupta, K. Kar, A. Owusu (2020). Risk management of renewable power producers from co-dependencies in cash flows. European Journal of Operational Research
  • B. Francis, S. Kumar, A. Owusu (2019). Gender And Cooperativeness: Evidence From Strategic Alliances. Academy of Management Proceedings
  • A. Gupta, A. Owusu, J. Wang (2024). Assessing U.S. insurance firms' climate change impact and response. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice
  • A. Owusu, F. Bilson Darku, J. Arthur (2025). Does Corporate ESG News Impact Firm Productivity?. Finance Research Letters
  • R. García, J. Harithsa, A. Owusu (2024). Adding stress in banking: Stress tests and risk-taking sentiments. Journal of Corporate Finance
  • A. Gupta, A. Owusu (2025). Regulating risk culture in the insurance industry using machine learning. Journal of Risk and Insurance

Published Proceedings

  • S. Bhattacharya, A. Gupta, K. Kar, A. Owusu (5s). 2015. Hedging strategies for risk reduction through weather derivatives in renewable energy markets IEEE