Amy Zang

Academic qualifications

• PhD, Accounting, 2006, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
• BS, Accounting, 2001, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Associate Professor of Accounting, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), July 2015 - present
• Assistant Professor of Accounting, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), July 2009 - June 2015
• Assistant Professor of Accounting, University of Rochester, July 2006 - June 2009

PUBLICATIONS

• "Analyst Information Discovery and interpretation Roles: A Topic Modeling Approach" Forthcoming at Management Science. (with Allen Huang, Reuven Lehavy and Rong Zheng).
• "Evidence on the Information Content of Text in Analyst Reports" The Accounting Review, _November 2014, 89 (6) 2151-2180. _(with Allen Huang and Rong Zheng).
• "Evidence on the Trade-Off between Real Activities Manipulation and Accrual-Based Earnings Management." The Accounting Review, March 2012, 87 (2) 675-703.
• "What Determine Financial Analysts'' Career Outcomes During Mergers?" Journal ofAccounting and Economics, March 2009, 59-86. (with Joanna Shuang Wu)
• "CEO Reputation and Earnings Quality."Contemporary Accounting Research,  Volume 25, Issue 1, Spring 2008. (with Jennifer Francis, Allen Huang and Shiva Rajgopal)

HONORS AND AWARDS

• The Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence, Finalist, 2016
• Duke University Graduate Fellowship, 2001 - 2006
• Deloitte & Touche Foundation Doctoral Fellowship Award, 2004
• American Accounting Association Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2004
• PricewaterhouseCoopers/Long Tao Scholarship, China 2000

EDITORIAL BOARDS

• The Accounting Review (Editorial Board, 2017 - Present)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Member of American Accounting Association 
• Member of American Finance Association
• Member of CAPANA Program Committee (2018-2019)