Chengping Zhang, Ph.D., CFA

Professor of Finance | AI Driven Financial Decision Making | George Fox MBA: Build with AI. Lead with Integrity.

Newberg, Oregon, United States

About

I am a Professor of Finance @GeorgeFoxUniversity, where I teach AI Driven Financial Decision Making (BUSG 561) in our MBA program @GeorgeFoxMBAProgram. My research spans investments, asset pricing, institutional investors, and behavioral finance. Our program's manifesto is Build with AI. Lead with Integrity. In my course, students go beyond raw data to use machine learning for valuation, capital budgeting, and risk assessment without losing sight of human judgment. AI is powerful, but wisdom is priceless. George Fox MBA Program Home

Experience

  • George Fox University (16 yrs)
    • Professor of Finance
      Mar 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 5 mos

      AREAS OF INTEREST Research: Investments, Mutual Fund Performance, Empirical Asset Pricing, and Behavioral Finance Teaching: Corporate Finance, Investments, Financial Modeling, Financial Analysis and Strategy COURSES TAUGHT Undergraduate Courses: Corporate Finance (both online and face-to-face); Financial Management; Financial Modeling; Business Finance; Financial Analysis & Modeling; Intermediate Financial Management; Seminar in Finance; Business Statistics MBA Courses: Investments; Managerial Finance; Fixed Income Securities Doctoral Course: Conceptual Foundations of Finance (online)

    • Associate Professor of Finance
      Mar 2015 - Feb 2018 · 3 yrs

    • Assistant Professor of Finance
      Aug 2010 - Feb 2015 · 4 yrs 7 mos

  • Visiting Professor of Finance at Washington State University
    Aug 2024 - May 2025 · 10 mos

  • Visiting Associate Professor of Finance at City University of Hong Kong
    Jan 2017 - Aug 2017 · 8 mos

    I spent my first sabbatical at CUHK and really enjoyed teaching and living in Hong Kong for 8 months.

  • Optical Engineer at National Institute of Metrology, China
    Apr 1997 - Aug 2000 · 3 yrs 5 mos