Student Track Record
The Ph.D. program in accounting has an outstanding and impressive track record in terms of quality of placements and research. Below are a list our graduates, placements and awards for dissertation research.
Accounting Graduates
Steven Huddart (1991)
Initial Placement at Stanford University
Bente Villadsen (1993)
Initial Placement at Washington University in St. Louis
Yuanyuan Jiang (2004)
Initial Placement at Cornerstone Research
Yun Zhang (2004)
Initial Placement at Duke University
Ling Zhou (2004)
Initial Placement at Tulane University
Zhiyan Cao (2006)
Initial Placement at University of Washington-Tacoma
Francesco Bova (2008)
Initial Placement at University of Toronto
Committee: Ederhof, Mittendorf, Thomas (chair), Zhang
Pingyang Gao (2008)
Initial Placement at University of Chicago
Committee: Antle, Geanakoplos, Mittendorf, Sunder (chair)
Dae-Hee Yoon (2008)
Initial Placement at City University of New York
Committee: Antle, Mittendorf, Shin, Sunder (chair)
Foong Soon Cheong (2009)
Initial Placement at Rutgers University
Committee: Ederhof, Mittendorf, Thomas (chair), Zhang
Panagiotis Patatoukas (2010)
Initial Placement at University of California-Berkeley
Committee: Mittendorf, Sunder, Thomas (chair), Zhang
Kai Du (2012)
Initial Placement at Pennsylvania State University
Committee: Antel, Sunder (chair), Thomas, Tsyvinski
Wei Zhu (2013)
Initial Placement at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Committee: Kolev, Lerman, Thomas (chair), Zhang
Aytekin Ertan (2014)
Initial Placement at London Business School
Committee: Lerman, Sunder, Thomas (chair), Zhang
James Potepa (2014)
Initial Placement at George Washington University
Committee: Kolev, Lerman, Thomas (chair), Zhang
Qiao Kapadia (2016)
Initial Placement at U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Committee: Kolev, Lerman, Sunder (chair), Zhang
Robert Stoumbos (2017)
Initial Placement at Columbia University
Committee: Niessner, Sunder, Thomas (chair), Zhang
John Heater (2018)
Initial Placement at Duke University
Committee: Lerman, Sunder, Thomas (chair), Zhang
Stephanie Miller (2018)
Initial Placement at Quinnipiac University
Committee: Lerman, Steffen, Thomas (chair), Zhang
Qin Tan (2018)
Initial Placement at City University of Hong Kong
Committee: Kolev, Lerman, Steffen, Thomas (chair),
Erik Olson (2020)
Initial Placement at Vanderbilt University
Committee: Steffen, Sunder, Thomas (chair), Zhang
Robert Bishop (2021)
Initial Placement at Duke Law
Committee: Morely, Steffen, Thomas (chair), Zhang
Ruiting Dai (2022)
Initial Placement at Drexel University
Committee: Duguay, Steffen, Thomas (chair), Zhang
David Kwon (2022)
Initial Placement at Aon
Committee: Huang, Spiegel, Thomas (chair), Zhang
Jinjie Lin (2022)
Initial Placement at Moody's Analytics
Committee: Duguay, Shue, Steffen, Thomas (chair), Zhang
Lucas C. Lee (2024)
Initial Placement at IE Business School
Committee: Shue, Steffen, Thomas (chair), Zhang
Tendai Masaya (2024)
Initial Placement at Smeal College of Business
Committee: Duguay, Nakhmurina, Thomas (chair), Zhang
Current Students
Brett Campbell (email)
BS, Brigham Young University
MS, Brigham Young University
Ping Gong (email)
BCom, Accounting, University of New South Wales
Xiaoer Liu (email)
BBA, Accounting, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
MS, Finance, Oxford University
Cong Xiao (email)
Other Bachelor Level, Finance, Xiamen University
MS, Finance, Columbia University
Laiyi Yin (email)
BCom, Economics & Accounting, McGill University
Yiyuan Zhang (email)
BBA, Accounting, Southwestern University of Finance
MS, Statistics, Baruch College CUNY