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 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 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

Turan Bali

Robert S. Parker Chair, Professor of Business Administration

James Bodurtha Jr

Associate Professor Emeritus

George Comer

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

Francesco D’Acunto

Associate Professor
A. James Clark Chair in Global Real Estate

Sandeep Dahiya

Akkaway Professor of Entrepreneurship

Allan Eberhart

Professor and Senior Associate Dean, Graduate Programs in Finance

Janet Gao

Associate Professor

David McLean

William G. Droms Professor and Finance Area Chair

Vladimir Mukharlyamov

Assistant Professor

Lee F. 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
Professor of Finance

Xiaofei Zhao

Associate Professor

Teaching Faculty

David Ammerman

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

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

Claire Liang

Associate Teaching Professor

Xiaomeng Lu

Main Campus Non-Tenure Line – Visiting Faculty

Adjunct Faculty

Spencer Andrews

Adjunct Faculty

Kenneth Bacon

Adjunct Professor

Brodie Boland

Adjunct Faculty

PAUL Brigner

Adjunct Faculty

Daniel Comas

Adjunct Professor

Edward Crawford

Adjunct Faculty

George Ferris

Adjunct

Jeffrey Foster

Adjunct Faculty

Arun Gupta

Adjunct Faculty
Senior Advisor to Provost

Yuchen Luo

Postdoctoral Associate

Matthew McKenna

Adjunct Faculty

Arun Muralidhar

Adjunct Faculty

Alberto Musalem

Adjunct Faculty

Craig O’Connor

Adjunct Lecturer – SCS MPS Liberal Studies Program

Jerome Romano

Adjunct Faculty

Herrick Savage

Adjunct Faculty

Kelly Sewell Nagel

Adjunct Faculty

Jonathan Siegel

Adjunct Faculty

David Sislen

Adjunct Faculty

Rory Smith

Adjunct Faculty

Dilip Sundaram

Adjunct Faculty

Andres Vinelli

Adjunct Faculty
Vice President, Center for American Progress

Darren Wolf

Adjunct Faculty

Jay Wright

Adjunct Professor

Jordan Wruble

Adjunct Faculty

Umit Yilmaz

Post Doctoral Fellow

News from Finance

More Finance Faculty News

In the News

Chime’s IPO Terms Show Fintech Valuations Have Returned to Reality. That’s a Good Thing.

“These companies have called themselves technology providers because they’ve wanted to be valued like that, but now valuations are getting closer to those of traditional financial companies,” Reena Aggarwal, director of the Georgetown University Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy, told MarketWatch.

June 4, 2025

In the News

Should You Add Crypto to Your Retirement Account? Experts Weigh In

“There’s potential for growth, but there’s also big downside risk. So it really depends on how much risk the individual is willing to bear,” Reena Aggarwal, professor of finance and director of the Georgetown Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy, told ABC News.

May 29, 2025

Research and Insights

The Edge: From Bitcoin to Banking: The Rise of Crypto

Whether individuals are pro or anti-crypto there is one consensus: the industry needs clearer regulations. In her latest research, Associate Professor Vicki Wei Tang investigates the opportunities and challenges of incorporating crypto into today’s banking system.

May 27, 2025