Professor Israelsen’s research interests lie in explaining perceived anomalies in finance and real estate by developing novel measures of risk and information. His research has been published in Real Estate Economics and the Journal of Investment Management.Before joining Indiana, he earned a Ph.D. in Finance and M.S. in Financial Engineering at The University of Michigan as well as a B.A. in Economics at Utah State University. Prior to graduate school, he worked at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy.