Yu Gao received her PhD in accounting and her MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Before she joined the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business, she was a faculty member at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management. She teaches courses in financial accounting to undergraduate and graduate students.
Gao's research interests lie in the broad area of financial accounting. Her work has been published in the Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research, the Journal of Banking and Finance and the International Review of Economics and Finance. She has been an ad hoc reviewer for several leading accounting and finance journals, including the Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research, Management Science, the Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, Annals of Finance and more. She also served as a reviewer for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
She loves sharing her thoughts and experience with students who are eager to gain a good understanding of accounting. She aims to foster and encourage learning that prepares students for meaningful and successful careers.
