{"id":2453,"date":"2026-03-24T16:05:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/exed\/people\/jim-campasano\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T09:39:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:39:16","slug":"jim-campasano","status":"publish","type":"dmsb_person","link":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/exed\/people\/jim-campasano\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Campasano"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PhD Finance, University of Massachusetts Amherst<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>JD, Vanderbilt University School of Law<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BA Economics, Harvard University, Cum Laude<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected Publication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Simon, David P., and Jim Campasano. \u201cThe VIX futures basis: Evidence and trading strategies.\u201d The Journal of Derivatives 21, no. 3 (2014): 54-69.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jim Campasano. \u201cPortfolio Strategies for Volatility Investing.\u201d The Journal of Alternative Investments 24, no. 1 (2021): 43-60.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jim Campasano. \u201cMitigating Risk with Conditional Option Strategies.\u201d Forthcoming in The Journal of Alternative Investments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research and Teaching Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jim Campasano's research and teaching focus on modeling, investments, and empirical asset pricing, with an emphasis on options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Industry and Academic Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to Northeastern, Campasano was an assistant professor at Kansas State University. 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