Kangkang Zhang
Assistant Professor of Accountancy
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Educational Background
- Ph.D., Accounting, University of Connecticut, 2025
- Master of Accounting, University of Michigan, 2019
- Bachelor of Management in Accounting & Bachelor of Laws, Sun Yat-sen University, 2018
Positions Held
- Assistant Professor of Accountancy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2025 to present
Recent Publications
- Weber, D., Xu, N., & Zhang, K. Forthcoming. SEC Scrutiny and Corporate Risk-Taking. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 81 (1).
- Lerman, A., Steffen, T., & Zhang, K. Forthcoming. The SEC Review of Earnings Conference Calls. Management Science.
Honors and Awards
- Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Fellowship, Deloitte Foundation, 2024-2025
- Best Paper Award and Best Presenter Award, Rutgers Accounting Doctoral Symposium, 2024
- Best Paper Award, AAA GNP Annual Meeting, 2024
Grants
- Gies Research Funding, Gies College of Business, 2025 to present
Current Courses
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Data Analytics Foundations (ACCY 570) Concepts and foundations underlying data analytics for accounting. Provides fundamental knowledge of how to acquire, organize, synthesize and analyze (possibly large) volumes of data to address questions and problems. After completing this course, students should (1) have a foundational understanding of the techniques underlying data analytics, (2) recognize scenarios and identify appropriate tools for various types of data analysis and (3) use Python and Tableau to perform data analysis.