Three Named as 2026 Emerging Scholars

The Community Banking Research Conference committee is pleased to announce the 2026 Emerging Scholars:

• Aidan Hathaway, University of Alabama
• Jeffrey Jou, University of Pennsylvania
• Asli Uyanik, Rice University

The Emerging Scholars program is designed to offer Ph.D. students who are considering or working on a dissertation on a banking-related topic the opportunity to fully participate in the Community Banking Research Conference. The program was first introduced as part of the third annual conference held in 2015.