Kathleen M. Hagerty is the interim dean of Kellogg School of Management. She joined Kellogg more than 30 years ago and holds the First Chicago Professorship in Finance. She has earned a reputation as an accomplished scholar and respected faculty leader, with vast experience attracting and retaining top faculty in an increasingly competitive market for academic talent. 

Hagerty has held numerous leadership positions within Kellogg, including serving two terms as senior associate dean of faculty and research, two terms as chair of the finance department and two years as faculty director of Kellogg’s Ph.D. programs. She also is responsible for the development of several successful academic programs that foster partnerships across the University. 

Her work has studied the micro-structure of securities markets, disclosure regulation, insider trading regulation and the effectiveness of self-regulatory organizations. Her research has appeared in journals such as The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy and The Journal of Finance. She received a Bradley Foundation Research Fellowship and received the D.P. Jacobs Prize for the Most Significant Paper in the Journal of Financial Intermediation. She has also been a member of the editorial board of the Review of Financial Studies and the Journal of Financial Markets.

• PhD, 1985, Economics, Stanford University
• MBA, 1979, Finance, University of California, Berkeley
• MS, 1977, Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley
• AB, 1975, Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley

• Interim Dean, Kellogg School of Management, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2018-present
• Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2016-2018
• Department Chair, Department of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2012-2016
• Academic Director, Financial Economics Certificate Program for Undergraduates, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2010-2016
• First Chicago Professor of Finance, Department of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2001-present
• Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2005-2010
• Co-Director, Center of Financial Institutions and Markets, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2000-2005
• Committee Member, Program and Curriculum Review Committee, Graduate School, Northwestern University, 1999-2002
• Mechthild Nemmers Professor of Finance, Department of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1998-2001
• Department Chair, Department of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1998-2000
• Professor of Finance, Department of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1997-1998
• Council Chair, Northwestern University Program Review Council , Northwestern University, 1995-1996
• Council Member, Northwestern University Program Review Council , Northwestern University, 1993-1996
• Associate Professor of Finance, Department of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1992-1997
• Finance PhD Program Coordinator, Department of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1991-1994
• Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1984-1992

• Sidney J. Levy Teaching Award, Kellogg School of Management, 2004-2005

• Ad-hoc Reviewer, Review of Financial Studies
• Ad-hoc Reviewer, Journal of Finance
• Ad-hoc Reviewer, RAND Journal of Economics