Abigail Hornstein, associate professor of economics, co-coordinated the conference with Liang Ding of Macalester College (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Michelle Zemel of Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.). Hornstein, pictured, discussed the paper, “Financial Sophistication and Portfolio Choice over the Life Cycle,” which was co-authored by faculty at Wellesley College.The goal of the conference was to to enhance the teaching, research, advising and professional development of faculty teaching finance at liberal arts colleges. Pictured is Bill Gentry, professor of economics at Williams College.Karl Boulware, assistant professor of economics, discussed the dynamic relationship between stock prices and exchange rates.Liang Ding, professor of international finance and financial markets at Macalester, led a session on “Teaching Our Research.” Ding asked conference participants to elaborate on ways they integrate their research into teaching and how to teach finance in a liberal arts setting. Ding’s research focuses on the impact of market structure and market participants’ behavior on asset prices in financial markets. Pictured at left is Ben Keefer, assistant professor of economics at Carleton College.Manolis Kaparakis, director of centers for advanced computing in the Quantitative Analysis Center, attended a session on data resources.The group discussed the role of finance in an economics curriculum at a liberal arts school; the teaching of finance in a liberal arts environment; the relationship between finance faculty, student career development offices, and vocational learning; and the state of scholarly research in finance at liberal arts schools. (Photos by Olivia Drake)