Education

• Ph D, (2017), Fox Business School, Temple University
• MS, (2012), University of Delaware
• BA, (2010), University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China

Selected Awards and Honors

• Teaching Excellence Awards (2019), Teaching - UMass Lowell
• 9th Young Scholar Interdisciplinary Forum Funding (2014) - Fox School of Business, Temple University
• University Fellowship (2014) - Temple University
• Financial Risk Managers (FRM) Scholarship (2011)
• Graduate Education Scholarship (2011) - University of Delaware
• Dean’s Scholarship (2010) - University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China

Selected Publications

• Zhang, C. (UMass Lowell), Lee, E. (UMass Lowell), Bai, J. (Northeastern Univeristy) (). Capital Market Frictions and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from Workplace Safety around Regulation SHO, Conditionally Accepted. The Financial Review.
• Mao, C., Zhang, C. (2018). Managerial Risk-Taking Incentive and Firm Innovation: Evidence from FAS 123R . Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.

Selected Presentations

• Do Corporate Taxes Affect Workplace Safety? - 2020 American Economic Association (AEA) Annual Meeting, 2020
• Do Corporate Taxes Affect Workplace Safety? - 2019 FMA Annual Meeting, 2019 - New Orleans
• - American Finance Association (AFA) Annual Meeting , 2019
• - Boston Area Finance Symposium (BAFS), 2018
• - Eastern Finance Association (EFA) Annual Meeting, 2018
• - Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting, 2018
• - International Risk Management Conference (IRMC), 2018
• - Midwest Finance Association (MFA) Annual Meeting, 2018
• - Northern Finance Association (NFA) Annual Meeting, 2018
• - Rodney L. White Center Conference on Asset Markets and Financial Decisions at Wharton, 2018
• - American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meeting, 2017
• - Southern Finance Association (SFA) Annual Meeting, 2017

Selected Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research

• Interdisciplinary research grant (2019), Grant - Manning School of Business and University of Massachusetts Lowell
  Phan, H.V., Zhang, C., Walter, A.

Research Currently in Progress

• Capital Market Frictions and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from Workplace Safety around Regulation SHO
  Bai, J. (Northeastern University), Lee, E. (UMass Lowell), Zhang, C. (UMass Lowell)
• Does Analyst Coverage Affect Workplace Safety?
  Bradley, D. (University of South Florida), Mao, C. (Temple University), Zhang, C. (UMass Lowell)
• Short Trading and Short Investing
  Blocher, J. (Vanderbilt University), Haslag, P. (Vanderbilt University), Zhang, C. (UMass Lowell)