McDonough School of Business

Finance

The Finance Area faculty include renowned scholars who are experts in their field, as well as practitioners with real-world experience in the financial industry.

The Finance Area equips students with the skills to become globally oriented, financially sophisticated, and ethically minded in their use of finance to address complex global challenges. Through research and scholarship, the faculty studies the functioning of the global financial system to shape the responsible transformation of financial practice and global business. The finance faculty conducts research on a range of topics, from IPOs to personal wealth management.

Research Centers

Steers Center for Global Real Assets

Through highly applied class work and hands-on internships, the Steers Center for Global Real Assets educates and trains the next generation of ethically minded and socially-conscious real estate leaders who will be well-equipped to make positive change in the world.

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Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy

The Georgetown Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy is the preeminent destination for unbiased expertise at the intersection of finance and policy. The Psaros Center provides thought leadership and actively contributes to shaping global finance. Located in Washington, D.C., we connect policymakers, industry leaders, and scholars through solutions-driven platforms.  

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Faculty

The Finance Area faculty include renowned scholars who are experts in their field, as well as practitioners with real-world experience in the financial industry. Our faculty conducts research on a range of topics, from IPOs to personal wealth management.

Tenure Faculty

Reena Aggarwal

Robert E. McDonough Professor of Finance and Director, Georgetown Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy

James Angel

Associate Professor
Academic Director, FINRA Certified Regulatory and Compliance Professional (CRCP (r)) Program at Georgetown

Jennie Bai

Professor
Research Associate at National Bureau of Economic Research

Jessica Bai

Assistant Professor of Finance

Turan Bali

Robert S. Parker Chair, Professor of Business Administration

Matthew Baron

Associate Professor
Associate Director of Research, Psaros Center for Financial Markets & Policy

James Bodurtha Jr

Associate Professor Emeritus

George Comer

Associate Professor, Co-Academic Director, Reach Program and Director of Underrepresented Minority (URM)

Francesco D’Acunto

A. James Clark Chair in Global Real Estate

Sandeep Dahiya

Crnkovich Family Business of Health Chair

Allan Eberhart

Professor and Senior Associate Dean, Graduate Programs in Finance

Janet Gao

Lapeyre Family Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor

David McLean

William G. Droms Professor and Finance Area Chair

Vladimir Mukharlyamov

Assistant Professor

Lee Pinkowitz

Associate Professor and Associate Director, Georgetown Center for Financial Markets and Policy

Alberto Rossi

Hachigian Family Professor and Director, Future of Work Initiative | Director, Future of Work Initiative
Director of the AI, Analytics and Future of Work Initiative

David Walker

John A. Largay Professor Emeritus

Rohan Williamson

Professor of Finance and the Bolton Sullivan and Thomas A. Dean Chair of International Business

Xiaofei Zhao

Professor

Teaching Faculty

Anthony Annan

Associate Professor of the Practice

Matthew Cypher

Atara Kaufman Professor of the Practice, Director of the Steers Center for Global Real Estate, and Academic Director, M.S. in Global Real Assets

Jonathan Heath

Assistant Teaching Professor and Director of Academic Operations

Claire Liang

Associate Teaching Professor | Associate Director, Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy

Xiaomeng Lu

Affiliate Visiting Scholar

Adjunct Faculty

Kenneth Bacon

Adjunct Faculty

Brodie Boland

Adjunct Faculty

Paul Brigner

Adjunct Faculty

Daniel Comas

Adjunct Professor

Edward Crawford

Adjunct Faculty

George Ferris

Adjunct Faculty

Jeffrey Foster

Adjunct Faculty

Evan Goldschneider

Adjunct Faculty

Arun Gupta

Adjunct Faculty
Senior Advisor to Provost

Matthew McKenna

Adjunct Faculty

Arun Muralidhar

Adjunct Faculty

Craig O’Connor

Adjunct Lecturer – SCS Summer Sessions Program | Adjunct Faculty

Jerome Romano

Adjunct Faculty

Herrick Savage

Adjunct Faculty

Kelly Sewell Nagel

Adjunct Faculty

Jonathan Siegel

Adjunct Faculty

David Sislen

Executive in Residence

Rory Smith

Adjunct Faculty
Managing Partner, Plandome Capital LLC

Dilip Sundaram

Adjunct Faculty

Andres Vinelli

Adjunct Faculty
Vice President, Center for American Progress

Darren Wolf

Adjunct Faculty

Jay Wright

Adjunct Faculty

Jordan Wruble

Adjunct Faculty

Umit Yilmaz

Affiliate Visiting Researcher

News from Finance

More Finance Faculty News

In the News

Elon Musk Wins $1 Trillion Pay Package Tying Him to Tesla for a Decade

Rohan Williamson, professor of finance at Georgetown University, said Musk’s argument for commanding such a vast paycheck is largely unique to Tesla — though similar deals may become more prevalent in an age of founder-led start-ups.

November 7, 2025

In the News

Meta, Blue Owl and AI: Here Are the Details of Wall Street’s Biggest Private-Credit Deal Ever

This type of asset-based financing, where a financial security is collateralized by a pool of assets — in this case, the future lease payments from Meta — has become an increasingly popular way to fund data-center buildouts, Jeffrey Foster, adjunct professor of finance professor at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, told MarketWatch prior to the deal’s announcement.

October 24, 2025

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In the News

AI Boom: Tech Revolution or New Bubble Set to Burst?

“It sure seems bubbilicious,” said James J. Angel, an associate professor of finance at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.

October 20, 2025