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PHBS Welcomes New Faculty
2016-09-09 17:15:25
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Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS) welcomes nine new faculty members who bring international education and professional experience to the campus this fall. They are Ba Shusong, Jaehyuk Choi, Sharon Condon, Liu Lan, Liu Yang, Edwin McDaniel , Xu Yang , Ye Weiming, and Jake Zhao. Collectively, they have been widely published, including papers and books.
 

 
Ba Shusong, professor, earned a Ph.D. in economics at Central University of Finance and Economics. He also served as the Chief China economist for the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and China Banking Association. He has been named among the Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum in Davos. Shusong’s research interests focus on risk management in financial market and institutions, monetary policies, and asset management. He has long committed to studying the New Basle Capital Accord and development of asset management sector in China. With the support from PHBS Dean Hai Wen, Shusong launched the PHBS Finance Frontier Lecture series focusing on cutting-edge financial practices and development.
 

 
Jaehyuk Choi, assistant professor, earned his Ph.D. in applied mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with top applied mathematician Martin Z. Bazant as his advisor. Before joining PHBS, Choi served as an executive director at Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities (FICC) division of Goldman Sachs in New York and Hong Kong. His research fields include quantitative finance, mathematical modeling, and data science. Choi has published several papers in key international academic journals, for instance, Mathematical Finance and Physical Review Letters.
 

 
Sharon Condon, senior lecturer, earned a Ph.D. in Work/Life Balance and Wellbeing from the Business Faculty of Griffith University in Australia. She has taught at three Universities (Griffith University, University of Tasmania, and Victoria University) for over six years across a diverse range of subjects including communication, sociology, psychology, and evidence based practice. She also worked as an academic supervisor for 4 years with the Business Faculty, Griffith University. Additionally she has taught English in China, Thailand and Japan.
 

 
Liu Lan, assistant professor, holds a Ph.D. from the School of Journalism and Communication, Peking University and a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. Previously, Liu served as editor of China Business Times; chief editor of World Executive; director of Case Study Center of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB); and chief constant at the Tao Leadership Center. As a columnist for World Executive and CEIBS Business Review, Lan has published many articles related to leadership and corporate culture.
 

 
Liu Yang, assistant professor, earned his Ph.D. in communication studies at Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) after doing his undergraduate work there in journalism and economics.  Prior to joining PHBS, Liu Yang was assistant professor at Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School . He has focused his research on the sociology of technology, communication development, and cyber-culture studies and will teach such courses as visual communication and new media marketing for the new PHBS program in financial journalism.
 

Edwin R. McDaniel, senior lecturer, holds a Ph.D. in communication from Arizona State University with a research focus in intercultural communication. In recent years, McDaniel has taught writing and communication in Japan, and formerly was adjunct professor in the Department of Communication at California State University San Marcos. He serves on the editorial board of the International Encyclopedia of Intercultural Communication, and has published several papers and three books, including, Speaking in a Multicultural Society: The Fundamentals (Oxford University Press).
 

 
Xu Yang, assistant professor, earned a Ph.D.in economics at George Mason University and B.S. degree in economics from the University of Chicago. His research interests include behavioral economics, experimental economics, industrial organization, applied econometrics, and public economics. Xu previously served as research assistant for two world-renowned economists, Tyler Cowen and John List, the latter known particularly for his innovative use of field experiments in economics. Further, he worked on a number of research projects with Azeem M. Shaikh and was honored with the Howard R. Bloch Memorial Award for his excellence in economics studies.
 

 
Ye Weiming, assistant professor, earned a Ph.D. in communication in the joint degree program between Peking University and University of Udine. With research interests focusing on new media, social networks, and Internet sub-culture groups, Weiming has published several papers in key journals, for instance, Asian Journal of Social Psychology. Further, she took part in projects of the National Social Science Foundation of China and translation of the book Networked: The New Society Operating System. Ye also translated the book, Netnography: Doing Ethnographic Research Online, and its Chinese version was published in July this year.
 

 
Jake Zhao, assistant professor, earned his M.S. and Ph.D.in economics at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Zhao also holds a B.S. in Mathematics (with high honors) at the University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on corporate finance, macroeconomics and industrial organization, and application of computer science and econometrics to related fields. Before joining PHBS, he was assistant professor of economics at Stony Brook University.

Since its foundation, PHBS has worked to integrate the best education resources by attracting talented faculty from home and abroad. Today, PHBS has 57 full-time professors, among which are 20 international faculty members from Australia, Canada, Europe, South Korea, Turkey, and the U.S. With strong faculty team, students will have better chances to excel inside and outside the classroom.

(Faculty members arranged in alphabetical order; Chinese faculty names are in traditional structure : family name, then given name )

By Annie Jin

Edited by Priscilla Young