Kirsten Burr

Kirsten is in the PhD program in Finance at Columbia Business School. Her current research interests include behavioral finance, empirical asset pricing, machine learning methods in finance, and household finance. Before beginning the doctoral program, Kirsten worked as a Quantitative Research Analyst at Rockefeller Capital Management where she conducted industry research to inform broad capital market outlooks, portfolio construction guidance, and asset allocation recommendations. Prior to joining Rockefeller, Kirsten received a B.A. in Economics, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Spelman College and a M.S. in Quantitative and Computational Finance from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Outside of her work, Kirsten enjoys going on walks with her husband and her pup, visiting art museums around NYC, doing yoga, and watching documentaries.