Cathy Zhang, First Vice President

Cathy Zhang is an Associate Professor of Economics at Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management. She is also an Associate Editor at the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking and a specialized Co-Editor at Economic Inquiry. Professor Zhang is a macroeconomist with research interests in monetary economics, banking, and search theory. Some of her most recent research has been studying currency competition and monetary policy using experimental methods. Professor Zhang received a BA in Economics and Legal Studies from the University of California at Berkeley and a PhD in Economics from the University of California at Irvine. She has also held visiting positions at the University of California at Santa Barbara, University of Wisconsin at Madison, the University of Western Ontario, and the University of Paris II.