Zhen Chosen by Managerial Finance to Receive Award for Doctoral Research

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Stuart alumna Xinting Zhen (Ph.D. MSC 鈥18) has been chosen by the editorial team of Managerial Finance as a Highly Commended Award winner of the .

Zhen is recognized in the Finance category for her dissertation, titled 鈥淭hree Essays in Financial Institutions and Corporate Finance.鈥 Associate Professor of Finance served as her thesis advisor.

The Emerald/EFMD awards are presented annually for excellence in relevant and impactful applied research in business and management. Zhen鈥檚 research was selected from among nearly 300 submissions this year.

In fall 2018, Zhen became assistant professor of business administration at Saint Michael鈥檚 College in Colchester, Vermont, where she teaches business finance. She mentored the college鈥檚 CFA Institute Research Challenge team, which won the Vermont competition and participated in the Americas Regional competition in late April 2019.

She has published two papers: 鈥溾 in Economic Notes with co-authors Haizhi Wang, Iftekhar Hasan, and Liuling Liu, and 鈥溾 in Managerial Finance with co-authors with Haizhi Wang, Desheng Yin, and Xiaotian Tina Zhang.