HOW CAN WE NAVIGATE LOSS, SHAME, GROWTH, AND CONNECTION ON THIS EARTH? HOW CAN WE SUPPORT AND LOVE EACH OTHER IN THIS ENLIGHTING AND SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TIME OF SEEKING? JOIN ME AS WE LEARN FROM PROFESSOR COLBY WRIGHT. HE IS AN AMAZING MENTOR AND TEACHER TO MANY STUDENTS FROM BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY. MARRIED TO HIS LOVE AND FRIEND MISTY( WHO I ADORE) AND A FATHER OF FOUR FABULOUS HUMANS. I HAD THE CHANCE TO HAVE SOME DEEP CONVERSATIONS WITH COLBY AND HIS WIFE MISTY ON OUR ASIA TRIP AT THE END OF MY MBA PROGRAM AT BYU. DURING THIS TIME MY MIND WAS ENLIGHTENED AND MY HEART WAS TOUCHED BY THEIR PERSONAL JOURNEYS AND COMPASSIONATE HEARTS.
Colbrin A. (Colby) Wright is the Associate Chair of the Department of Finance and the Finance Undergraduate Program Director in the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. Dr. Wright has primary responsibility for overseeing the undergraduate finance program at the Marriott School – applications, admissions, curriculum, and placement. He also teaches classes in the finance major, the masters of accountancy program, and the executive MBA program.
Dr. Wright graduated with B.S. in Accountancy Magna Cum Laude from Brigham Young University 2001. He subsequently earned a Ph.D. in Finance from Florida State University in 2007. He was on the faculty at Central Michigan University for five years (2007 – 2012), where he was one of only two finance professors selected by the Princeton Review for inclusion in its inaugural edition of The Best 300 Professors. He has been on faculty at Brigham Young University since 2012, was awarded the 2012 – 2013 Outstanding Faculty Award by the undergraduate finance students, and was recently selected as the winner of the Merrill J. Bateman student choice awards in the Marriott School. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Wright was a CPA for Ernst & Young in its audit division.
Dr. Wright has published numerous peer and editor-reviewed publications. His primary areas of research include exchange-traded notes (ETNs) and behavioral finance. His work has been published in Journal of Financial Markets, Journal of Investing, Journal of Index Investing, and several others. His work has also been cited by Bloomberg, Reuters, Forbes, Money Magazine, and BBC radio, among others.