He holds the Benninger Family Professorship of Finance and also the John Walker Professorship of Finance. He received his B.S. from the University of Florida and his MBA, J.D., and Ph.D. from the University of Utah. Dr. Cooney joined the Rawls College at Texas Tech University in 2002 and has previously been on the faculty at Washington State University, Kansas State University, and University of Kentucky. Dr. Cooney's research interests include IPOs, investment banking, and market microstructure. His publications have appeared in Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Financial Management, Journal of Corporate Finance, and Journal of Banking and Finance.