Biography

Dr. Pei Li earned her Ph.D. in Accounting & Information Systems from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, whose Accounting and Information Systems (AIS) department has long been recognized as one of the world’s leading AIS research groups.   

Her research interest spans accounting information systems, municipal debt markets, strategic disclosure and cheap-talk in financial markets, and the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in financial reporting and governance. Her work appears in the Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Information Systems, Financial Research Letters, International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, and International Journal of Production Research, and has been featured in the Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog.

Dr. Li’s scholarship has earned notable recognition from the American Accounting Association, including the AIS Section’s Outstanding Dissertation Award and the Government and Nonprofit Section’s Best Paper Award at the 2017 AAA Annual Meeting. These distinctions reflect both the rigor and the broader impact of her work at the intersection of technology, data analytics, and financial decision-making.

Dr. Li serves as an editor of the Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting, the journal of the American Accounting Association’s Strategic and Emerging Technologies Section, dedicated to advancing research at the frontier of AI, advanced information systems, and emerging technologies in accounting.

Dr. Li has received Rohrer College of Business Teaching and Learning Grants in recognition of her commitment to pedagogical excellence. These grants supported her integration of AI and audit analytics into the Accounting Information Systems curriculum, preparing students for a tech-driven profession.

Education

• Ph.D., Rutgers University
• B.S., Management Information Systems, Southwestern University of Economics and Finance