Lei Zhou Directory Page

Professor Zhou holds a B.S. in Economics and Management from Tsinghua University and Ph.D. in Accounting and Information Assurance from the University of Maryland, College Park. She taught at McGill University before joining the University of Maryland.

​Professor Zhou's research interest​s​ ​focus ​on economics of information security, security investments and managerial accounting issues. She has published in​ the​ European Accounting Review, Journal of Computer Security and Journal of Information Security​,​ and ha​s​ a forthcoming paper in Journal of Accounting and Public Policy.  Dr. Zhou’s teaching interest​s​ are in the areas of managerial accounting, accounting analytics, accounting information systems and cybersecurity.