Finance and Real Estate Department

Valentina Bruno holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the London School of Economics. Her research interests include corporate finance and governance, law and finance, financial intermediation and international finance. Prior to joining KSB, Prof. Bruno work... [More]

Professor English directs the Masters in Finance and Real Estate programs. He has taught extensively across the different functional areas in finance, with a recent focus on investments, fixed income, international finance and financial management. E... [More]

Professor Riddick is a member of the American University Faculty Senate and its Executive Council, and a Board Member of the Eastern Finance Association. Her teaching interests include managerial economics and strategy, introductory finance, investme... [More]

Professor Katkish is Executive in Residence Professor of Finance, and teaches finance and real estate courses.  He is the Founder and President of the asset management firm First Management Group Inc., where he is responsible for the direct supe... [More]

Professor Baker teaches finance and served as Chair of the Department of Finance and Real Estate for 11 years. He also has extensive industry experience and has provided consulting and training services to more than 100 organizations. Baker has autho... [More]

Professor Rodgers teaches Introductory and Advanced Financial Management in the Kogod MBA program. Her research focuses primarily on financial distress and corporate bankruptcy, including studies of indication as well as resolution of distress, chang... [More]

Robin Lumsdaine recently joined the Kogod School of Business at American University as the Crown Prince of Bahrain Professor of International Finance.  She was previously an Associate Director in the Division of Banking Supervision and Regulatio... [More]

Professor Robe teaches derivatives and international finance at KSB. He previously taught international finance at Carnegie Mellon, the University of Miami and McGill University. He has been associated with the CFTC as a Visiting Senior Economist sin... [More]

Professor Chinloy teaches about residential and commercial real estate, with a focus on innovation in real estate and the ways properties are designed and managed. Chinloy’s interests in the real estate business include pricing, contracts, mortgage m... [More]

Professor Anderson teaches corporate finance with a particular emphasis in understanding the relation between managerial actions and firm value. In addition to his teaching activities, he follows an active research agenda in the area of corporate gov... [More]

Professor Schrenk teaches courses on personal finance, personal wealth management, business finance, and international finance, including an online version of personal finance. His research interests are in executive compensation, corporate governanc... [More]

Mark Waldman received a Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Florida. He has taught at a variety of schools, including American University, where he has taught  Personal Finance for more than 20 years. He has worked for the U.S. Agency for In... [More]