QUALIFICATIONS:
- Ph.D., Stockholm School of Economics, 2019
- MA in Quantitative Economics and Finance, University of St. Gallen, 2014
- MSc in Economics, Stockholm School of Economics, 2014
- BSc in Economics, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, 2011
Hye Sun Chang joined SMU in 2015. She earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in Accountancy from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and B.S. in Business Administration from Yonsei University (Seoul, Korea). Her research interests lie in capital market research topics, including earnings quality, analyst forecasts, and financial derivatives. Also, her teaching interests include financial accounting and reporting.
Yin Wang, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Accounting (Practice) and Co-Director of MSc in Accounting (Data & Analytics) at the Singapore Management University (SMU) School of Accountancy (SOA). He earned his PhD in Management Science (Accounting) from HEC Paris, under the doctoral school of the University of Paris-Saclay, and was a Visiting PhD Research Scholar at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.
Samuel Tan joined the faculty of the School of Accountancy in 2018. He previously received a double degree in Accounting and Economics from SMU in 2011, a master’s degree in Statistics from NUS in 2013, and an MS and a PhD in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley in 2015 and 2018 respectively.
Education
| 2008 | Ph.D. (Finance), University of Michigan |
| 2006 | M.A.
Fan, Haoqing Grace joined SMU in 2020. She obtained her PhD in Accounting at INSEAD, MPAcc degree at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Bachelor's degree in Accounting at Sun Yat-Sen University. Her research interests include the role of disclosure and accounting regulation in the public sector, pension accounting, and accounting valuation. She is also enthusiastic about conducting multidisciplinary studies between economy/finance and accounting. She has experiences in auditing, banking, and equity research industries. Dr Cheng Cheng is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Lee Kong Chian Fellow 2022-2024. Her research interests center on gender, family, health, and aging. Her work focuses on understanding the production of social inequality through the lens of the family. She studies how extended family relationships shape gender power dynamics, wealth and income inequalities, and health disparities. Professor Paulin Straughan is a Professor of Sociology (Practice) at the School of Social Sciences and the Dean of Students at the Singapore Management University. She is also the Director of the Centre for Research on Successful Aging (ROSA). She received the Bachelor of Arts from the National University of Singapore in 1985, the Masters of Arts (1988) and PhD (1991) from University of Virginia, USA. Her research activities focus largely on Sociology of health; well-being and Ageing, and work and Family. QUALIFICATIONS:
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Professor ZHANG Liandong is the Dean of the School of Accountancy at Singapore Management University (SMU) and the Lee Kong Chian Professor of Accounting. Since joining SMU in 2017, he has held key leadership roles in the School’s strategic development, serving as Associate Dean (Research) from 2017 to 2023 and as Deputy Dean from 2023 to 2025. He was appointed Dean on 1 July 2025 following an international search. |