Dongdi Gu

Dongdi Gu serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Accounting in the Naveen Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas.

Her academic credentials include:

• PhD in Accounting, University of Texas at Dallas (2025)
• MAcc, University of Georgia (2014)
• BBA, University of Georgia (2013)

Her research specializes in financial accounting, investigating how public monitoring mechanisms—including online petitions and whistleblowing—affect corporate social responsibility, ESG performance, and organizational behavior. She also examines government transparency implications in financial reporting contexts.

Gu has received extensive recognition including:

• Dean’s Excellence Graduate Scholarship (UTD, 2024)
• Outstanding Teaching by a Ph.D. Student (JSOM, UTD, 2023)
• Research Fellowship (UTD, 2020-2021)
• Graduate Studies Scholarship (UTD, 2019-2024)
• University of Georgia Honors Program (2009-2013)
• Charter Scholarship Recipient (UGA, 2009-2013)
• Annual Outstanding International Student (UGA, 2012)
• Honors International Scholar Program (UGA, 2012)

Prior to academia, she gained five years of professional experience at EY Atlanta and Crawford & Company while maintaining her Georgia CPA certification. She currently teaches ACCT 2301 (Introductory Financial Accounting) and ACCT 4342 (Accounting Information Systems & Financial Reporting), and is actively pursuing tenure-track Assistant Professor positions for the 2025-2026 academic year.