Diane K. Denis

Diane K. Denis is professor emeritus of finance and Terrence P. Laughlin Chair Emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business.

Her research focuses on corporate finance, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate diversification, corporate restructuring, and corporate governance. She is also the co-editor of a two-volume book on international corporate governance.

Before joining the University of Pittsburgh, Denis served on the faculty of Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management, where she also was senior associate dean for faculty and research. Earlier, she was a faculty member at Virginia Tech.

Denis has received the Katz Graduate School of Business Excellence in Teaching Award, the Katz Graduate School of Business Excellence in Service Award, the Basic Academic Paper Award from the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, the Salgo Noren MBA Teaching Award, the Financial Management Association Best Paper Award, and recognition as a Purdue Teaching Academy Fellow and Krannert Faculty Fellow.

She has served on the boards of directors of the International Corporate Governance Society and the Financial Management Association. She is a fellow of the Drexel University Center for Corporate Governance and has served as an associate editor of several leading finance journals.

Denis earned a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Michigan, an M.B.A. from Cranfield Institute of Technology, and a bachelor’s in finance from Oakland University.