Kathleen Hevert

Academic Division: FinanceDr. Kathleen Hevert is an Associate Professor of Finance at Babson College. Prior to joining Babson, Dr. Hevert was an assistant professor of finance at the Wallace E. Carroll School of Management at Boston College. She designs and delivers general and specialized finance courses at the graduate, undergraduate, and executive levels, and was twice selected by the Babson College F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business graduating classes to receive the Thomas Kennedy Award for Teaching Excellence. Professor Hevert specializes in long-term strategic capital investment decisions, and has a particular interest in the application of option pricing models to real-asset acquisition decisions. She also studies the long-term performance effects of serial acquisition strategies. Her research has been published in academic journals including Financial Management, The Journal of Portfolio Management, The Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, and The Journal of Business Venturing. Dr. Hevert designs and conducts executive education programs in basic corporate finance, capital investment decisions, real options, and other related topics for clients including General Electric, Johnson & Johnson, U.S. Steel, Infineon Technologies, EMC and many others. In addition, she works with a variety of firms on related special projects.

Academic Degrees

• Ph D, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• BS, University of Delaware

Academic Interests

Real Options; Corporate Finance; Corporate Valuation; Mergers and Acquisitions;

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Awards & Honors

2001 - Thomas Kennedy Award for Teaching Excellence at the Graduate Level, F.W. Olin Graduate School of Management

1997 - Thomas Kennedy Award for Teaching Excellence at the Graduate Level, F.W. Olin Graduate School of Management

1995 - Babson-Webber-Mustard Term Chair, Babson College

1990 - Boston College Faculty Fellowship, Boston College

1984 - Maurice W. Lee Award for Excellence in Doctoral Student Teaching, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill