Li Zhang

Biography

Li Zhang is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Accountancy at the Gies College of Business, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She earned her MBA from the University of Oregon and her Ph.D. in Accounting from Carnegie Mellon University. Before joining Gies, she was a faculty member at UCLA. She also served as an interim CFO at an AI startup. She currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Accounting Education. At Gies, she teaches both financial and managerial accounting and is deeply committed to supporting students from diverse backgrounds, particularly those who find accounting challenging. Her teaching excellence has been consistently recognized, earning her a place on the university’s list of Teachers Ranked as Excellent each year.