Haoqian (Peter) Zou
Curriculum Vitae · October 2026
Assistant Professor of Finance · Division of Business and Management · Keuka College
141 Central Avenue, Keuka Park, NY 14478 · hzou1@keuka.edu · www.haoqianzou.com
Employment
2025–present Assistant Professor of Finance, Keuka College, Keuka Park, NY
2024–2025 Lecturer, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Education
2024 Ph.D. in Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Dissertation: Essays in Social Networks and Migration
2018 M.S. in Economics, Hunan University, Changsha, China
2012 B.A. in Finance, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, Tianjin, China
Research Interests
Labor economics and urban economics, with a focus on social networks, migration and innovation.
Publications
2026 “The Impact of Alumni Networks on First Job Location: Insights from LinkedIn Resumes.”
Empirical Economics 71(2), article 25. (Solo-authored.)
doi:10.1007/s00181-026-02968-5
2026 “From School to Work: How Alumni Networks on LinkedIn Shape PhD Journeys.”
Economic Modelling 155, 107419. (Solo-authored.)
doi:10.1016/j.econmod.2025.107419
2025 “Metropolitan Social Networks and Migration: Insights from Facebook Connections.”
Journal of Regional Science 65(5): 1321–1337. (Solo-authored.)
doi:10.1111/jors.70004
Working Papers
• “When Time Windows Widen: Fertility Timing and Women’s Career Trajectories in Academic Science”
(with Lanfang Deng, Feng Hu and Xuan Jiang)
Presentations: SOLE 2025 (poster)*, Villanova University*, Hunan University*, South China Normal University*
• “The Spillover Costs of Performance-Based Evaluation: Evidence from China’s Tenure-Track Reform”
(with Lanfang Deng and Xin Gu)
Presentations: SEA 2024, WEAI 2024*, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University*, South China Normal University*
Work in Progress
• “Regional Fiscal Autonomy and Migration Patterns of Highly Skilled Workers” (with Vikrant Kamble)
• “Broken Ladders: Alumni Network Destruction and the Geography of New Graduates’ First Jobs”
* Presented by a coauthor.
Conference and Seminar Presentations
2025 SOLE (poster)*, Villanova University*, Hunan University*, South China Normal University*
2024 SEA, SEM, SRSA, Georgia Tech Brown Bag
2023 SEA, WEAI, Georgia Tech–IAC Conference, Georgia Tech Brown Bag, Hunan University
2022 SEA, Georgia Tech Brown Bag
Teaching
2025–present Keuka College (undergraduate unless noted)
ECO 210 Principles of Macroeconomics · FA26
MIS 301 Enterprise Information Systems and Technology · FA26
MGT 530 Managerial Economics (master’s) · FA25 in person, FA26 online
FIN 312 Financial Management · SP26, in person and online
FIN 320 Investments · SP26
FIN 315 International Financial Management · FA25
FIN 325 Money and Banking · FA25
2022–2025 Georgia Institute of Technology (lecturer/instructor)
ECON 2250 Probability and Statistics in Economics Using R · six terms, two online
PUBP 3120 Statistical Analysis for Public Policy · SP24
2018–2020 Georgia Institute of Technology (graduate teaching assistant)
ECON 7032 Econometrics (Ph.D., review sessions) · ECON 6140 Econometrics (master’s) · ECON 3161 Econometrics · ECON 4232 Labor Economics · ECON 2105 Principles of Macroeconomics (120 students, review sessions)
Course site: haoqianzou.com/courses — concept pages, interactive tools and class experiments (built with AI coding assistance)
Grants and Awards
2024 Provost Teaching and Learning Initiatives Grant, “Integrating Generative AIs in Quantitative Courses,” Center for Teaching and Learning, Georgia Tech
2022 CIRTL Associate Certificate, Center for Teaching and Learning, Georgia Tech
2022 Graduate Student Travel Grant, Georgia Tech
Professional Service
Referee Journal of Regional Science (2026); Empirical Economics (2025); China Economic Review (2024, 2025); ASAIHL Winter Conference (2025)
Discussant SEA (2022, 2024), SEM (2024), SRSA (2024), WEAI (2023), The 2nd Xiangjiang River Forum (2023)
Other Experience and Skills
2012–2014 Investment Advisor, Tebon Securities, Shanghai, China — advisory services for high-net-worth clients
Skills R, Python, Stata, SQL, Tableau, Claude Code