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Zimpleman College of Business
Home   >  Zimpleman College of Business   >  Faculty & Staff   >  Liping Zheng

Liping Zheng, PhD

Liping Zheng, PhD

Associate Professor, Economics

Zimpleman College of Business

Phone: 515-2771-4160

Email: liping.zheng@drake.edu

Office: Aliber Hall 333

Biography

Liping Zheng came to the Zimpleman College of Business at Drake University in 2009, after receiving her B.A. from Jilin University in China, her M.A. from the University of International Business and Economics in China, and a second M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire. Liping’s research straddles the border between economics and finance, especially international finance. Liping teaches “Principles of Macroeconomics,” “Money and Banking,” “International Economics,” and a new course on “China’s Economy.” Liping holds a “Cognate in Teaching” from the University of New Hampshire, having completed several courses on how to teach undergraduates.

  • CV - Zheng, Liping

Areas of Expertise

  • Macroeconomics
  • Financial economics
  • International economics
  • Chinese economy

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics with Cognate in College Teaching, University of New Hampshire
  • M.A., Economics, University of New Hampshire
  • M.A., International Finance, University of International Business and Economics, China
  • B.A., Economics, Jilin University, China

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