During his business career, Dr. Halsey managed the commercial lending division of a large midwestern bank, and served as the Chief Financial Officer of a privately held retailing and manufacturing company. Prior to joining the faculty of Babson College, Dr. Halsey taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he received the Douglas Clarke Memorial teaching award. His research interests are in the area of financial reporting and include firm valuation, financial statement analysis, and disclosure issues. He has published in Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting, The Journal of the American Taxation Association, and Issues in Accounting Education. Dr. Halsey is also the coauthor of two text books: Financial Accounting for MBAs (Cambridge Business Publishers) and Financial Statement Analysis (McGraw-Hill).

Areas of expertise include: Accounting, Corporate Valuation and Financial Reporting.