Congratulations to the officers and directors elected in the AFA 2025 election:
President: Wei Jiang,
President Elect and 2027 Program Chair: Sydney Ludvigson,
Vice President: Andrea Eisfeldt,
Directors: Mariassunta Giannetti, Xavier Giroud, and Hanno Lustig.
The 2025 AFA elections are open through Friday, November 14th. All voting-eligible members were sent a link to the ballot via email on October 16th. If you joined or renewed your membership after that date, or if you did not receive the ballot email but believe that you should have, please contact info@afajof.org. Note that student members and individuals with a Worldwide Directory of Finance Faculty listing, but without a current, paid membership, are not eligible to vote.
The 2025 election ballot provides an opportunity to:
Thank you for your membership and participation in the AFA. Be sure to cast your ballot by Friday, November 14th, 2025.
It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Jim Van Horne on Monday, September 1, at the age of 90. Jim was the A.P. Giannini Professor of Banking and Finance, Emeritus at Stanford GSB. He served as President of the American Finance Association in 1984 and was also a Fellow of the Association.
Professor Van Horne’s areas of research included theory and behavior of interest rates, capital budgeting decisions, corporate finance, valuation, the term structure of interest rates, effect of inflation, and finance innovation. He authored numerous research articles as well as five books which have been widely used as textbooks in the United States and abroad. His work has helped shape the field of finance.
Jim profoundly influenced generations of students through his legendary Corporate Finance course, his rigorous teaching style, and his passion for mentoring. He received the MBA Distinguished Teaching Award twice and the Robert T. Davis Award for extraordinary faculty service.
Beyond the classroom, Dr. Van Horne served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury, held key leadership roles at Stanford, and served as a former president of the Western Finance Association. In 2011, the James C. Van Horne Professorship was established in his honor—a lasting tribute to his enduring impact on Stanford and the profession. He will be greatly missed.
As announced at the 2025 AFA meetings, Urban Jermann (Wharton) will step down as JF editor on July 1, 2025 and Adi Sunderam (HBS) will be replacing him. Manuscripts submitted before July 1st 2025 that are assigned to Urban will continue to be handled by him. In addition, Urban Jermann will still be handling R&Rs on papers he had previously been an editor on for the next year. Papers that are not resubmitted within a year will be transferred to a new editor.
Please submit your paper/poster by July 31.
In 2026, the AFA will again plan to host a PhD Student Poster Session. Travel Grants will be provided to PhD students with a paper in the AFA PhD Student Poster Session to defray the costs of attending our 2026 Annual Meeting, scheduled for January 3-5, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Find additional details on the Annual Meeting page of the AFA website.