Tingying (JoJo) Zhou
PhD Student

ACADEMIC AREA
Accounting
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Bank Accounting
SUPERVISOR(S)
Prof. Khalid Nainar & Prof. Justin Jin
EMAIL
zhout64@mcmaster.ca
OFFICE
DSB A211

Biography
Tingying (Jojo) Zhou commenced her Ph.D. studies in Accounting at the DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, in September 2023. Prior to her doctoral studies, she worked as an Auditor at Ernst & Young (Hong Kong), followed by a teaching position at a public university in China, where she delivered undergraduate accounting courses.
Teaching Experience
Instructor (Shaanxi University of Technology)
Financial Accounting, Intermediate Financial Accouting, Accouting Cases
Teaching Assistant (McMaster)
Intermediate Financial Accounting I, Intermediate Financial Accounting II, Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting
Professional Activities
Bank Accounting Metrics, Party Brand, and Voters’ Behavior in U.S. Elections, with Justin Jin and Khalid Nainar.
- Presented at 2025 CAAA Annual Conference
Visiting Scholar (Early Career) in Xi’an Jiaotong University
- Contributed to the successful grant application for the National Social Science Fund of China (2021)
- Contributed to the compilation of undergraduate textbooks
Publications
Gaoliang Tian, Jiangying Liu. Block Chain Theory and Practice [M]. Higher Education Press:;2022.2
- In the list of Authors and responsible for the first chapter: Block-Chain and Digital Economy
Working Papers
- Bank Accounting Metrics, Party Brand, and Voters’ Behavior in U.S. Elections, with Justin Jin and Khalid Nainar.
- Unionization Right-to-work (RTW) Laws and Financial Stability, with Justin Jin and Khalid Nainar.
- Does FinTech Penetration Discipline Banks? Evidence from Loan Performance and Earnings Management, with Justin Jin and Khalid Nainar.