Toni Whited is the Frederick G L Huetwell Professor and Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan.  She is the past-president of the Western Finance Association, and she serves as editor-in-chief for the Journal of Financial Economics.

She is a financial economist with interests in corporate finance, structural estimation, and corporate investment. She has won a Jensen Prize for one of the top articles in corporate finance in the Journal of Financial Economics and twice won a Brattle Prize for one of the top articles in the Journal of Finance.

The Engelbert-Dockner-Fellowship are sponsored by the POK Pühringer Privatstiftung and enable WU to invite renowned professors to spend an extended period at WU. With this initiative, we are also preserving the memory of Professor Engelbert Dockner, who passed away in 2017. Professor Dockner continuously fostered cutting-edge research and universities' educational mission in the field of capital markets.