Brad Barber is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Finance at the Graduate School of Management, UC Davis.

Professor Barber has been recognized as one of the most widely cited financial economists in the world. He was selected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancment of Science (AAAS) in 2024. In 2019, he as selcted as a Fellow of the Financial Management Association (FMA), which “…recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the profession.” He was also elected as FMA President and served in 2018. He currently serves on the Academic Female Finance Finance Committee Advisory Board (AFFECT), the Ethics Committee of the American Finance Associate, the Economic Advisory Committee for FINRA, and the Advisory Councel for the Financial Analysts Journal. He was a Principal Investigator for the CalPERS Sustainable Research Initiative (SIRI, 2012-2016) and the finance department editor for Management Science (2009-2012). He is the founder of the Napa Finance Conference.

Professor Barber's research focuses on asset pricing, behavioral finance, and private equity. He has written numerous scholarly articles, which have appeared in top academic publications including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Sociological Review, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and the Financial Analyst Journal. His research has been covered extensively in the financial press, including Business Week, Time, The Wall Street Journal, ABC News, NBC Nightly News, CNN, CNNfn, and CNBC.

Professor Barber received his Ph.D. in finance from the University of Chicago in 1991. He received an MBA from the University of Chicago and a B.S. in Economics from the University of Illinois.