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Shane Enete

Associate Professor of Finance

DepartmentCrowell School of Business
51ÂÜÀò AffiliationsFaculty
Phone(562) 903-4770 (Crowell School of Business)

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Degrees

  • M.S., University of North Carolina
  • B.S., University of Southern California
  • Ph.D., Kansas State University

Biography

Shane Enete is a professor of finance at 51ÂÜÀò, where he leads several academic programs at the Crowell School of Business, including the Peer Financial Coaching Center, which trains students in the psychology of money. He has published extensively in leading journals on financial psychology and is the author of the award-winning book Whole Heart Finances: A Jesus-Centered Guide to Managing Your Money with Joy.Before entering academia, Shane spent a decade as an investment research professional for large institutional asset managers. He holds the CFA, CFP®, CAIA, and Cert-CFC® designations, as well as an M.S. in Mathematical Finance and a PhD in Personal Financial Planning. Shane is married to Tammy and is the proud father of two children. With his family, they recently launched a podcast called Money Storybook Bible, which helps parents teach their kids about money through Bible stories.

Publications

BOOK PUBLICATIONS

  • Enete, S. (2026). Eight Great Money Dates: Fun, guided money conversations that will change your life. Moody Publishers.
  • Enete, S. (2024). Finanzas de todo corazón: Una guía centrada en Jesús para administrar el dinero con gozo. Rose Espanol (imprint of Tyndale).
  • Enete, S. (2024). Whole Heart Finances: A Jesus-centered guide to managing your money with joy. Aspire Press (imprint of Tyndale).
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
  • Cid, L., & Enete, S. (2026). When God enters the microsystem: How divine wisdom can transform everyone’s financial life. Christian Educators Journal.
  • Enete, S. (2026). Personal worldview conviction and financial behavior: Advancing holistic financial education through personal worldview identification. In T. Lucey (Ed.),Holistic financial literacy education: Laying the groundwork with equity (pp. 71–85).Routledge.
  • Enete, S., and Todd, T. (2025). Charity, conviction, and social norms: Personal worldview conviction as a predictor of charitable giving. Journal of Philanthropy, 30(3) e70025. 
  • Enete, S., and Chin, E. G. (2025). Worldview conviction is a missing piece in financial well-being. Financial Planning Review, 8(1) e70001.
  • Enete, S., & McDowell, S. (2024). Way of life: A future research agenda for how worldviews impact financial attitudes and behaviors. Financial Planning Review.
  • Enete, S., & Merrill D. (2023). A Unified Oikonomia: How God’s oikonomia of salvation integrates with a Christian household’s oikonomia. Journal of Biblical Integration in Business, 26(1), 24-34.
  • Enete, S., & Sturr, T. (2023). How Corporate Sociopolitical Activism (CSA) impacts portfolio allocations: An experiment. International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility, 8(3), 1-11.
  • Enete, S., Seay, M., Asebedo, S., Wang, D., & McCoy, M. (2022). The relationship between emotions and financial time horizon. Journal of Personal Finance, 21(1), 93-108.
  • Enete S., Seay, M., Asebedo, S., Wang, D., & McCoy, M. (2022). Understanding the influence of emotion on both time and money: Applying the Broaden and Build Theory. SN Business & Economics, 2(34), 1-24.
  • Enete S., Seay, M., Asebedo, S., Wang, D., & McCoy, M. (2022). Personal Emotions and Family Financial Wellbeing: Applying the Broaden and Build Theory. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 33(1), 79-96. Finalist for 2023 Best Family Financial Wellbeing Paper Award.
  • Enete S., Heckman S., & Lawson, D. (2021). Financial Attitudes and Charitable Giving. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 31(1), 104-115.
  • Asbedeo, S., Seay, M., Little, T.D., Enete, S., & Grey, B. (2020). Three good things or three good financial things? Applying a positive psychology intervention to the personal finance domain. Journal of Positive Psychology, 1-11.
  • Enete, S. (in press). How negative screening according to Christian principles influences stock returns. Christian Scholar’s Review.
  • Enete, S., Reiter, M., Usrey, W., Scott, A., & Seay, M. (2019). Who is investing in ETFs? Exploring the role of investor knowledge. Journal of Financial Planning, 32(7), 44- 53.
  • Enete, S. (2012). Practical Generosity: How to choose between spending, saving and giving, Deep River Publishing.

Presentations

  • Enete, S. (2026, February). Monk Finances. Kingdom Advisors Conference, Orlando, FL.
  • Enete, S. (2025, April). Empathy Training. Invited speaker for Blue Trust webinar series.Webinar was approved for CFP continuing education (remote).
  • Enete, S. (2025, February). The Great Financial Paradox. Kingdom Advisors Conference,Orlando, FL.
  • Enete, S., and Chin, E. G. (2024, November). Worldview conviction is a missing piece in financial well-being. Paper presented at the 2024 AFCPE Symposium, Columbus, OH.
  • Enete, S. (2024, February). Goals and worldviews: How to discuss worldviews and values with a client to improve the goal-setting process. Kingdom Advisors Conference, Orlando, FL.
  • Enete, S. (2023, February). How Our Union with Christ Changes the Process of Comprehensive Personal Financial Planning. Kingdom Advisors Conference, Orlando, FL.
  • Enete, S., Kim, D. (2019, October). Search Me, Lead Me: Reclaiming the Lost Art of Worshipful Budgeting. Workshop session presented at the 2019 Economic Challenges Facing Future Ministers Forum, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Enete, S., & Heckman, S. (2019, May). Understanding a client’s impulse to help others: how self-efficacy relates to giving money and time away. Invited speaker for Ewha- KSU Colloquium (Seoul, South Korea).
  • Enete, S., & Heckman, S. (2019, April). Understanding a client’s impulse to help others: how self-efficacy relates to giving money and time away. Poster session presented at the 2019 Celebration of Scholarship and Research event, La Mirada, CA.
  • *Enete, S. (2019, April). Who is Investing in ETFs?: Exploring the Role of Investor Knowledge. Invited speaker for Kansas State Personal Financial Planning Speaker Series (remote).
  • *Enete, S., Reiter, M., Usrey, W., Scott. A., & Seay, M. (2019, February). Who is Investing in ETFs?: Exploring the Role of Investor Knowledge. Poster session presented at the 2019 Academic Research Colloquium for Financial Planning and Related Disciplines, Arlington, VA.
  • Enete, S., & Heckman, S. (2018, November). Understanding a client’s impulse to help others: how self-efficacy relates to giving money and time away. Poster session presented at the 2018 AFCPE Symposium, Arlington, VA.
  • Enete, S., & Heckman, S. (2018, October). Understanding a client’s impulse to help others: how self-efficacy relates to giving money and time away. Paper presentation at the 2018 Academy of Financial Services Conference, Chicago, IL.
  • *Enete, S., & Kiss, E. (2018, April). How negative screening according to Chris- tian principles influences stock returns. Poster session presented at the 2018 Celebration of Scholarship and Research event, La Mirada, CA.
  • *Enete, S., & Kiss, E. (2018, February). How negative screening according to Christian principles influences stock returns. Poster session presented at the 2018 Academic Research Colloquium for Financial Planning and Related Disciplines, Arlington, VA.

* Denotes converted to publication with published, in press, under review, or submitted status.

Courses

Undergraduate courses at 51ÂÜÀò:

  • Business Finance
  • Fundamentals of Financial Planning
  • Investments
  • Retirement Planning
  • Insurance and Tax Planning
  • Capstone for Financial Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Advanced Corporate Finance

Areas of Expertise for Media Interviews

  • Economics
  • Finance
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