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  • Assistant Professor of Accounting

Room

BusAd C-402g

Phone

(714) 715-7701
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Academic Background

  • Ph.D., Management (Accounting), University of California-Irvine, 2023
  • Master of Professional Accountancy, University of California-Irvine, 2018
  • B.A., Business Administration, Konkuk University, 2011

Research Interests

  • Accounting research related to disclosures, supply chains, regulations, and technologies

Selected Publications

  • “Freedom of expression protection and corporate concealment of bad news: Evidence from state anti-SLAPP laws” with Jimmy Lee, Shaphan Ng, and Liandong Zhang, Journal of Accounting Research, forthcoming
  • “The check is in the mail: Can disclosure reduce late payments to suppliers?” with Elizabeth Chuk and Ben Lourie, Management Science, forthcoming
  • “Voluntary disclosure of workforce gender diversity” with Chuchu Liang, Ben Lourie, and Alex Nekrasov, Journal of Financial Reporting, forthcoming
  • “MiFID II and the unbundling of analyst research from trading execution” with Ben Lourie and Devin Shanthikumar, Contemporary Accounting Research, 2023 (presented at 2021 CAR conference)
  • “The impact of debt forbearance on borrowers’ financial behavior and labor outcomes: Evidence from student loans” with Ben Lourie and Alex Nekrasov, Finance Research Letters, 2023
     

Awards & Honors

  • FARS Excellence in Reviewing Award (2021, 2025)
  • Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Fellowship (2022-2023)
  • AAA/Deloitte Foundation/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow (2022)
  • Management Fellowship, University of California, Irvine (2020)
  • Graduate Fellowship, University of California, Irvine (2018-2023)
  • Dean’s Scholar Award (MPAc), University of California, Irvine (2018)