Dr. Hojong Shin is an Associate Professor of Finance at California State University, Long Beach. He earned his Ph.D. in Finance from Michigan State University. Prior to entering academia, he worked at the Korea Financial Investment Association, the self-regulatory organization of the Korean capital market, where he also served as a member of the Secretariat of the International Council of Securities Associations. Dr. Shin teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in financial management and corporate finance. His research focuses on empirical corporate finance, particularly family firms, corporate governance, corporate misconduct, ESG, banking, and financial markets. He has published in leading journals, including Financial Management, Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance: An International Review, British Accounting Review, and Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. His research has received several honors, including the Best Paper Award at the Asian Finance Association Conference, the Best Paper Award at the Credit Scoring and Credit Rating Conference, the Best Dissertation Award at the Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, and the MARC Outstanding Paper Award. Dr. Shin actively contributes to the academic profession as Associate Editor of the International Review of Economics and Finance and the Korean Journal of Financial Studies. He also serves as an Executive Board Member of the Korea-America Finance Association.