Educational Background

Degrees granted/granting universities:

• Ph.D., University of Minnesota
• MBA, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
• B.A., Tsinghua University, Beijing

Current research and teaching interest:

Auditing, Disclosure, Intangibles, IPO, Information Economics

 

Teaching Profession

Years at Binghamton University:

1999 - Present

Courses regularly taught:

• Accounting for Managers
• Cost Accounting

Academic experiences at other universities:

• Visiting Scholar, Stern School of Business, New York University, Summer 2005
• Visiting Scholar, School of Management, Zhejiang University, Summer 2006
• Research Associate, Institute for Financial and Accounting Studies, Xiamen Univeristy, 2006 – present

Most Significant Publications

• Competitive Costs of Disclosure by Biotech IPOs (with Re-Jin Guo and Baruch Lev) Journal of Accounting Research, May 2004, Vol. 42, No. 2, 319-355
• Auditor Reputation, Auditor Independence, and the Stock-Market Impact of Andersen’s Indictment on Its Client Firms (with Srinivasan Krishnamurthy and Jian Zhou) Contemporary Accounting Research, 2006, Summer 2006, Vol. 23, No. 2, 465-490

Selected Recognitions

• Listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2005/2006, 10th Edition
• • Ernest A. Heilman Award for Teaching Excellence, Department of Accounting, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, 1998