
معرفی
Associate Professor Aiwu Zhao is affiliated with the Department of Management & Business at Skidmore College. She holds a Ph.D. in Finance from Kent State University and additional master's degrees in Financial Economics and Media Management. Her teaching focuses on corporate finance, investments, and global financial institutions, with supplementary instruction in first-year seminars exploring capitalism and globalization.
Her research emphasizes corporate finance theory with a focus on agency costs, real options, and international market efficiency analysis in regions like the U.S., Vietnam, and China. She has published extensively in journals including Review of Accounting and Finance and Journal of Applied Financial Research. Collaboration with students on research projects spans corporate governance, emerging markets, and capital market dynamics.
Dr. Zhao has prior experience training Wall Street professionals and maintains active involvement in financial education. Her work bridges theoretical finance frameworks with practical market applications, contributing to underdeveloped areas of corporate finance studies through innovative methodological approaches.

