Finance and Real Estate Department

About the Finance and Real Estate Department

The Kogod School of Business Finance and Real Estate Department has a distinguished faculty comprised of some leading researchers in the field. In 2006, Advances in Financial Education Journal ranked Kogod 17th among the top 25 most influential institutions in Financial Education; and the Real Estate Economics Journal ranked Kogod 37th among the top 50 most influential institutions in Real Estate.

Finance
The Finance program makes use of Kogod's Washington, D.C. location to invite leaders from local corporations, regulatory and government agencies to speak at Kogod. The school's location also provides a wide range of challenging internship, co-op positions, and job opportunities for Kogod students.

Real Estate
The Kogod real estate program offers courses on residential and commercial real estate principles, finance, development, and law. It encourages students to participate in work study projects around the DC metro area. Kogod students have worked on mortgage securities and trading projects for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; on tenant improvements for the Charles E. Smith Companies; and have also been involved with the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. The combination of these educational and work opportunities helps prepare Kogod students to serve in leadership positions after graduation.

Department Chair

Ronald Anderson

Ronald Anderson

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Professor

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]

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Finance and Real Estate Faculty

H. Kent Baker

H. Kent Baker

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University Professor

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]

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Valentina Bruno

Valentina Bruno

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Assistant Professor

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]

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Peter Chinloy

Peter Chinloy

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Professor

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]

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Kimberly Cornaggia

Kimberly Cornaggia

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Associate Professor

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Anthony Del Mar

Anthony Del Mar

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Executive-in-Residence

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Dawn Eisenberg

Dawn Eisenberg

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Executive in Residence

Dawn Eisenberg joins Kogod School of Business following a career in commercial real estate. Professor Eisenberg has experience with commercial leasing, site location, acquisitions, dispositions, and legal review of documentation. In addition, she has... [More]

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Philip English

Philip English

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Assistant Professor

Professor English has taught extensively across the different functional areas in finance, with a recent focus on investments, fixed income, international finance and financial management. English received his doctorate in International Finance from ... [More]

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Robert Hauswald

Robert Hauswald

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Associate Professor

Robert Hauswald received his Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University in 1995 and also holds M.S. degrees in Mathematics (Stanford) and Economics (London School of Economics). Before joining Kogod, he was an Assistant Professor of Finance at Kelle... [More]

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Octavian Ionici

Octavian Ionici

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Executive in Residence

Dr. Octavian Ionici is an Executive-in-Residence Professor of Finance in the Department of Finance and Real Estate at Kogod School of Business and the Director of the Financial Services Lab.

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John Katkish

John Katkish

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Executive in Residence

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 supervisio... [More]

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Robin Lumsdaine

Robin Lumsdaine

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Professor

Robin Lumsdaine 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 Regulation and Head of t... [More]

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Gerald Martin

Gerald Martin

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Professor

Jerry Martin is Associate Professor of Finance at the Kogod School of Business, American University, Washington, D.C. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in corporate finance and quantitative analysis. His research focuses on securities reg... [More]

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Michael Padhi

Michael Padhi

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Assistant Professor

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Leigh Riddick

Leigh Riddick

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Associate Professor

Professor Riddick is currently Past Chair of the of the American University (AU) Faculty Senate and a Faculty Trustee on the AU Board of Trustees. She previously served as Chair and Vice-Chair of the Faculty Senate. Her teaching interests include man... [More]

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Michel Robe

Michel Robe

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Associate Professor

Professor Robe teaches derivatives and international finance at KSB. His teaching has received multiple accolades, and he was voted Kogod Graduate Professor of the Year 2012. His papers on insider trading, investor protection, optimal security design... [More]

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Lawrence Schrenk

Lawrence Schrenk

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Assistant Professor

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]

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Mark Waldman

Mark Waldman

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Executive in Residence

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 Internat... [More]

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James Moser

James Moser

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Executive-in-Residence



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