Afef Amdouni is an Assistant Professor of Finance in the Department of Finance, College of Business Administration, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia. Her research interests focus on financial markets, artificial intelligence applications in finance, behavioral finance, and financial risk modeling. Prior to joining Taibah University, she was affiliated with the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management at the University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia. Dr. Amdouni earned her Ph.D. in Finance from the same institution, where she also completed her Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees. She is actively engaged in academic publishing and peer review activities and has held leadership roles in coordinating editorial initiatives related to interdisciplinary research at the intersection of finance and artificial intelligence.