Business School Faculty Awards and Publications in Top Journals
Read more about the School of Business faculty research, publications, and successes of the 2026-2027 academic year.
SEPTEMBER 2026
> Dr. Rita Wang has accepted invitations to serve as an Associate Editor for each of the following two journals:
- Advances in Accounting, an ABDC-A journal
- Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics – an ABDC-B journal
> Dr. Jin Fang has had two of her presentations accepted for the DSI 2026 Annual Conference in San Francisco.
- Jin Fang (Presenting Author), Yanjing Wang, Joseph Sarkis, Tricia Mahoney, Scott Perry, Jing Zhang, and Will O’Brien, “Avoiding Carbon Emissions: The Unique Case of Twisted X.”, Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) 2026 Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 2026.
- Yanjing Wang is our former MSBA student, and Jing Zhang and Will O’Brien are from CUSB.
- Hanpeng Zhang, Yijie Huang, and Jin Fang (Presenting Author), “Fairness-Aware Dynamic Allocation of Medical Supplies During Epidemics.”, Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) 2026 Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 2026.
> Dr. David Tang had a paper accepted for publication at Accounting & Finance (ABDC A). The paper’s title is “Do Industrial Robots Affect Labor Investment Efficiency? ——Evidence from China”
He had another paper accepted for publication at Journal of Family Business Strategy (ABDC B). The paper’s title is “Kinship Solidarity and Family Firm Risk Taking: Which Socioemotional Ties Bind?”
David is also proud to share that our FIN 241 (Investment Management) Spring 2026 teaching technique has been selected as one of three finalists for the 2026 Financial Management Association’s “Innovation in Teaching Award,” and will present the teaching technique at the FMA annual meeting in Tampa. In the course, students built AI agents under instructor’s supervision to role-play real-world investment clients, providing continuous, IPS-based feedback and creating an accessible, semester-long client experience.
> Dr Kyunghee Yoon received an award for distinguished service to the Strategic and Emerging Technologies section of the American Accounting Association.
