The Fox School of Business and Management

HakJoon Song

HakJoon Song joined the Ph.D. Program in Fall 2007. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Korea University and MBA degree (Concentration : Accounting and Finance) from University of Minnesota. He worked for SK Telecom, the biggest wireless service provider in Korea, mainly at investment management and corporate finance area and taught introductory financial accounting course at Myonggi college. His research interests are in financial accounting, corporate governance and auditing.

Yunsheng Chen

Yunsheng (Janice) Chen joined the Ph.D. program in Fall 2007. She earned her BS and MS degrees in Money and Banking from National Chengchi University, Taiwan. Before joining Temple University, she was an exchange student in Norway. Janice loves nature and enjoys making soaps during free time. Her research interests are in management accounting, financial accounting and auditing.

Ki Kyung Song

Ki Kyung Song joined the Ph.D. program in Fall 2007 with a specialization in accounting. She earned an MA in Business Administration (concentration: Accounting) from Sogang University and an MS in Accounting and Financial Management from Temple University. She has passed the CPA exam. Prior to coming to the U.S., she worked as an assistant researcher for a research team sponsored by the Korean Ministry of Education. She is a recipient of the Sigma Tau Phi Graduate Award in Accounting at Temple. A business case she developed won second place in the National Competition of Business Case Development in Korea.

Paige Gee

Paige Gee, CPA joined the Ph.D. program in fall 2008 with a specialization in accounting.. She is an AICPA Doctoral Fellowship recipient, KPMG Doctoral Scholar and a Temple University Future Faculty Fellow. She holds a Masters in Accounting and a B.S. in Mathematics Education from North Carolina State University. She has over ten years of professional experience in the areas of public accounting, corporate accounting, federal, state and local taxation and non-profit accounting for various CPA firms, private companies and non-profit entities. She is a member of the AICPA and American Accounting Association.

Hsiaotang Hsu

Hsiaotang Hsu joined the Ph.D. program in Fall 2008. He holds his LL.M. in Taxation from London School of Economics and Political Science and an M.B.A. in Accounting, a B.A. in Accounting and a LL.B. in Commercial Laws from National Chengchi University, Taiwan.  He is a CPA (Taiwan) and a Patent Agent (Taiwan). Before joining Temple University, he was a consultant of international and EC tax in PricewaterhouseCoopers, Taiwan. His research interests are in financial accounting and taxation.

Shaopeng Li

Shaopeng Li joined the Ph.D. Program in Fall 2008. He holds a bachelor’s degree in management from Nanjing University, China. His research interests are financial accounting, financial markets, and management accounting. In his spare time, he enjoys reading books and swimming.

Keval Amin

Keval Amin joined the Ph.D. program in Fall 2009.  He holds a B.S. degree in Accountancy from the College of New Jersey (formerly Trenton State College).  Prior to joining Temple, Keval was an auditor with Deloitte LLP.  He also has work experience with several other firms.  His research interests are in Auditing and Financial Accounting.  Keval enjoys good books, outdoor activities, travel, art, and music.

Qian Feng

Qian (Ceci) Feng joined the Ph.D. program in Fall 2009. She completed an M.B.A. in Accounting from Temple University in 2009 and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Xi'an Jiaotong University (China) in 2007. After moving to the US in 2007, she worked for a global public company and  a professional consulting group.

Daqun Zhang

Daqun Zhang joined the Ph.D. program in Fall 2009. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Management Science from University of Science and Technology of China. His current research interests are in Managerial accounting, Contract theory, Capital Market research and Data Envelopment Analysis. He has published several articles in SCI journals including Annals of operations research, Journal of the Operational Research Society and Omega. Daqun enjoys jogging, fitting exercise, movies  and music.

Kartik Ganju

Kartik joined the PhD program in 2010. He has a bachelors degree from Delhi University in Statistics and a Masters degree from the London School of Economics in Operational Research. His research interests include managerial accounting and data envelopment analysis. In his spare time, Karitk enjoys reading and biking.

Byung Hoon Jin

Byung Hoon Jin received his B.S. degree in accounting (with highest distinction) from Indiana University, the Kelley School of Business in 2005 and MPA degree from University of Texas at Austin, the McCombs School of Business in 2007. He passed AICPA examination in 2003 and worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers as a consultant and an auditor before joining Temple University. In his spare time, he enjoys playing basketball and watching movies.

Yosef Lugashi

Yosef Lugashi joined the PhD program in the Fall of 2010. He received his Bachelors degree in accounting (summa cum laude) and MBA from Pace University in New York in 2010. His research interests include financial accounting and auditing. In his spare time Yosef enjoys reading history and watching classic movies.

Neal Vandenberg

Neal Vandenberg, CPA, joined the Ph.D. Program in 2010. He is an Accounting Doctoral Scholarship (ADS) recipient. He holds an MBA - Emphasis in Accounting and a BBA, double majoring in Accounting and Finance, from Grand Valley State University (GVSU). Neal joined PricewaterhouseCoopers immediately out of his master’s program and worked 4 years in the assurance practice, until joining the Fox School of Business in 2010. His research interests include audit, financial reporting and disclosure, managerial accounting and international accounting.  In his spare time, Neal enjoys traveling, cooking, spending time with friends or family and staying physically active by playing sports and other activities. He is a member of the AICPA, MACPA (Michigan) and American Accounting Association. 

Tom Adams

Tom Adams joined the Ph.D. Program in 2011.  He is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Pennsylvania; he is also an Accounting Doctoral Scholarship (ADS) recipient.  Tom received his B.S. degree in Accounting and Finance from La Salle University.  Prior to joining Temple, Tom spent four years at KPMG LLP (audit) and two years at Teleflex Incorporated.  Tom is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and American Accounting Association.  His research interests are in auditing and financial accounting.

So Yean Kwack

So Yean Kwack joined the Ph.D program in Fall 2011. She holds a B.S. degree in English Language & Literature, minoring in Business Administration from Yonsei University and an M.B.A. degree from University of Michigan concentrating in Finance and Accounting. She passed her CPA exams in 2003 and has worked at HSBC Korea for four years as a senior financial analyst at Financial Control Department before joining Temple University. Her current research interest is in financial accounting. She enjoys traveling and good food.

Soojin Lee

Soojin Lee joined the PhD program in 2011.  She holds B.S degree in Mathematics, B.A degree in Business from EWHA Womans University and MBA from Seoul National University. She was a financial service manager in BMW. Her experience widely ranged from process re-engineering to an appointment as a BSC committee member. Her primary project was managing performance evaluation of dealerships. After her MBA degree, she was hired back to BMW as a sole consultant responsible for designing and implementing BSC (Balanced Scorecard) to dealerships. While her current research interests are in managerial accounting, performance evaluation and Balanced Scorecard, she has never lost her vivid interest in auto-industry. In Temple, she aspires to expand her research interest in interdisciplinary manner with industrial expertise.

Sophie Li Liang

Sophie Li Liang joined the Ph.D. program in Fall 2011. She is a University Presidential Fellowship recipient. She holds a B.S. degree Summa Cum Laude and a M.S. degree in Accounting from Hunter College - the City University of New York.  She has three years of professional experience in corporate accounting and federal, state and local taxation in various CPA firms and private companies. In her spare time, Sophie enjoys playing piano and flute, painting and caring for shelter cats.

Han-Up Park

Han-Up Park joined Temple’s accounting PhD program in 2011. He has a master’s degree in Applied Statistics from the University of Michigan, Bachelor in Business Administration from Seoul National University in South Korea. Before moving to the U.S., he served two years in the army for his home country, where he also served ROK-US Combined Forces stationed near DMZ area. He was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service in wartime civilian evacuation planning. In Michigan, he worked as an in-house student consultant in CSCAR(The Center For Statistical Consultation and Research) at the University of Michigan and an independent student consulting group. He volunteered to assist a U.S. Department of Education funded project assessing African-American school children’s literacy development in greater Detroit area. As an ardent music lover and saxophonist himself, he is a big fan of alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, and more contemporary ones like Euge Groove, and Dave Koz. He enjoys running, occasionally for a half-marathon, with a long-term goal to finish a triathlon.

His accounting research interests currently extend in value relevance studies. Such are valuation of early start-ups and IT technology firms, valuing information content of financial reporting, and prediction models using accounting information. Another stream is on how to apply complex data analysis techniques prevalent in computer science and biostatistics, especially on how to exploit structural relationships in large data sets, in accounting research.