Dr Yunyan Zhang

• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2018 - ongoing	Senior Lecturer	The University of Adelaide
  2015 - 2016	Senior Operations Analyst	Capital One Bank
  2011 - 2017	Senior Lecturer	The University of Melbourne
  2008 - 2008	Instructor	The Ohio State University
  1999 - 2000	Instructor	Nankai University

• Language Competencies

  Language	Competency
  Chinese (Mandarin)	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
  English	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  2006 - 2011	Ohio State University	The United States	PhD in Accounting
  2002 - 2004	Ohio State University	The United States	MBA
  2000 - 2002	University of Toledo	The United States	MA in English as a Second Language
  1996 - 1999	Nankai University	P.R. China	MA in British and American Literature
  1992 - 1996	Nankai University	P.R. China	BA in English

• Research Interests

  Financial Accounting

• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2022	Abernethy, M. A., Li, W., Zhang, Y., & Shi, H. (2022). Firm culture and internal control system. Accounting and Finance, 63(3), 29 pages. DOI WoS1
  2021	Li, W., & Zhang, Y. (2021). Managerial Political Orientation and Insider Trading. Accounting and Finance, 62(1), 33 pages. DOI Scopus1
  2019	Clinch, G., Li, W., & Zhang, Y. (2019). Short selling and firms' disclosure of bad news: evidence from regulation SHO. Journal of Financial Reporting, 4(1), 1-23. DOI WoS17
  2019	Li, W., & Zhang, Y. (2019). Firms' disclosure policies and capital investment: Evidence from Regulation Fair Disclosure. Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance, 36(2), 379-404. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
  2016	Yuan, Q., & Zhang, Y. (2016). The real effects of corporate fraud: evidence from class action lawsuits. Accounting & Finance, 56(3), 879-911. DOI
  2015	Yuan, Q., & Zhang, Y. (2015). Do Banks Price Litigation Risk in Debt Contracting? Evidence from Class Action Lawsuits. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 42(9-10), 1310-1340. DOI

Taught both both undergraudate and master subjects including Financial Statement Analysis, Accounting theory, Intermeidate Financial Accounting  and Accounting and Finance Capstone III.          

• Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2024	Principal Supervisor	Board Reform and Managerial Myopia: Worldwide Evidence	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Zifu Zhang
  2024	Principal Supervisor	CEO Language and Financial Market Performance	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Haotian Ma
  2023	Principal Supervisor	The impact of sustainability risk and digital information disclosure on enterprise performance: Evidence from China	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Siqian Zou

• Other Supervision Activities

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Location	Program	Supervision Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2014 - 2016	Co-Supervisor	Crowd funding and firm performance in Australia	University of Melbourne	-	Doctorate	-	Ra-Pee Pattanapanyasat
  2013 - 2015	Co-Supervisor	Dividend policy and firm behavior	University of Melbourne	-	Doctorate	-	Li, Chao

• Review, Assessment, Editorial and Advice

  Date	Title	Type	Institution	Country
  2019 - ongoing	Ad hoc reviewer	Journal Review	American Accounting Assoication	-
  2012 - ongoing	Reviewer	Conference Review	Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand; American Accounting Associaiton	-

• Position: Senior Lecturer
• Phone: 83136825
• Email: yunyan.zhang@adelaide.edu.au
• Campus: North Terrace
• Building: Nexus 10, floor 13
• Org Unit: Accounting