Anderson Professor Mark Garmaise Appointed Dean

University of California at Los Angeles Anderson School of Management Professor of Finance Mark Garmaise has been named as the dean of the Full-time MBA program. Garmaise will begin in his position as dean on July 1, 2014. Anderson’s Dean Judy Olian made the announcement.

“In Mark, we have a combination of remarkable talents, an outstanding teacher who is dedicated to his MBA students, and a trailblazing scholar who infuses his teaching with relevant and emerging research findings,” said Olian.

Professor Garmaise graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with an AB in Mathematics and Philosophy. He received his Ph.D. in Finance from Stanford GSB in 1998. Garmaise was appointed assistant professor at Chicago Booth and joined UCLA Anderson as a visiting assistant professor in the finance area in 2001.

Professor Garmaise will succeed senior associate dean Andrew Ainslie, who has been named the dean of the University of Rochester’s Simon Business School. Ainslie joined Anderson in 2000 and has led the Full-Time MBA program since 2010.

Garmaise has focused his academic research on using empirical data to investigate the effects of asymmetric information and incomplete contracting as they relate to real estate markets and entrepreneurial firms.

Garmaise has been the recipient of every teaching award given by UCLA Anderson School faculty. He has also been awarded the 2006 Eric and “E” Juline Excellence in Research Award. Students have awarded him the FEMBA Teaching Excellence Award in 2009 and the MBA Teaching Excellence Award in 2011.

regions: Los Angeles

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