SEAN S. CAO, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Robinson College of Business

Georgia State University

Atlanta, GA 30303

(404) 413-7206 (office)

Education

Ph.D. in Accounting(completed in 4 years) 2007–2011

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

M.A. in International Finance 2005

Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

Indiana University, Bloomington (Exchange Program)

M.E.in Computer Software & Algorithms 2003

Beijing Normal University, China

Fellowship and Awards

Award for the best paper coauthored with a Ph.D. student at the American Accounting Association (AAA) Auditing Midyear conference in 2016

List of Teachers Ranked as Outstanding (top 10 percent) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2010

List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent (top 20 percent) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2009

Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2009

Academic Employment

Georgia State University, J. Mack Robinson College of Business 2013–

Assistant Professor of Accountancy

University of Massachusetts Boston, College of Management

Assistant Professor of Accounting and Finance 2011–2013

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Instructor, Research/Teaching Assistant 2007–2011

Publications

Single-authored

Cao, S. S. (2015) Reexamining Growth Effects:Are All Types of Asset Growth the Same?Contemporary Accounting Research (SOA Premier)

With One Coauthor

Cao, S. S., & Narayanamoorthy, G. S. (2012). Earnings volatility, post–earnings announcement drift, and trading frictions. Journal of Accounting Research(SOA Premier), 50(1), 41–74.

Working Papers

Cao, S., Ma, G., Tucker J., & Wan, C. Technological Competition and Product Disclosure

  • Under review at 2ndround at The Accounting Review

Cao, S, Guojin Gong and H.Z. Shi. Private Information Acquisition and Corporate Investment:

Evidence from Site Visits

  • In preparation for submission to 2nd round to Journal of Accounting and Economics

Cao, S., Tao, M., & Wan, C. Do Local Investors Always Know Better? Evidence from China's Market Segmentation

  • Revise and Resubmit

Cao.S, Guojin Gong, Laura Li and Hayoung Yoon. Stock-Performance Goals in Executive Compensation Contractsand Management Earnings Guidance

Cao,S., Fan, Y., Narayanamoorthy, G., & Rowe, S. Auditor Litigation: Consequences for Other Auditors

Services Activities Internal to the University

Recruiting committee, member, Georgia State University, 2015

Recruiting committee, member, University of Massachusetts, 2011, 2012

Course coordinator,Accy 4111, Georgia State University

Course coordinator,two 400-level tax courses, University of Massachusetts, 2012–2013

Thesis Advisor

  • Advisor for PhD summer paper: Vic lee at Georgia State University
  • Committee Chair: Luna Lin (Thesis for Master’s in Finance at the University of Massachusetts)
  • Committee Member: Xingyuan Fei (Thesis for Master’sin Accounting at the University of Massachusetts)

Service Activities in Academic and Professional Organizations

Conference organizer for Southeast Summer Accounting Research Colloquium (SESARC), 2017

Conferences Participation

By-Invitation

  • The Sixth Biennial McGill Global Asset Management Conference, 2013 (Co-sponsored by the Review of Financial Studies)
  • Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance Conference, New York University, 2011
  • Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting (CFEA), 2014, 2016
  • Financial Markets Conference at Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 2014
  • Southeast Summer Accounting Research Colloquium (SESARC),2013, 2014, 2015
  • Georgia State University CEAR Conference-The Effect of Social Norms on Organizational and Market Risk, 2015
  • Georgia State University CEAR Conference - Corporate Control Mechanisms and Risk, 2014
  • University of Illinois, Young Scholars Research Symposium, 2017

Annual Meetings

  • AFA Annual Meeting, 2010, 2012
  • AAA Annual Meeting ,2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
  • FARS Conference, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
  • Canadian Academic Accounting Annual Conference, 2015

Teaching

PhD Seminars

  • Ph.D. Seminar in Financial Accounting Research, Georgia State University, 2016
  • Ph.D. Seminar in Financial Accounting Research, Nanjing University, Winters of 2013–2016

Financial Accounting courses

  • ACCT 4111 Intermediate Financial Accounting and AnalysisI, Georgia State University, 2013 – 2016

Average Rating: 4.4/5.0

  • ACCY303 Intermediate Financial Accounting, University of Illinois, 2009, 2010

Average rating (2 sections): 4.7/5.0

  • ACCY511 Risk Management and Derivative Accounting, University of Illinois, 2007, 2009(Teaching Assistant)

Capstone course of the Illinois Master’s in Accounting

  • ACCY510 Advanced Financial Accounting, University of Illinois, 2010 (Teaching Assistant)

Taxation courses

  • AF450 FederalTax and Analysis I, University of Massachusetts, 2011–2013

Average Ratings (7 Sections): 4.7/5.0

  • AF451FederalTax and Analysis II, University of Massachusetts, Spring 2012

Rating (1 Section): 4.7/5.0

Finance-major courses

  • FIN520 Financial Management, University of Illinois, 2011 (Teaching Assistant)
  • FIN511 Investments, University of Illinois, 2011 (Teaching Assistant)

Media Coverage

  • Comments featured in WalletHub

Language Skills

  • English, fluent
  • Chinese, fluent
  • Korean, fluent

Extra-Academic Activities

  • Second place in Wuhan Go(Chinese chess) Game Competition for Youth (a city with 10million population)
  • Volunteer, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), 2005

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