Getting to Know: Oya Altinkilic

Name: Oya Altinkilic

Job title: Assistant Professor of Finance

Job duties: Research and teaching.

Time at GW: Since August 2010.

Best part of working at GWSB: Working in the D.C. area with great colleagues. The cherry on top? It is only walking distance to the Kennedy Center.

What co-workers do not know about me: I have been frequenting the Washington Opera for more than a decade.

Family: All living in different countries around the world.

Favorite things to do on the weekend: Spending quality time with friends and family, and trying new restaurants.

Favorite vacation spots: Any place with a quiet sea and sandy beaches, where the food is very good.

Favorite book: I have many literary favorites, but I particularly like short stories by Poe, Kafka, Hemingway, Updike, Camus, Doyle, Irving, Greene and Maupassant to name a few.

Email: oaltin@gwu.edu

Phone: 202-994-6763

Posted by gwsb on November 10, 2010 | Filed under: Getting to Know.