PhD, Financial Economics, Carnegie Mellon University

Ravi Jagannathan is the Chicago Mercantile Exchange/John F. Sandner Professor at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Before joining the Kellogg faculty, professor Jagannathan was the Piper Jaffray Professor of Finance at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. Concurrent with his position at the University of Minnesota he has served as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Member of the Board of Directors of the American Finance Association

Professor Jagannathan's research interests are in the areas of asset pricing, capital markets, financial institutions, and portfolio performance evaluation. His articles have appeared in leading academic journals, including the Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Finance, and Review of Financial Studies. His research has received extensive coverage in advanced textbooks on finance and economics.
He has participated as an invited faculty member at Financial Management Association doctoral consortiums. He has served on the editorial boards of leading academic journals. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the American Finance Association, and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economics Research, and President of the Society of Financial Studies. He has served on the advisory group on Share Based Compensation at the International Accounting Standards Board. Professor Jagannathan is a member of the American Finance Association, the Western Finance Association, and the Econometrics Society. He has served as a consultant to several companies in the financial services sector.