Qiang Gao

Assc Professor

Zicklin School of Business

Department: Paul Chook Dept InfoSys & Stat

Areas of expertise:

Email Address: qiang.gao@baruch.cuny.edu

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Education

Ph.D., Management Information Systems, The University of Arizona Tucson AZ

MSc, Information Technology, The University of Central Missouri Warrensburg MO

MSc, Mechanical Engineering, Dublin City University Dublin Ireland

Journal Articles

Bai, J., Gao, Q., Goes, P., & Lin, M. (2025). All That Glitters Is Not Gold: The Impact of Certification Costs In Online Labor Markets. Information Systems Research,forthcoming,

Liu, Z., Gao, Q., & Rao, R. (2025). Self-Donations and Charitable Contributions in Online Crowdfunding: An Empirical Analysis. Journal of Marketing, 89(1). 117-134.

(2024). The Impact of Feature Exploitation and Exploration on Mobile Application Evolution and Success. Journal of Association of Information Systems (JAIS), 25(3). 648-686.

Bai, J., & Gao, Q. (2024). Concealing Borrowers’ Failure History in Online P2P Lending: A Natural Experiment. Decision Sciences, 1-16.

Gao, Q., Lin, M., & Sias, R. (2023). Words Matter: The Role of Readability, Tone, and Deception Cues in Online Credit Markets. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 58(1). 1-28.

Gao, Q., Lin, M., Liu, Y., & Guo, C. (2023). When "Signals" Boomerang: Employers' Reactions to a Novel Signaling Mechanism. Information Systems Research, third-round review,

(2022). Mobile Coupon Push Strategies on Customer Engagement. In Progress.

Gao, Q., Lin, M., & Wu, D. (2021). Educational Crowdfunding and Student Performance: An Empirical Study. Information Systems Research, 32(1). 53-71.

Yim, D., Gao, Q., & Khuntia, J. (2020). Semantic and Sentiment Dissonant Framing Effects on Online News Sharing. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 46(1). 638 – 655.

Jiang, S., Gao, Q., Chen, H., & Roco, M. C. (2015). The roles of sharing, transfer, and public funding in nanotechnology knowledge-diffusion networks. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology,, 5(66). 1017-1029.

TitleFunding Agency SponsorStart DateEnd DateAwarded DateTotal FundingStatus
Algorithm Discrimination in Financial Decision-markingPSC CUNY 5207/01/202106/30/202304/15/20213500Completed
More risky than thought: The Inflated Confidence in Online SyndicationPSC-CUNY 4907/01/201806/30/201904/15/20183500Completed
More than Just Money: Educational Impact of Online Charitable CrowdfundingPSC-CUNY 4807/01/201706/30/201804/14/20172100Completed
Mobile Marketing and Customer EngagementPSC-CUNY 5407/01/202306/30/202404/18/20233500Funded - In Progress
Honor / AwardOrganization SponsorDate ReceivedDescription
Zicklin Teaching AwardBaruch College2021

Department

Committee NamePosition RoleStart DateEnd Date
Baruch's Annual Symposium on Business AnalyticsCommittee Member10/1/2017Present
Undergraduate Curriculum CommitteeCommittee Member8/12/20196/12/2022
2017 Spring Undergraduate OrientationAttendee, Meeting1/26/20171/26/2017

College

Committee NamePosition RoleStart DateEnd Date
Data Mining Course CoordinatorPresent
Online MSBA ProgramDirectorPresent
Continuous Improvement CommitteeCommittee MemberPresent
Director of Advanced Certificate Program in Data AnalyticsFaculty AdvisorPresent

University

Committee NamePosition RoleStart DateEnd Date
Ph.D. First year paper committee for Sanghyun ParkCommittee Chair8/15/201910/13/2020