Katherine Spiess

Katherine Spiess is currently serving her second term as academic director of the Master of Science in Finance program. She has previously served as Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and as Assistant Chair of the Finance department She has conducted research that has focused on the stock market impact of security offerings, and her teaching interests are mergers and acquisitions, corporate risk management, and capital allocation. She earned her B.S. and her Ph.D. from the University of Missouri. Her distinctions and awards include an All Star Paper recognition from the Journal of Financial Economics, a Kaneb Teaching Award, Outstanding Teacher in the MS-Management program, in the MBA program and in the MS-Finance program, and a BP Amoco Outstanding Teacher Award.