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 Estate
Through highly applied class work and hands-on internships, the Steers Center for Global Real Estate 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 Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy sponsors original research, provides thoughtful commentary, and hosts dialogues and conferences involving scholars and practitioners on key financial market issues. Through these activities, the center enriches the intellectual life of the university and the Washington-based policy community, and contributes to an informed public discussion regarding critical financial market debates.
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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.

Reena Aggarwal
Robert E. McDonough Professor of Finance and Director, Georgetown 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

Turan Bali
Robert S. Parker Chair Professor of Business Administration

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

Allan Eberhart
Professor and Senior Associate Dean, Master of Science in Finance Program

David McLean
William G. Droms Professor and Area Coordinator, Finance

Alberto Rossi
Professor and Director, Future of Work Initiative
Director of the AI, Analytics and Future of Work Initiative

David Ammerman
Assistant Teaching Professor and Director of Academic Operations for the Master of Science in Finance (MSF)

Matthew Cypher
Atara Kaufman Professor of the Practice and Director of the Steers Center for Global Real Estate

Arun Gupta
Adjunct Faculty
Senior Advisor to Provost