Business School Faculty Published in Top Journals
Read more about the School of Business faculty research, publications, and successes of the 2025-26 academic year.
NOVEMBER 2025
> Dr. Siti Parida had a publication titled, “Do Position Limits in Single Stock Derivatives Benefit Equity Markets?” accepted for publication at the Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal (AABFJ), an ABDC B journal.
OCTOBER 2025
> Drs. Fei Fang and Siti Parida published a paper titled “Do Active Sustainable Equity Funds Outperform Their Passive Peers?” Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic” in Journal of Risk and Financial Management, an ABDC-B ranked journal.
> Dr. Parida also had a solo-authored paper, “Early-Pandemic Repricing of Housing Attributes: Evidence from Middlesex County, Boston Suburbs,” accepted for publication in Finance Research Letters (ABDC A).
> Dr. Vasilia Vasiliou had two articles published earlier this year:
Pololi, L. H., Civian, J. T., Brimhall-Vargas, M., Vasiliou, V., Evans, A. T., Ninteau, K., Cooper, Lisa, A., Gibbs, Brian, T., Brennan, R. T. (2025). Implementation and evaluation of a group peer mentoring and leadership development program for research faculty in academic medicine. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 9(1), e63. doi: 10.1017/cts.2025.37.
Bloom-Feshbach, K. (co-first author), Vasiliou, V. (co-first author), Laird, L., Civian, J. T., Pololi, L., H. (2025). Pandemic Impact on Research Faculty in Academic Medicine: A Mixed Method Study. Women’s Health Reports. 2025 Jan 8;6(1):21-28. doi: 10.1089/whr.2024.0091.
SEPTEMBER 2025
>Dr. Atefeh Yazdanparast had a guest editorial for the special issue on “Future Trends in Consumer Behavior” published in the Journal of Consumer Behaviour. This is an A level journal according to ABDC ranking. This special issue was co-edited by Dr. Yazdanparast and Prachi Gala, Associate Professor of Marketing at Kennesaw State University.
Dr. Yazdanparast also had a paper titled “Color Saturation and Perceived Sensory Intensity: An Account of Psychological Proximity“ published in Psychology & Marketing, an A level journal according to ABDC.
Lastly, Dr. Yazdanparast co-authored a guest editorial titled, Beyond tech gimmicks: omni-digital touchpoints for products and brands,” published in the Journal of Product and Brand Management, an A level journal.
>Drs. Fei Fang and Siti Parida published a paper titled, “Mutual Fund Investor Response to Climate Activism: Evidence from the 2019 Global Climate Strike on Economic Modelling,” in the ABDC A-ranked journal, Economic Modeling.
>Drs. Fang and David Tang, along with two coauthors, published a paper in Finance Research Letters, also an ABDC A-ranked journal, titled, “Insider Risk Aversion and Trade Informativeness.”
> Dr. David Tang published a paper titled, “CEO Social Media Activity and Insider Trading” in Journal of Financial Research, an ABDC A-ranked journal.
> Dr. Ray Wang coauthored a paper titled, “Are Short Sellers the Vanguards of SEC Investigations?”, which was accepted for presentation at the 2025 Financial Management Association Meeting.
> Dr. Jin Fang was co-author on the following journal articles published during the summer break:
- The Synergy Impact of Private Vehicle Restrictions and Public Transportation Improvements on Commuters: A Case Study of Chengdu, China. Published in: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, an ABDC A*-ranked journal.
- A Data Envelopment Analysis-Based Methodology for Ranking Cities and Prioritizing Urban Criteria. Published in: Information Technology and Management, an ABDC B-ranked journal.
- Analyzing Sequential Purchasing Behavior and Prioritizing Brands in Loyalty Programs. Published in Journal of Product & Brand Management, an ABDC A-ranked journal.
> Dr. Rita Wang co-authored a paper accepted for publication at Accounting and Finance titled, “CEOs’ Political Ideology, Social Capital, and Corporate Tax Avoidance.”
> Dr. Jisoo Park had a book chapter titled, “The Double-Edged Sword of Failure Experiences: The Inverted-U Relationship Between Individuals’ Failure Experience and Learning” published by Oxford University Press. Dr. Park will also be presenting a research project titled, “Resilience in Adversity: Adverse Events and the Evolution of Physician Collaborations,” at the 2025 Strategic Management Society Annual Conference. This work has also been nominated for the Responsible Research Paper Prize.
> Dr. Will Wu presented his research at the 2025 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting this past August. His paper is titled: “Seeing through a New Lens: The Impact of Initial Critical Audit Matter Reporting on Audit Delay Across Audit Seasons.”
