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Kent Trainor Saunders
College of Business
College of Business
Professor of Finance and Economics
ksaunders@andersonuniversity.edu
Athletic Campus 113
Academic Background
Kent was born in Pittsburgh, PA, the son of W. Phillip Saunders and Nancy Trainor Saunders. Kent grew up in Bloomington, IN. Kent met his wife Chrissie in college and their marriage was blessed with three children. Kent loves all their family dogs and grand dogs and enjoys hiking, puzzling, visiting state and national parks, and playing chess. Today, Kent is an Elder at the Midway Presbyterian Church in Anderson and his family lives on a three-acre property where they harvest rainwater for a small orchard and half-acre garden.
BS in Mathematical Economics, Ball State University
MA in Economics, Clemson University
Ph.D in Applied Economics, Clemson University
Fast Facts
I enjoy the overall feeling of friendliness, politeness, and passion. People really care about each other and want to know one another. My faith in Jesus Christ is the primary reason that I have chosen to dedicate my professional life to Christian higher education.
Pollard Faith and Business Research Fellowship, 2024, The Virtue of Profit in Financial Economics, Center for Faithful Business at Seattle Pacific University.
Fulbright U.S. Scholar, 2021-2022, Financial Management and Investment Foundations, Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova in Chisinau.
Johnson Award, 2017, Christian Business Faculty Association for God-honoring intellectual contributions that integrate learning, business, and faith.
Chewning Award, 2012, Christian Business Faculty Association for manifesting Christlikeness in scholarship, the practice of teaching, and serving in business.
Teaching pedagogy, corporate finance, investments, and the countries of the former Soviet Union.
Financial Management in God’s Economy, 2025, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, ISBN: 979-8-3851-3804-3.
My Fulbright Experience: International Teaching during Times of Pandemic and War, 2023, Christian Business Academy Review, 18, 11-18.
Religion and Growth in Human Development in Post-Communist Countries during the Twenty-First Century, 2021, Journal of Biblical Integration in Business, 24, 39-49.
Biblically Responsible Investing in the (New?) Kingdom Economy, 2021, Christian Business Review, 10, 24-36.
Is There a Difference between Investing and Gambling? A Christian Perspective, 2016, Journal of Biblical Integration in Business, 19, 57-71.
Experiential Learning: Shareholder Engagement in a Student Managed Investment Fund, 2015, Christian Business Academy Review, 10, 45-54.
Teaching Methods and Assessment Techniques for the Undergraduate Introductory Finance Course: A National Survey, 2001, Journal of Applied Finance, 11(1), 110-112.
The Influence of Instructor Gender on Learning and Instructor Ratings
with Phillip Saunders, 1999, Atlantic Economic Journal, 27(4), 460-473.
The Interest Rate Swap: Theory and Evidence, 1999, Journal of Corporate Finance, 5(1), 55-78.