Michael Fishman is the Senior Associate Dean, Faculty and Research aNorman Strunk Professor of Financial Institutions and was Senior Associate Dean: Curriculum and Teaching from 2011-2014.

Professor Fishman has published widely in finance and economics. His research focuses on financial market regulation and contracting. Recently, he has investigated insider trading, disclosure regulations, the role of self-regulatory organizations, and long-term financial contracting. He has won a number of research awards including the Smith Breeden Prize, awarded by the American Finance Association. He co-edited A Primer on Securitization (MIT Press, 1996). Professor Fishman has been on the editorial boards of a number of finance journals.

The graduates of Kellogg's Executive Masters Program chose Professor Fishman for the Outstanding Professor Award in 1995, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago.

• Corporate Finance
• Insider Trading
• Regulation of Financial Markets

• PhD, 1986, Economics, University of Chicago
• MA, 1982, Economics, University of Chicago
• BA, 1979, Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Senior Associate Dean, Faculty and Research, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2018-present
• Senior Associate Dean: Curriculum & Teaching, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2011-2014
• Norman Strunk Distinguished Professor of Financial Institutions, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1997-present
• Chair, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2002-2005
• Associate Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1992-1997
• Assistant Professor of FInance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1985-1992

• EMPOutstandingTeachingAward, Executive MBA Program Outstanding Teaching Awards, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 1997, 1995
• Sidney J. Levy Teaching Award, Kellogg School of Management, 2008-2009, 2004-2005, 1993-1994
• Named Runner Up for the 2008 Barclays Global Investors/ Michael Brennan Best Paper Award , Review of Financial Studies

• Board Editor, American Economic Review, 2011-
• Associate Editor, Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 2011-Present
• Editor, Review of Financial Studies, 1998-2002
• Associate Editor, Journal of Financial Intermediation, 1993-Present

This program, which was created especially for non-finance managers and executives, gives participants the hands-on experience they need to read and interpret financial reports, talk numbers and make executive finance decisions with confidence.