Minjia Li's Homepage

Short Bio

Welcome to my website! I am an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the University of Alberta.

Research interests: archival-based studies in financial and managerial accounting - with special focuses on climate change, supply chain management, political costs, executive compensation, etc.

Prior to joining the University of Alberta, I obtained my Ph.D. from UBC Sauder School of Business, the Master of Finance from MIT Sloan School of Management, and the Bachelor in Economics from Wuhan University.

Please feel free to reach out and connect via minjia4@ualberta.ca!

CV

My CV can be found here (Last update: July 2024).

Research

[1] Climate-linked Pay and Supply Chain Management, solo-authored

Winner of 2024 WFA Brattle Group PhD Candidate Award for Outstanding Research
Winner of 2023 IMA Research Foundation Special Call Research Grant
Selected presentations: 2024 WFA conference, 2023 NBER Conference on “Compensation of Top Executives: Determinants and Consequences”, 33rd Annual CFEA

[2] Navigating Political Risk: The Role of Firm Political Alignment, with Ping Jiang, Jing Li and Jenny Li Zhang

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Selected presentations: 2023 CICF, Peking University, University of Delaware

[3] When Diversity Aligns: From Boardrooms to Supply Chains, with Yiwen Jin and Jenny Li Zhang

Winner of EDI Catalyst Grant of UBC Sauder School of Business
Selected presentations: 34th POMS Conference, University of Washington Fostering Inclusion Workshop, 2024 MAS Midyear Meeting

Teaching

Solo instructor

COMM 294 Managerial Accounting (Undergraduate), UBC Sauder School of Business

Teaching Evaluation (report available here): 4.8/5.0, Class size: 68.
Received the 2023 UBC Paul Chwelos Memorial Graduate Scholarship of Teaching Excellence and recognized by Dean with a Commendation in Teaching Excellence.

Teaching Assistant

BAAC 501 Financial Statement Analysis (MBA)
COMM 294 Managerial Accounting (Undergraduate)
COMR 457 Fundamental Financial Accounting (Undergraduate)