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Digital Transformation

Dr Qian Forrest Zhang joined Singapore Management University in 2005. Currently, he is Associate Professor of Sociology and the Associate Dean for Research at the School of Social Sciences. He completed his undergraduate training at Fudan University in Shanghai and obtained a PhD in sociology from Yale University in 2004. His research focuses on China’s agrarian political economy and rural development but extends to a range of other issues in contemporary China, including self-employment, stratification and inequality, social mobility, and family relations.

Education

2004 Ph.D., University of Iowa
1999 M.Sc., National University of Singapore
1997 B.E., Tsinghua University

Current Position(s) Held

2012 - Now Associate Professor of Finance 

Dr. Holly Yang is a tenured Associate Professor of Accounting at Singapore Management University, where she focuses on corporate reporting and disclosure issues. Her research employs both traditional and behavioral economic theories to explore unique settings, aiming to make academic accounting research accessible and relevant to practitioners and regulators.

Ms Wong Suay Peng joined the School of Accountancy as a senior lecturer in 2010.  Her varied career experience included audit at Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co (now KPMG), as well as finance and project management across cross-functional teams at IBM Singapore Pte Ltd.  She was also a member of the pioneer team that established the School of Business Management at Nanyang Polytechnic.

Education

2006

Ph.D. in Marketing
Goizueta Business School
Emory University

2002

M.S. in E-Commerce and Marketing
Lowry Mays School of Management
Texas A&M University

Education

2006 Ph.D in Photonic Engineering
University of Cambridge
2003 B.Eng Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Qualifications

  • PhD, Princeton University, 2013
  • MA, Universite de Paris-Sorbonne, 2006

Research Interests

  • Russian and Soviet Empires
  • Siberia and Polar Regions
  • Cold War
  • Urban Studies
  • STS
  • History of Modern Science and Technology
  • History of Computing and Data
  • Transnational and Global History

Course(s) Taught in SMU

  • Science and Technology Studies: Where Science Meets Society
  • Can Machines Think?

Dr Themin Suwardy is an Associate Professor of Accounting (Practice) with the SMU School of Accountancy. Before his current appointment as Associate Provost (PGP Education), he was Dean of Postgraduate Professional Programmes (2016-2021), looking after SMU portfolio of Masters programme with an annual intake of over 1,400 students. Prior to joining academia, Themin was an auditor with KPMG Peat Marwick.

Dr Seow Poh Sun is Professor of Accounting (Education) and Associate Dean (Teaching and Curriculum) of the School of Accountancy at Singapore Management University. His teaching and research interests are in accounting information systems, accounting data & analytics, behavioural issues in accounting and accounting education. He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant of Singapore and Fellow of CPA Australia.

Education

2015 Ph.D., Cornell University
2008 M.A., Korea University
2004 B.A., with Great Honor, Korea University

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