Robert Korajczyk

A member of the Kellogg School faculty since 1982, Robert A.Korajczyk is the Harry G. Guthmann Professor of Finance. At Kellogg, Korajczyk has previously served as Senior Associate Dean: Curriculum and Teaching, Chair of the Department of Finance, Director of the Zell Center for Risk Research, and co-director of the Financial Institutions and Markets Research Center.

Professor Korajczyk’s research interests are in the areas of investments and empirical asset pricing. He is a recipient of the 2009 Crowell Prize for best paper in the field of quantitative asset management, awarded by PanAgora Asset Management; the Alumni Choice Faculty Award 2000; the Core Teaching Award 1998 and 2000; the Sidney J. Levy Teaching Award 1996; the New York Stock Exchange Award for Best Paper on Equity Trading, presented at the 1993 Western Finance Association annual meetings; and the Review of Financial Studies Best Paper Award, 1991.

Professor Korajczyk is a past editor of the Review of Financial Studies and a past associate editor of the Review of Financial Studies_, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, _Journal of Empirical Finance, and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.

He has held visiting faculty appointments at the University of Chicago, the University of Melbourne, the University of Vienna, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Professor Korajczyk serves on the product development committees of Select Innovation Investments, LLC and DSC Quantitative Group, LLC.

Professor Korajczyk received his BA, MBA, and PhD degrees from the University of Chicago.

Education

• PhD, 1983, Finance, University of Chicago
• MBA, 1977, Finance, Econometrics, University of Chicago
• AB, 1976, Mathematics, University of Chicago, General Honors

Academic Positions

• Harry G. Guthmann Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1995-present
• Director of Graduate Studies, Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2019-present
• Sessional Lecturer, Finance, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne, 2014-2014
• Senior Associate Dean: Curriculum and Teaching, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2010-2011
• Senior Associate Dean: Curriculum and Teaching, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2003-2006
• Director, Zell Center for Risk Research, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2006-2013
• Gutmann Fellow, University of Vienna, 2006-2006
• Co-Director, Financial Institutions and Markets Research Center, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2005-2006
• Gutmann Fellow, University of Vienna, 2003-2003
• Visiting Professor of Finance, School of Business and Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 1997-1997
• Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1994-1995
• Chairman, Department of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1994-1996
• Associate Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1989-1994
• Visiting Associate Professor of Finance, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 1989-1990
• Assistant Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1982-1989
• Lecturer in Finance, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 1981-1982

Professional Experience

• Financial Analyst, Atlantic Richfield Company, 1977-1978
• Consultant, The Rand Corporation, 1979-1980

Awards

• Crowell Memorial Research Paper Prize: First Place, PanAgora Asset Management Quantitative Research Institute, 2009
• Microstructure Research Grant, Morgan Stanley, 2005
• Kellogg Alumni Professor of the Year Award, Kellogg School of Management, 2000
• Chairs, Kellogg School of Management, 1999-2000, 1997-1998
• Core Teaching Award, Kellog School of Management, 1997-1998 and 1999-2000
• Sidney Levy Teaching Award, Kellog School of Management, 1995-1996
• Sidney J. Levy Teaching Award, Kellogg School of Management, 1995-1996
• New York Stock Exchange Award for Best Paper and Equity Trading, Western Finance Association annual meetings, 1993
• Award for Best Paper on Equity Trading presented at the Western Finance Association annual meetings, New York Stock Exchange , 1993
• Best Paper Award, Review of Financial Studies, 1991 - Volume 4
• Review of Financial Studies, Best Paper Award, Review of Financial Studies, 1991