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PhD Program in Finance

Finance PhD Program Directors

Mark Westerfield
[email protected]
(206) 543-4578
Doron Levit
[email protected]
(206) 543-3021

Department Chair

Jarrad Harford
[email protected]
(206) 543-4796

For additional information on the PhD Program in Finance, with links to Admissions Criteria and Processes, visit the Finance Area Specialization Page.

Students Currently on the Market

None

Recent Academic Placements:

Year University Student
2022 Indiana University Abed El Karim Farroukh
2021 Georgetown University Quentin Dupont
2021 Indiana University (currently: University of Oklahoma) David Shin
2020 Southern Methodist University Tarun Patel
2019 The Ohio State University Michael Wittry
2019 Stockholm School of Economics Alvin Chen
2018 Carnegie Mellon Matt Denes
2017 The University of Oklahoma Aaron Burt
2016 University of South Carolina John Hackney
2015 University of Denver (currently: Associate Professor, Baylor University) Andrew Detzel

Current Students:

Matt (Maitraya) Ghatak
Kourosh Ghobadi
Chris Liu
Yizhen Liu
Robin (Yifan) Luo
Sophia Mao
George Nurisso
Hossein Poorvasei
Mikhail Proshletsov
Danial Salman
Xuan Xie
Claire Xu