DENTON (UNT), Texas – Tomas Mantecon, associate professor of finance at the University of North Texas College of Business, has been chosen to participate in the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program for the 2013-14 academic year.

Mantecon will teach at Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria, from March 1 through June 30, 2014, as a visiting professor of finance. He also plans to research the banking crisis in Austria and around the world.

Mantecon earned a doctoral degree from Louisiana State University. His research areas include corporate finance with an emphasis on corporate control, initial public offerings and joint ventures.

He earned the Outstanding Faculty Award for Research in the Department of Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law (FIREL) from 2010 to 2013, Outstanding Junior Faculty Research Award from the College of Business in 2010, PDI Business Fellowship in 2010 and UNT Faculty Research Grant in 2009.

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With more than 5,600 students, UNT’s College of Business is one of the largest business schools in the nation and has been continuously accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International since 1961.

With 112 full-time faculty members, the college offers 17 undergraduate degrees, 24 master’s degrees and 10 graduate certificate programs. Five centers and institutes in the College of Business create synergy among scholarship, research and teaching. Classes take place in the new 180,000-square-foot Business Leadership Building, which opened in 2011.

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