Avraham Kamara

Education

• PhD Columbia University (1986)
• MPhil Columbia University (1982)
• MSSc Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1979)
• BA Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1976)

Academic Expertise

• asset pricing
• commodity markets
• derivatives
• financial markets
• risk management

Positions Held

• At the University of Washington since 1984
• Visiting Professor at the Technion of Israel, 1998-1999
• Visiting Professor at University of California Los Angeles, 1997-1998
• Taught at Columbia University, 1983-1984

Honors and Awards

• Global EMBA Excellence in Teaching Award, 2008
• MBA Professor of the Quarter, Spring, 1994
• Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, 1995-1996

Academic Service

• Associate editor of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 1996-2005
• Chairman of the Department of Finance and Business Economics, 2002-2006